Sleep, work and exercise - how many hrs are YOU putting in?

maro_p

Today, after 7 and a half hours of sleep I once again woke up feeling really tired. And as always I was heavily dreaming when my alarm went. My bf says it might have to do something with the number of hours I exercise. So here it goes, on average how many hours do you guys sleep, exercise and work per day? Is your work sedentary or manual?

Sleep: 7 - 7,5 hrs/day
Exercise: 1 - 2 hrs/day
Work: 8 hrs/day (not weekends)
Work type: sedentary

RosscoBoscko

Sleep - 5-6 hours
Exercise - Average 1.2 hours a day
Work - 9 (+ Commute to/from work 3 hours a day on a good run)
Work type: sedentary

misskittyfantastico1991

Sleep - 8-10 hrs
Exercise - 1hr
Work - 8hrs
- mainly sedentary

EmmaM2211

I'm quite similar to you

Sleep: 7 - 8 hrs/day (I aim for 8 hours but doesnt always happen unfortunately)
Exercise: Anywhere from 20mins to 2.5 hours, probably average 1hour a day
Work: 8 hrs/day (not weekends)
Work type: sedentary

maro_p

Thank u everyone for your responses so far! Any more?

Cait_Sidhe

Sleep ~5 hours/day (except my days off, then I sleep as long as possible)
Exercise ~ 1-3 hours/day (usually no more than 1)
Work ~16 hours 4 days/week (stupid commute)
I have ~2.5 days off a week
work type= ER, sometimes sedentary sometimes super active

SageGoddess320

Sleep: 8-10 hrs
Exercise: 30-60 mins
Work: 8-10 hrs - secondary

needernt

sleep 7-8
exercise: 4 days a week 60-90 min
work sedentary

bufger

Sleep - 8 hours
Exercise - 1 hour
Work - 10 hours

I usually feel pretty fresh with this routine. I alternate days on cardio or weights. I used to do 6 days cardio and i started to have trouble sleeping.

Echo_Dan

Sleep: 5 hrs/day
Exercise: 1.5 hrs/day Monday to Friday (cycling to/from work)
Work: 7.5 hrs/day (occasional weekends, and doesn't include caring for my autistic son )
Work type: Sedentary

HelloDan

If you have an iPhone or Android device, there is a pretty cool sleep timer app that you can get. It uses the motion sensor in the phone to try and judge what phase of sleep you are in. Apparently when you are in a deeper sleep, your body moves far less. Clearly this is not going to be 100% perfect, but it's pretty decent as an estimation.

From this you can get a graph, showing your sleep cycles for the night, but also it has an alarm, you set the latest time you want to wake up, and the alarm will go off up to 30 mins earlier, depending on when it thinks you are in a phase of lighter sleep. From the situation you describe, I think it's at least worth giving this a try.

I'm sure there are a few variants of this app out there, but if you want the specific details of the app I used, let me know.

keasarge

Sleep 8-10
Exercise 1
Study 2-4
I'm a stay at home mom to two small kids

jemckenna6702

Sleep~ Try for 3-4 hours per night
Exercise- averages out to about 1 hour per day
Work- averages out to about 14 hours per day
My work varies from behind a desk sedentary to extreme active.

BeautyFromPain

Sleep: 4-6 hours a day
Work: At school 14 hours a day 4 days a week, and work 8 hours a day 3 times a week
Exercise: 1-3 hours a day

I'm a Fitness Professional so.. pretty damn active!

sb684

Be interested in this app?

Danilynn1975

8 hours sleep
work is manual and lab work: I treat wastewater for a living. it's never dull

exercise is work.

HelloDan

I've had a couple of questions about the app.

It's by a company called Azumio, they also make a few other cool health apps, like a heart rate measurement. On the iPhone the app is called Sleep Time+, I think it's a similar but slightly different name on Android.

P05T5CRIPT

Sleep: 7 hrs/day
Exercise: 1hr/day
Work: 37.5 hrs/week
Work type: sedentary

tanyaslosingit

Average (based on last week's FitBit numbers)

7.05 hours sleeping
0.39 being very active
1.44 hours being fairly active
3.26 hours being lightly active
9.20 hours being sedentary - which corresponds roughly to my work hours
2.66 hours (?) - FitBit's numbers came up short! Maybe my car commutes?

I fall asleep very quickly and my sleep effciency numbers are consistently in the 93-100% range. skewing towards 98% on average. I usually dream or sleep poorly if I've eaten within two hours before going to bed or having even a teeny bit of alcohol. I woke up waaaay too early today only because the temperature dropped to freezing levels and the heat didn't kick on!

WendyTerry420

Sleep: 8 hours
Exercise: 30 minutes/ 4-5 days/week
Work: 8 hrs/day (not weekends)
Work type: sedentary

gregb8924

Sleep (5.5 to 6)
Exercise (1- 1.5)
Work (8-10)
Work type : very active (I'm a carpenter on my feet moving all day)

I'm trying to change my sleeping habits so that I'm in bed earlier.

healthynotthin

Sleep: 6.5 hrs/day
Exercise: 45 min/day
Work: Not counting school work (as I am a full-time student), 15 hours/week or average 2 hours/day.
Work type: Active.

Work (school): 8 hours/day
Work type: Sedentary.

shanpwn

Sleep:6-8 hrs a day. 8-10 would be ideal. I need A LOT of sleep.
Work: 6-8 hrs a day, including weekends. I work anywhere from 25-60 hrs a week as a grad student. This week I've clocked bout 60.
Exercise: 1-2 hrs a day

My work is researching and writing so, sedentary

maro_p

Thank you all so much for your replies... I will definitely try the app and see what it comes up with.

The thing I forgot to ask is whether the sleep that you get is enough for you (for me it is clearly not).