Today another viewpoint on sleeping on a hard floor - a refreshing, earthy opinion. Not my own, but very original and plausible. It is sourced from paleohacks.
"When I was married with two young children, I was burgled when my wife went
to get the kids from school. I expected them to come again so I started
sleeping downstairs with a machete. They didn't come back but God help them
if they had! I have always been fit and fairly muscular even though it is years
since I played rugby (muscle memory). I was exactly the same weight as I was 20
years earlier (13 stone). I wasn't overweight. Anyway, I am too long to sleep
all curled up on the settee so I slept on the floor with an open sleeping bag
over me like a duvet. For the first week, I ached in the morning. Then over the
course of successive weeks, I noticed something happen. I was beginning to look
as if I'd been doing severe aerobics and weight sessions down the gym
(circuits). I started to look as honed as a greyhound. It is fairly obvious,
really. One's muscles must push against a hard surface and with the tossing and
turning, the body gets a complete workout. It explains why we feel stiff when
we first go camping sleeping on a field. It is exercise whilst sleeping! Make a
fortune selling big sheets of chipboard for the bed! "Brand new from
Greyhound Fitness! Only £199-99! Get fit whilst you sleep!"
I am surprised no-one has realised this previously and championed it
somehow. A video £15-99! It happened a second time. After a divorce, I lost the
plot for a while and had to sleep rough on concrete for a few months. The same
thing happened. I lost about 3-4lb and looked muscular and honed again. The
articles on the web only consider posture and bone alignment. But I
guarantee....it had a profound effect on my musculature!"
Just goes to show that when one has lost the plot, one needs to "pick yourself up, start all over again"
