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Pre-Travel Sleep Banking

Pre-travel sleep banking adds modest extra sleep before long trips—useful for eastbound and red-eyes, not a license for extreme oversleeping that worsens departure grogginess.

Pre-travel sleep banking adds modest extra sleep—thirty to sixty minutes per night or one earlier bedtime—for several nights before long eastbound trips or red-eyes. It is not all-nighter prep; chronic oversleeping before departure can worsen inertia.

Bank recovery when training load is already high.

Common questions

  • Does sleep banking replace circadian light cues?

    No—extra sleep cushions short nights but phase shift still needs timed light, meals, and wake anchors at destination. Banking supports recovery; it does not reset timezone alone.

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