1 Secret Tip For Bodybuilding Nutrition Program

A Simple Tip That Adds Much To Your Bodybuilding Nutrition Program

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Eating frequently throughout the day is a big part of gaining muscle size and strength and a major part of our bodybuilding nutrition program.

If you set up a bodybuilding nutrition program correctly, you can put your body in an anabolic state, increase your fat burning metabolism, improve digestion, and stabilize your energy levels; all due to eating a well balanced muscle building meal every 2 or 3 hours.

During the waking hours, following this bodybuilding nutrition program is actually quite simple...

But how do we follow this during our sleeping hours?

Take into account that you probably consume the last meal of your daily bodybuilding nutrition program about an hour before going to bed... then you sleep for a full night... and eat breakfast about half an hour after you get up…. sleep for 8 hours... and then have our breakfast half an hour after awakening…

You’re looking at a whopping 9.5 hours with no muscle building nutrition whatsoever!

If you put all that focus on a well-balanced bodybuilding nutrition program with high quality nutrients consumed 5-7 times throughout your day, why toss this logic out the window at night?

At night, muscle recuperation and growth is at its peak, so isn’t it logical to make sure that your muscles get all of the protein, carbohydrates, and fats they require?

Why would you let your body suffer through a starved, catabolic period when it’s easy to continue your bodybuilding nutrition program at night?

Simply consuming a quick muscle building meal at some point during the night just might be a key method for accelerating your bodybuilding progress.

Sure, it may seem a little extreme and you might think only obsessive lifters would take the step of incorporating their bodybuilding nutrition program into their sleep, but if you think about how simple it can really be, you might get onboard too.

Firstly, realize that your midnight meal is NOT going to be a regular solid-food meal that you’d eat during the day. I’m not saying that you have to sit down to a full plate of steak and potatoes or chicken and rice here.

Sitting down to eat solid foods in the middle of the night is actually something that might disrupt your sleep; plus it’s not the most realistic technique to use as a long-term approach to your bodybuilding nutrition program.

Rather, you should consider a liquid meal so that you can slam it back and then head right back to bed.

1-2 cups of skim milk mixed with 30-40 grams of powdered protein in the form of whey, egg or casein is a solid option here. This way you can get a nice shot of slow release protein without disrupting your sleep.

Another tip is to add a tablespoon of a healthy unsaturated oil source, like flaxseed oil or extra virgin olive oil. This will slow down the release of the protein shake and give your body essential fatty acids that are very important for muscle recovery and growth.

So, what time should you drink this shake?

Your goal should be halfway through the night, or you can just leave it to when you wake up naturally. Alarm clocks are not the best option, since you don’t want to mess with your sleep patterns and feel tired and sleepy for the following days.

Does this “halfway through the night” technique work for every bodybuilding nutrition program?

Certainly not, but you’ve got nothing to lose by at least trying it out. After tacking this onto my own bodybuilding nutrition program and adding it to certain clients’ programs, I almost always find the effects to be positive.

For most people, waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom is pretty common, so taking a quick moment to drink a protein shake is easy.

That one shake alone might be the key to improving your bodybuilding nutrition program. It’s pretty amazing what a few hundred calories can sometimes accomplish in terms of maintaining or gaining weight.

If you are looking to get the most out of your bodybuilding nutrition program, you certainly should give this a try.

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