Finals and Sleep

Yea, so I am at final time again. Work load is rediculous. In the course of 2 weeks I have
3 presentations
4 papers 10, 12, 20, 30
4 final exams

So what is my plan? Well, work hard, and no sleep. Or little sleep.

Am I sure it can work? Well check this out. If you dont sleep a regular amound of time, the body will learn to adjust to go into deep sleep quicker. Here are some stats straight from my iPhone:
Went to bed / woke up: 3:13 AM / 6:30 AMTotal time: 3h 16mAs you can see I go into rem deep sleep fairly quickly and once I am in it I get a lot of it versus bouncing up and down like other sleeping habits

This is when I got lucky earlier in the year:
Went to bed / woke up: 2:04 AM / 8:00 AM
Total time: 5h 55m
See the difference? I got into deep sleep hours faster and still got that rest that I needed. Amazing, isnt it?

I did some research on sleep and I found that scientists have seen some proof that 4 hours of sleep can be sufficient for some people. Many notable people through history have claimed to need less sleep - Michelangelo, Napoleon, Thomas Edison all claim to have only needed 4 hours of sleep a night. In modern days, Madonna, Jay Leno, Margaret Thatcher and many others say the same thing. It seems to be more prevalent in highly ambitious, driven individuals. Crazy.

Whats even crazier is this: I wake up at 6-6:30 every morning. I have been tired all year getting 6 hours of sleep. When I changed to 3 hours, I would wake up and I would have tons of energy. Now science has found that if you sleep too much, like sleeping in on a saturday, will create a tired and sleepy feel for the rest of the day. So lots of sleep will make you actually feel sleepier, versus sleeping a little less and you will feel a lot better! And that is what is haoppening to me...I feel so much metter sleeping 3-4 than 6-7. And whats better than having 20 hours to your day? Not much...unless you have to spend it all studying, which is exactly what I am doing...studying like teh dickens. So till next time, happy studying! Just dont become like this kid and sleep through your bus stop...

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Championship Game

Duke...the legendary powerhouse going to the Final Four, yet again
...with one of the hottest shooting teams in the country, hitting 12 three pointers against West Virginia
...With a coach who has been to the final 11 times, now seeking his 4th, and the school´s 4th National Championship


Butler...the small underdog team from the Horizon League
...the only team coming in with no future NBA Players, but that has now changed
...the school with only 4200 students
...who has not let any team in the tournament score more that 60 points
...who has a coach who was three years old when Duke´s coach was first hired
...who is the hottest team in the country with a 25 game winning streak




Whatch what is a guarentee historical game
...either the smallest team in history wins the big dance
...or the Duke Coach in Krzyzewski gets the second all time national chmapionships behind the great John Wooden

Make sure to watch the game. Duke is prospected to win by 7...either Duke is on fire like they were against West Virginia or they will miss some shots allowing Butler to get into rebounding transition to make their big shots. Either way, defence will be huge, and shooting will be huge. This is great for college basketball; this is great for the tournament. This is History, Ladies and Gentlement. You be there.

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Evan Turner at the Buzzer

Big Ten Tournament. Indianapolis. THe only way the Michigan Basketball team could really redeam itself was to win the Big Ten Tournament to get the the NCAA Tournament. It is too hard to tell in words...so let me show you the video....

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Iowa was pretty easy. We man handled them.





Ohio State was the bitter. After coming back from a 10plus deficite and Manny hitting the game winning bucket with 2.2 left on the shot clock, NCAA Player of the Year Candidate, Evan Turner shot up a Hail-Mary Half Court shot to win the game. I can say no more.

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Spring Break

Spring Break...its that time when everyone leaves you and its cold and lonly...its the time you get to sleep and eay a lot from the basketball team...and its the time wthat you can lift and play ball like that was all there was to do. Love it. So that is pretty much what I did.

I started a new power based workout. It revolves around the three big body lifts. The squat, the bench, and the clean. The squat I am doing is a full squat, done all the way. The bench is a very explosive bench, going down and then blowing up. The clean is the most difficult lift out of the three for sure. If you dont know what the clean is, check out this video...



This video has the full clean and jerk. I am just doing the first part where he gets it in the squad position. Sick. This dude Kendrick Farris has the world record with 405 KG...anyhow

Why is it so hard? Becausre there are three states to the lift. THere is the initial hip movement, then there is the sholder shrug, and then the pull of the bar up with the elbows flipping under the bar supper fast. Its super complicated. To learnt the lfit correctly, I am getting my buddy, Dan, Assistant strength and conditioning coach. I have split the lift to three parts...the Romanian dead lift, the power snatch and the front squat to work on all three parts. Hope to get the Clean down in 2 months

The team got to go to the theater together. We watched the movie shutter island. It was a very interesting movie. It was depicted more of a horror movie but it wasnt really that scary. It was very mental, very thought provoking and mind twisting. So if you like those type of movies, you should go watch it. I am pretty picky in what I watch cause I dont like to waste my time watching crap, but if thats your type, then go for it. Here is a trailer.



I was also lucky that my dad got to visit for two days. He came on his way to see his client. We got to watch mIchgian Hockey destroy Lake Superior State at my first ever hockey game. It was cool to see my buddies play on the ice.



The next day I got him row 2 tickets for our last season game against Michigan state. Oh what an atmosphere! It was rediculous. Whitnes everywere. And was I getting heckled! Getting called cowboy and yeehaa!! the whole time hahaha. But we palyed pourly and the Spartan fans savored every minute of it. There was one point efore the game when the Izzone, the student section, was getting all non state fans out of their zone. Well there was this girl who was wearing a while shirt like everyone else, but it had a block M on it. THe whole student section started to yell at her till the ushers came and made her leave! What the heck! I felt so bad for her! These people are crazy! hahaha