Anyone else get this ?

Spitfire-1 · 04-17-2007, 12:14 PM

I work out with the most intensity I can, In order to get the best gains possible. So when I get a P.B. (personal best), it is "all out" to achive it.
I have begun to notice, that when I hit a new P.B., Mainly with compounds bench,squat,rows etc, that I get between 1-3 bad nights sleep.
I get that jump/jolt as you are just drifting off, or I'm just restless and seem to be continually looking at the damn alarm clock.

farsscf · 04-17-2007, 12:39 PM

I think it is from the strain you put on your CNS? I am sure somebody more knowledgeable will have a scientific answer.

dbx · 04-17-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire-1

I work out with the most intensity I can, In order to get the best gains possible. So when I get a P.B. (personal best), it is "all out" to achive it.
I have begun to notice, that when I hit a new P.B., Mainly with compounds bench,squat,rows etc, that I get between 1-3 bad nights sleep.
I get that jump/jolt as you are just drifting off, or I'm just restless and seem to be continually looking at the damn alarm clock.

You are doomed, and should just lift light from now on. j/k

But seriously........ I'm not sure that there's anything more involved here than your own psyche. Personally, I can't correlate PBs with sleeplessness. However, it's a "general" rule of thumb that exercising within 2hrs of bed time isn't a good idea. Time-wise (you being in GB), it seems you workout about seven-ish? It could be that on these days of extreme effort, that your CNS is revved up a bit more than other times, and that it carries over into your sleep habits. Also, didn't you recently start using NO products? If it contains caffeine, this may well be the culprit.

Hibiscus09 · 04-17-2007, 01:19 PM

I've had that startle-like reflex since childhood. I hate when it happens!

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Hypnagogic myoclonus (also called sleep starts) is very normal and happens to just about everyone. According to the University of Marburg in Germany, reports of sleep starts are in the 60 to 70 percent range of sleepers (which means everyone) and they're often forgotten. It happens before you're getting into heavy duty sleep mode when the brain is gradually sliding away to dream land. You have probably experienced a falling sensation -- or some other weird feeling -- if you twitch yourself awake. Some people also experience visual sleep starts, a sensation of blinding light. Auditory sleep starts involve a loud snapping noise. (This happens to me, and up until now, I thought it was something outside my body and I would force my husband to get up and go investigate. Guess I won't do that anymore.)

Not a lot is known about why people experience sleep starts, but there seems to be some suggestion that anxiety, some kind of noise, a vivid dream, muscle fatigue, or even genetic disposition plays some part, perhaps in how frequently the sensation occurs.

*sorry -- I lost the link after I cut and pasted.

I don't feel like digging it up again.

SeaSiren · 04-17-2007, 01:22 PM

Had it since I started training. I have to sleep with a heating pad under my back or legs to help me drift off to sleep. For some reason it keeps my legs & body still and helps me to relax enough to sleep.

IdahoViking · 04-17-2007, 02:19 PM

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I've had that startle-like reflex since childhood. I hate when it happens!

Well quit dreaming of stepping into holes then!

Jordo1 · 04-17-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hibiscus09

I've had that startle-like reflex since childhood. I hate when it happens!

My wife has it also... I'm drifting off to sleep, then she jumps, Scares the crap out of me, then I'm wide awake! and she's off back to going to sleep... LOL

I have RLS, so I get her back with that, though...

Hibiscus09 · 04-17-2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by IdahoViking

Well quit dreaming of stepping into holes then!

LOL -- I do have some whacked out dreams.

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Originally Posted by Jordo1

My wife has it also... I'm drifting off to sleep, then she jumps, Scares the crap out of me, then I'm wide awake! and she's off back to going to sleep... LOL

I have RLS, so I get her back with that, though...

It scares me when it happens also! So, does the RLS cause you to kick your wife in the butt at night? LOL

StartinOver-68 · 04-17-2007, 03:27 PM

I'm glad I don't have that auditory start, I'd be putting holes in the walls with my .44 Magnum. My only wakeing problem is pee time a few times a night. It sucks to get old.

Revmachine21 · 04-18-2007, 06:50 AM

I am a class A personality with strong perfectionist streak and, at the moment, relationship problems.

The net result, I can't get to sleep, all the freaking time.

I pop a 3mg milligram melatonin tablet every evening. It doesn't work every day but the majority of the time, it does. I get the fitful jerks as well as the 11:30 PM amped power rush of creativity and productivity. The melatonin seems to take the edge off and smooth out the jerks...

Perhaps there are some downsides to melatonin, but I like sleeping more!