Video explains it pretty well. Not all people have the same sleep cycle though. Mine for example is longer (100 minutes).
You can test this with a sleep tracker. For android it’s ‘Sleep as Android’. You can easily see how long a sleep cycle takes for you.
I know there is a sleep tracker for IOS too, it’s called ‘Sleepcycle’. I am not entirely sure if this app shows you how long your sleep cycle is.
If your sleep cycle is 90-minutes for example you will feel the best waking up after:
1:30
3:00
4:30
6:00
7:30
9:00
‘You should sleep 8-hours every night’ right? Well for most people this statement is actually wrong as you can see.
If you set your alarm exactly 8 hours after you fall asleep, you will wake up feeling tired, whereas if you sleep 6 hours you won’t.
That’s the reason I always felt better after 6 hours of sleep and I always used to wake up a sleepy if I woke up after 8 hours of sleep.
If yours is the same as my sleepcycle (100 minutes), you would feel best waking up after:
1:40
3:20
5:00
6:40
8:20
10:00
Also, the Sleepcycle app has one of the best alarm sounds ever. I always wake up sooo relaxed to that one.
As the Sleepcycle app costs money, I downloaded the IOS applicaton and then extracted the .mp3 files.
Listen to it: soundcloud[DOT]com/sleepcyclesounds3453453/sleepcycle-best-alarm-sound
Download link: www13[DOT]zippyshare[DOT]com/v/74970484/file.html
