In the middle of the night

[SAGE74]

Does anyone get up in the middle of the night to take sups and drink a shake? If so what results have u seen? Is it worth it?

 

[Idra]

Yes. I saw less sleep and worse recovery.

 

[Incognito1]

Yes I did it for a while a few years ago.
Only difference I noticed was broken sleep.

 

[Knight9]

Not worth it to deliberately interrupt sleep. If you have a pre made shake by your bed that you sip while half asleep it may be ok...but to set an alarm or something is silly. Your RECOVERY is more important and the nutrients have to be well thought-out prior to bed...(pro+fat)

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[BurgerKing13]

When I was really training hard I wd make a whey prot. shake keep it in a cooler near the toilet.
Drink extra water before bed then wake up piss and drink.
Honestly not much of a difference.

 

[j4ever]

hell no, my sleep is so crappy even when I wake to piss im not going to be dick n around with a protein shake,i get right back in bed

 

[SAGE74]

That was easy, thanks for the replies guys.

 

[STEROIDFORYOU.COM]

I sleep like shit anyhoo, so I sip on a shake all night.

 

[IronManRep]

Yes. I saw less sleep and worse recovery.

Same here, I do much better without it now.

When I was really training hard I wd make a whey prot. shake keep it in a cooler near the toilet.
Drink extra water before bed then wake up piss and drink.
Honestly not much of a difference.

Sounds appetizing!

 

[heavyhitter]

Ive been doing it for years and love it. I set an alarm for 5 am, but i almost always wake up about 10 minutes before that to pee anyways. i never sleep a full 8 without waking up to pee so i just take advantage of that to eat again. I make the shake the night before and just chug it. I have no problems falling back asleep and it makes it so much easier for me to get all my meals in

 

[GreenEarth]

Never done it, get all my nutrition during the day.


But be honest...who else immediately heard this song when they read the thread title?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM]Billy Joel - The River of Dreams - YouTube[/ame]

 

[SAGE74]

Ive been doing it for years and love it. I set an alarm for 5 am, but i almost always wake up about 10 minutes before that to pee anyways. i never sleep a full 8 without waking up to pee so i just take advantage of that to eat again. I make the shake the night before and just chug it. I have no problems falling back asleep and it makes it so much easier for me to get all my meals in

That is true, it's like an early breakfast, I'm always up like 2 hours before my alarm thanks to my fiancé. If I wake up I'll have a shake if not I won't. Just interested if people had any results from it.

 

[Bobby Light]

When I'm not dieting and I wake up hungry then I'll go get something to eat...usually cereal or something like that...but I would never purposely set an alarm to wake up or anything like that.

 

[Tom]

no.....this is the repair/rebuild time best not interrupted.

 

[SAGE74]

no.....this is the repair/rebuild time best not interrupted.

That's true, but what if u wake up usually for any reason and u drink a shake. Does it affect the repair cycle? I fall back to sleep within a couple of minutes, would that shake help at all Tom or is it best to wait?

 

[SAGE74]

Never done it, get all my nutrition during the day.


But be honest...who else immediately heard this song when they read the thread title?

Billy Joel - The River of Dreams - YouTube

That's funny shit!

 

[shably33]

Does anyone get up in the middle of the night to take sups and drink a shake? If so what results have u seen? Is it worth it?

If you're that worried about getting your nighttime nutrition, why not just take casein right before bed? It'll digest slowly, you won't have to wake up and eat.

 

[SAGE74]

If you're that worried about getting your nighttime nutrition, why not just take casein right before bed? It'll digest slowly, you won't have to wake up and eat.

I do take casein at night, last shake of the day. I'm just curious if there is any real benefit or not. I can't seem to find an answer one way or another. I'm up anyway I might as well get something out of it, that's if there is a benefit. But I mean one more shake during the day, how much would it help?

 

[Tom]

That's true, but what if u wake up usually for any reason and u drink a shake. Does it affect the repair cycle? I fall back to sleep within a couple of minutes, would that shake help at all Tom or is it best to wait?

My opinion is that if you have a shake then blood is involved in the digestive process and taken away from the rebuild/repair function using already digested nutrients from earlier that day.

 

[SAGE74]

My opinion is that if you have a shake then blood is involved in the digestive process and taken away from the rebuild/repair function using already digested nutrients from earlier that day.

Yeah I was hoping u wouldn't say that! It would screw the whole process up.