As we emerge from the drowsy holidays with aspirations of being fitter and more productive, one social-media trend jumps out: How about waking up everyday at 5 a.m.?
It’s true, some of the world’s top CEOs and elite athletes swear by early rising. But sleep experts say it can set you up for failure.
“The trend of waking up at 5 a.m. is the second stupidest thing I’ve heard in a long time,” says Michael Breus, a sleep doctor in Hermosa Beach, Calif. (The first? Taping your mouth shut at night.) “If you’re a night owl who wants to get stuff done and you try waking up at 5 a.m., you’ll last a week, and you’ll become self-defeated and depressed.”
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