Waking Up at Night to Eat/Drink

So recently my lifts have all been stalled out for the most part. I got readfing about waking up halfway through sleeping to eat and how it’s been successfull for some. Seemed a bit extreme but I decided to give it a go anyways and now my lifts are going up again and I’m growing as a result of it…kinda sucks though because my body hates being woken up prematurely…

Anybody else do this? Honestly the only thing I have changed and its working…

Why don’t you just eat more during the day?

I might have a bite if I wake up on my own, but I’d never set an alarm to do so.

meh I tried that I just ended up putting on more fat. It’s about giving my body food when its needs it and it absolutely seems to want some at night when i go 8-9 hours without any… otherwise hello catabolsim. :frowning: I dunno my metabolsims retarded fast, perhaps its not that big an issue for others going tht long without.

I don’t eat in the middle of the night, but I do have 30g of whey mixed in skim milk sitting next to my bed for when I do get up to hit the Boy’s room. I pretty much just do this to shorten the catabolic state one goes into after about 3-4hrs of fasting. Kind of mini protein pulse in the middle of the night. I haven’t really noticed much difference in str or muscle hypertrophy since doing this, but I’m sure it doesn’t hurt. I’m up anyways, so why not put down some protein. I wouldn’t want to wake myself up to do so though. If your trying to really up your calories because your not getting enough during the day, this can be a huge benefit.

Thats completely unnecessary, by waking up at night you disrupt the secretion of GH. If you happen to wake up, say, to go to the bathroom just pop some Bcaa and go back to sleep.

Some good uninterrupted hours of sleep are priceless, and is during the night that your digestive system rests.

Don’t fuck up your sleep to eat. If you wake up to piss, it may not be too bad to take a swig of a premade shake, but you’ll probably fuck up your sleep if the fridge is out of the way and if the fridge has a working interior light…or do it like AzCats and don’t refrigerate.