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{{Note|This schedule is considered '''experimental''' as it is only recently invented, and there have not been a large number of documented successes. Beginners are advised to choose a more established schedule.|warn}}

{{Note|This schedule is considered '''experimental''' as it is only recently invented, and there have not been a large number of documented successes. Beginners are advised to choose a more established schedule.|warn}}

== Overview ==

 

* '''Total sleep''': Undefined, but may average around 5.5-6.5 hours

|title = DUCAMAYL

|image = [[File:Everyman-3.png|thumb]]

* '''Specification''': 2 cores, multiple short naps

|above = DUal Core As Much As You Like

|label1 = Total sleep

* '''Mechanism''': Variant of SPAMAYL that includes 2 core sleeps. Evolves well from adaptation to DC1-extended, DC2-(extended) and DC3-extended then flexible versions of these schedules as helpful intermediates. The first core sleep provides more SWS while the second core favors more REM, with the nap(s) providing the remaining REM. A strong reliance on sensing when to best nap to get quality REM nap(s) and quality cores is required. You will need the freedom to take a nap soon at any time, and/or the ability to plan naps sensibly for each day such that there is no waking gap too long that makes you tired.

|data1 = Undefined, but may average around 5.5-6.5 hours

* '''Ideal scheduling''': Around at least ~4.5-5h total sleep for both cores combined, with about 1-4 naps of 10-20 minutes in length. Nap spacing should take into account natural periods of tiredness, as well as the morning circadian peak. In the evening 6-7 hour gaps are common, whereas alertness may wane after 3-4 hours awake around night/early morning hours. A longer Pronap of up to 45m might be plausible during early morning hours (6-10am) if all SWS has already been accounted for, which it should be if the base strict schedule has already been adapted to. This would allow larger gaps and/or increased flexibility later in the day. The wake gap between 2 cores can increase or decrease depending on days. Each core might be flexed and/or varied max. 90m in length, as optional variables after adapted to a base schedule. It’s not recommended to add an extra cycle more than once a week, as more frequent lengthening seems to destabilize adaptations to the reduced sleep total.

|label4 = Specification

|data4 = 2 cores, multiple short naps

=== Mechanism ===

This schedule is a variant of SPAMAYL that includes 2 core sleeps. Evolves well from adaptation to DC1-extended, DC2-(extended) and DC3-extended then flexible versions of these schedules as helpful intermediates. The first core sleep provides more SWS while the second core favors more REM, with the nap(s) providing the remaining REM. A strong reliance on sensing when to best nap to get quality REM nap(s) and quality cores is required. You will need the freedom to take a nap soon at any time, and/or the ability to plan naps sensibly for each day such that there is no waking gap too long that makes you tired.

 

=== Ideal Scheduling ===: Aim for around at least ~4.5-5h total sleep for both cores combined, with about 1-4 naps of 10-20 minutes in length. Nap spacing should take into account natural periods of tiredness, as well as the morning circadian peak. In the evening 6-7 hour gaps are common, whereas alertness may wane after 3-4 hours awake around night/early morning hours. A longer Pronap of up to 45m might be plausible during early morning hours (6-10am) if all SWS has already been accounted for, which it should be if the base strict schedule has already been adapted to. This would allow larger gaps and/or increased flexibility later in the day. The wake gap between 2 cores can increase or decrease depending on days. Each core might be flexed and/or varied max. 90m in length, as optional variables after adapted to a base schedule. It’s not recommended to add an extra cycle more than once a week, as more frequent lengthening seems to destabilize adaptations to the reduced sleep total.

 

The name DUCAMAYL stands for “'''Dual Core As Much As You Like'''”, one of the 4 “-AMAYL<nowiki>''</nowiki> polyphasic schedules. Because of the nigh-impossibility to adapt to this schedule cold turkey, many adaptations have failed. In the past, there have been a few attempts at flexing sleep from the start, but all of them eventually failed. Adaptations to a strict Dual Core base schedule first, however, have proven to be a successful way to adapt to DUCAMAYL.  

The name DUCAMAYL stands for “'''Dual Core As Much As You Like'''”, one of the 4 “-AMAYL<nowiki>''</nowiki> polyphasic schedules. Because of the nigh-impossibility to adapt to this schedule cold turkey, many adaptations have failed. In the past, there have been a few attempts at flexing sleep from the start, but all of them eventually failed. Adaptations to a strict Dual Core base schedule first, however, have proven to be a successful way to adapt to DUCAMAYL.