Author: Justin Hougham

Daily Update 4.7 Week 8: Module 4: Date 3/21/13 Now that we have learned a bit about sleep let’s look at how the crew is dividing their time. The following excerpt is from Adam.  In it he is describing the sleep schedule used on the training row around Vancouver Island: The sleep protocol we used […]

Daily Update 4.6 Week 8: Module 4: Date 3/20/13 Yesterday we learned about the stages of sleep. Today we are going to look at what drives our sleep schedule. Why do we feel sleepy at night? Our schedules, as is the case with many other organisms, are driven by circadian rhythms. These are defined as […]

Daily Update 4.5 Week 8: Module 4: Date 3/19/13 What is more important than food to the body?  Well, at least AS important? SLEEP!!! As you probably already know the crew is rowing 24 hours a day, in shifts of one, two and four hours. This leaves a schedule of sleep that leaves just one […]

Daily Update 4.4 Week 7: Module 4: Date 3/15/13 Now that we have learned about calories and what they are composed of we need to figure out how many we need to ingest. The Harris-Benedict equation was developed for just this situation. The Harris-Benedict equation was created in 1919 by two professors. This equation uses […]