[fouc]

Everyman sleep schedule is much more sustainable than the uberman schedule.

It basically involves doing 3 hour core sleep and three roughly equidistant 25 minute naps. It's fairly easy to move the naps around as needed, once you're used to this.

There's also a variant of sleeping 4.5 hours, and then having two 25 minute naps.

The idea here is that each 25 minutes nap is essentially "replacing" the ~1.5 hour sleep you're giving up. There's roughly 70-110 minutes per sleep cycle, you're giving up a normal sleep cycle and then making up for it with a power nap. Your body is forced to get more efficient on grabbing the necessary deep sleep during the core sleep period.

It's supposed to take about 1 month to adapt.

I personally did this schedule for 10 days straight, without even using an alarm clock. But I started getting sick so I stopped.

[dindresto]

Did you become sick from adapting to the new sleep schedule or was it just a coincidence?

[fouc]

I mean, my immune system was down due to lack of sleep. I'd have to be healthier or luckier to make it through the adaptation period without getting sick perhaps.

[AndrewDucker]

I am not convinced you can force your body to get more efficient at sleeping.

[rudedogg]

Not sure about entering deep sleep more quickly, but you definitely get faster at falling asleep when you make napping a habit.