After all that research, practice, and experimenting, I’ve decided to take the “middle way” and collapse my Uberman schedule into an Everyman schedule. There is not much else to gain by flirting with the Uberman schedule (except SWS compression, but that could take months and detriment my health heavily). So I will take my new understanding of sleep-restrictive scheduling and my recently acquired REM compression and apply them to a schedule that will allow me to hang out with my friends, go dancing, hiking, motorcycling, and weightlift.
This schedule is called E4 or E4.5, short for “Everyman 4.5″. It will reduce my daily sleep from my original 8h45m monophasic schedule down to a 5h10m daily total. This saves me 3.5 hours a day, which (though it’s no Uberman) is still a ton of time! Additionally, while Uberman is mentally sharpening and bodily taxing, E4.5 is neutral overall, much like monophasic sleep. While it will not give me a boost in energy, I should feel fully rested throughout the day. E4.5 is flexible so if I get a cold or do a tough legs day workout, I can jump to a recovery schedule the next day. Similarly, if I want to stay out late or I have too much energy and am not falling asleep for my day naps, I can move to a restricted schedule the next day. Naps can be moved a bit (unlike Uberman), but should not be moved unless necessary. This schedule generally takes 3 weeks to adapt to, though the adaptation process is nowhere near as grueling as Uberman. I will restart my day counter tomorrow when I wake from my first core sleep.
Yay sustainability! 🙌