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The 4 Common Sleep Chronotypes

The 4 Common Sleep Chronotypes

Most of us fall into one of four chronotypes:

Lions: Morning people who like to wake up early and are most productive in the morning

Bears: Sleep schedule is synced with the sun, with most productivity in the morning

Wolves: Prefer to wake up later in the day, most productive in the afternoon/evening

Dolphins: Trouble waking up and falling asleep, most productive around midday

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Wolves: When and What to Eat

Wolves: When and What to Eat

If you wake up at 7 a.m.

  • 8 a.m. - if you wake up at 7, you'll want to have breakfast an hour later—without coffee!
  • You can have a cup at 11 a.m., drinking it too soon can make you jittery.
  • 1 p.m. - balanced lunch
  • 4 p.m. - a snack that's around 250 calories, wit...

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Wolves: Suggested Schedule

Wolves: Suggested Schedule

This suggested schedule will maximize your energy peaks and respect your dips, according to Dr. Breus:

When to work out:

  • Wolves will see peak workout performance around 6 p.m:
  • Your hand-eye coordination has peaked (until 9 p.m.) as have your fat-burning ...

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Your sleep chronotype

Your sleep chronotype

Your sleep chronotype describes your body's circadian rhythm or biological clock which influences your energy levels throughout the day.

Understanding your chronotype and its needs can help you structure your day in a way that works for your body: what time you wake up, go to bed, work out,...

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The Wolf Chronotype

The Wolf Chronotype

  • Tend to be active at night. As such, they often struggle with waking up early.
  • people who need to drag themselves out of bed in the morning and don't start feeling tired until around midnight.
  • "Wolves are creative, impulsive, and emotionally intense,"
  • they love to se...

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Wolves: When to have sex

Wolves: When to have sex

- morning (applies to all chronotypes, as it gets your day started on an energizing note) and around 10 p.m. - Dr. Breus

Of course, you'll also want to consider your sexual partner's chronotype.

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Wolves: When to sleep

Wolves: When to sleep

Go to bed by midnight

- By this time, your body is naturally starting to wind down, and you'll be able to get enough sleep (around 7 hrs) w/out having to sleep in the next day.

- you are typically at your best when you're getting around 7 hrs of sleep. On average wolves get through fo...

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Because getting enough sleep can be tough for nocturnals because their biological rhythm is so at odds with society's timetable

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Natural energy cycles

Identify when your peaks/troughs are and plan your day around your energy levels. Alternatively, you can also work with your chronotype.

  • Bears are active in the day, but they’ll likely hit the snooze button before they get up. They’re best tackling intensive task...

Hitting the snooze button

No matter how tired you think you are when your alarm clock goes off, force yourself out of bed if you want to have a productive morning.

When you hit the snooze button and fall back asleep, you lose the alertness you'd get by respecting your sleep cycles and end up waking up later, ...

Insomnia: pay attention to your patterns

Look at your full day to identify the causes of insomnia, not just the hours before you go to bed.

For example, setting too many meetings or not permitting yourself to take a break can leave you too wound up to fall asleep later at night. Instead, schedule your most i...

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