{"id":35065,"date":"2026-03-10T09:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35065"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:02:37","slug":"why-waking-up-early-is-not-for-everyone-and-what-sleep-experts-say-about-rising-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35065","title":{"rendered":"Why waking up early is not for everyone, and what sleep experts say about rising early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/09\/41d44115-5ae5-42f0-93a9-d8b00e7fd52f_89344218.jpg?itok=7WArJXDR&amp;v=1773050642\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Getting up at 5am, doing a workout, then heading to work is not a one-size-fits-all recipe for using time effectively, sleep experts say, noting that not everyone is a morning type.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Countless Instagram and TikTok posts and coaching books have been telling us that early rising leads to a more efficient and successful life.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Canadian leadership expert Robin Sharma\u2019s book <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The 5am Club<\/em> is an example. It has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide since it was published in 2018. It describes the hour from 5am to 6am as the \u201cVictory Hour\u201d to prime your day \u2013 spending 20 minutes on intense exercise to boost focus, 20 minutes on reflection such as through journaling or meditation, and 20 minutes learning to sharpen your skills.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Should you also join the so-called <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">5am club<\/span>?<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Sleep experts believe this approach overlooks important factors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3345969\/why-waking-early-not-everyone-and-what-sleep-experts-say-about-rising-early?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting up at 5am, doing a workout, then heading to work is not a one-size-fits-all recipe for using time effectively, sleep experts say, noting that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1709,377,4142,1026,14520],"class_list":["post-35065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-early","tag-experts","tag-rising","tag-sleep","tag-waking","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}