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Keeping to the 'week of waking before the alarm', I shaved a massive 35 minutes off this morning. Not quite sure why; though as I'm not currently feeling any negative effects I'm not overly concerned. Will see if things change later in the day.

Following nap

That was an interesting test. Tonight I was out until around 21:30 - around 2 hours later than my usual nap start time. As expected, I found myself dead on my feet by the end. However, afterwards I had perhaps a 40-50 minute nap, which seemed to reset things a bit. I guess I'll find out tomorrow whether that's enough, but I shouldn't imagine the occasional shorter nap will do any harm at all.

Here are a few videos I noticed this morning :

• Via Chris : this promo for the 2006 World's Strongest Man Super Series.
• Apple has the trailer for District B-13 (the english version of Luc Besson's 2004 film Banlieue 13). If you enjoyed the parkour stuff I mentioned some time ago, you'll love this.
• Thomas Kurz demonstrates the side split - cold.
• From the GoHeavy forums - a college footballer performing a 420lb Hang Clean. Not bad at all.

Once again I woke up before the alarm (by about 30 minutes this time); however I decided to roll over and go back to sleep. When the alarm sounded I wasn't sleeping terribly deeply, and getting out of bed wasn't particularly difficult.

Unlike the past two days I didn't have the 'ready to go' bonus thoughts this time. I'm not quite sure what caused them, but I wouldn't mind it back. It really does make an enormous difference.

Following nap

Not bad at all. It feels as though my body's really getting used to biphasic sleeping - much better quality sleep. Dream recall, feeling of alertness following a nap, time taken to get to sleep in the first place - all are improved. Definitely good.

It's been a busy week here on Straight to the Bar. If you've just joined us, here's a quick recap :

• The Biphasic Sleep Experiment entered its final week. Find out how things went on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
• A couple of new blogs made themselves known, including Sam Arsenault's Tales from the Milk Drinker and the online home of personal trainer Neil McTeggart.
• Jay Cutler finally won the Olympia. He's one happy man.
• Following up on articles discussing healthy knees and shoulders, Eric Cressey provided 13 tips for mighty elbows and wrists.
• If you're looking for video action you're spoilt for choice : this week saw the USOEC wrestlers in serious training mode, Zach Even-Esh playing with a rope, sled and kettlebells, and the Diesel Crew doing it again.
• Finally, if Mike Boyle's got you thinking about the Front Squat, here's a look at the many ways of holding the bar.

Legacy News has an interesting piece on the use of thumb drives for backups. With both the capacity and price of these devices now reasonable, there's no excuse for not backing up your data.

Legacy News has an interesting piece on the use of thumb drives for backups. With both the capacity and price of these devices now reasonable, there's no excuse for not backing up your data.

Just noticed an interesting variety of chin-up on the latest compilation video [streaming, 12.4mb .flv download via KeepVid] from the Diesel Crew - the suspended kettlebell chin. With both hands resting on the curved surface of the bell, rather than gripping a bar, this severely increases the grip component of the exercise.

Looks great.

Medical News Today mentions an interesting study by the Université de Montréal on the effects of caffeine consumption on daytime vs nighttime sleep. The findings, published in the current issue of Neuropsychopharmacology, indicate that a cup of coffee at night has much more impact on subsequent daytime sleep than one in the daytime has on nocturnal sleep.

As per yesterday, I woke up this morning before the alarm (beat it by about 20 mins), with the day all-but-planned. This state of being 'ready to go' is fantastic - highly productive. A beautiful thing.

Following nap

Not bad. It's been a hot day here, and things cooled down just in time (it was much cooler when I woke than when I went to sleep) and the regular 'it's comfortable here' excuse to sleep in was taken away. I got up after 90 minutes.

Now I just need to finish waking up.

Another great find by Tom Furman - the Reg Park Prone Extension [.pdf, 86kb].