An eight-minute nap, legs raised, and the feeling of having slept six hours: this is the promise of Jocko Willink, former lieutenant of the special forces of the United States Navy (known as "Navy Seals") for regenerate throughout the day.
His technique had been shared in
The Peter Attia Drive Podcast
in 2019
.
The trick recently became popular on
Tiktok,
informed the British magazine
Glamor
in a July 3 article.
On the social network, the keywords “8 minutes Navy seal nap” (understand “the 8-minute nap of the special forces of the navy”) today accumulate nearly 160 million views.
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Quick rest
In a video posted on
TikTok
in April 2022 by English influencer Mikhaila Peterson, Jocko Willink once again described his rest routine.
"If I feel tired, I take a nap for about eight to ten minutes," he says.
(…) Lie down on the floor, put your feet up – put them on the sofa, for example – and set a ten-minute timer.”
Someone very tired should fall asleep quickly and wake up feeling like they've slept for six hours, he promises.
@mikhailapeterson
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original sound - Mikhaila Peterson
Effectiveness not proven
The new miracle method to avoid strokes?
Why not, even if its virtues are not scientifically proven.
“Some cognitive processes will be improved, but the rest of the benefits of long sleep, such as the regeneration of the body, the brain and the immune system, will not be there,” warns Dave Gibson, sleep coach, in the
Glamor
article
.
Read alsoThis military technique to fall asleep in 2 minutes goes viral on TikTok
This isn't the first time a military sleep technique has gone viral.
Last January, the video of a Canadian sports coach accumulated more than 7 million views on
TikTok
and precisely offered a way to fall asleep in two minutes, anywhere.
If these methods remain a priori safe, it is up to everyone to see, or not, their effectiveness.
Provided, too, to be able to fall asleep as quickly.
