Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality Are Not the Same Thing
Modern sleep conversations often reduce recovery to one metric: hours slept.
But research consistently shows that sleep duration alone is a weak predictor of recovery.
Two people can both sleep eight hours and wake feeling completely different.
What matters more than total hours is:
sleep architecture
time spent in deeper sleep stages
continuity without frequent micro-awakenings
nervous system downregulation
Sleep duration measures opportunity.
Sleep depth reflects effectiveness.
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