Sleep, Protein, and Cycle question??

[vezpolo]

i looked everywhere on this site but since im not platnium yet i couldnt do a search! my question goes like this: is it true that during your 8-9 hours of sleep "while on cycle" your body will use up all available protein and stop the recovery process?

so with that being said and say it would be true, what would be better:

1. 8-9 hours of good sleep or,

2. waking up after about 4 hours to get a protein shake, or something similar?

just workin on my diet and remembered reading about something like this and was wondering if it was true or what?

thanks, i wouldnt be suprised if i get flamed for this, lol.

Vez

 

[yomama]

i looked everywhere on this site but since im not platnium yet i couldnt do a search! my question goes like this: is it true that during your 8-9 hours of sleep "while on cycle" your body will use up all available protein and stop the recovery process?

so with that being said and say it would be true, what would be better:

1. 8-9 hours of good sleep or,

2. waking up after about 4 hours to get a protein shake, or something similar?

just workin on my diet and remembered reading about something like this and was wondering if it was true or what?

thanks, i wouldnt be suprised if i get flamed for this, lol.

Vez

No it's not going to stop the recovery process. I'm using common sense. I used to get up in the middle of the night to get a shake in, but I dont do it anymore, didnt prove to me to be of any benefit. I just take my protein, food, whatever before I go to bed and I'm fine.

 

[hammertime30]

i looked everywhere on this site but since im not platnium yet i couldnt do a search! my question goes like this: is it true that during your 8-9 hours of sleep "while on cycle" your body will use up all available protein and stop the recovery process?

so with that being said and say it would be true, what would be better:

1. 8-9 hours of good sleep or,

2. waking up after about 4 hours to get a protein shake, or something similar?

just workin on my diet and remembered reading about something like this and was wondering if it was true or what?

thanks, i wouldnt be suprised if i get flamed for this, lol.

Vez

When you go to sleep for the night, everything slows down....your heart rate, your brain processes, your matabolism.....everything!.....It takes a good 3-4 hours before your body hits the "deep sleep" stage, therefore waking up in the middle of the night robs you from hitting this very critical stage of rest......Your body is a very sophiscated machine and knows how to manage the vital nutrients for the resting period.....besides, it's more to the recovery process than just protein synthesis....you forgot the importance of GH which is only released during a very important sleeping stage...since all processes slow down, you can be rest assured that you will not lose anything by sleeping the full 8 hours....Never interrupt your sleep for food, if you are concerned about the extra cals or protein, eat a slow release protein and slow release carbs before bed time...............I use to wake up to eat, but found myself suffering for it within 2 weeks......not worth it bro!

 

[musketeer]

You do NOT need to sleep at 8 full hours night.

You can sleep for 6 at night and take a nap for about 90 mins.

It's just a case of conditioning. I used to work two 5 hour shifts at the gym:

04:45 wake
05:30 start work
11:00 train
13:00 start nap
15:00 back to work
20:00 stop work
22:30 Bedtime!

I know for a fact that you can 'jump' into REM sleep in a short nap, think about it:

How many times have you slept in the middle of the day for only 30 mins or less and still had a dream. Your logic about tye 8-9 hours is kind of correct - it is too long for optimal growth.

 

[musketeer]

Oh Yeah,

If you do happen to need to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, put some amino tabs in there and gulp down 5-10 before going back to bed. But only if you actually naturally wake up and need to go.

 

[Null]

I usually have to piss once a night so I keep a protein shake in the fridge to tide me over until breakfast.

 

[JKurz1]

What would result in someone who has difficulty sleeping.....one who may sleep for 2 hours and wake up for 5 mins, sleep for an hour wake for 5 mins, sleep for 2, wake for 5.....etc. for a total of 8 hours but never completely out for longer than 2??

 

[Lowest]

I never wake up on purpose anymore. I noticed when I did that, I became crabby and irritable after about two weeks. Now I just hit the sack. If I happen to wake up to take a leak or something, I'll hit the fridge for a snack and some milk, but I don't wake up on purpose.

 

[vezpolo]

well my dilema is that i have a 2 1/2 month old baby so i wake up at least 3 times a night and if i dont my old lady wakes me up. so the lack of sleep thing is taken care of with a 45 min nap in the middle of my work day during my lunch. i think im going to try some aminos when i wake up around 3-4 am. after a while you just get used to waking up crabby and figure no way around it and hit the gym befor work to pump your self up!!

 

[JKurz1]

Thats my point...........would it be so drastic if you were awaken for a few minutes every 2 hours???? Like 2 hour naps, 3 of them in a row.......

 

[idcbp]

I saw some study on almost the exact thing you're talking about. At intervals as long as 2 hours I think the effect would be noticable, but not majorly disruptive. You would feel effects though b/c we have been sleeping for longer periods by design so we are evolved to best utilize a longer sleep pattern. In the study, they tried to sleep for a certain percentage of each hour that amount to a total of 8 hours of sleep (sort of your question to the extreme) but the subject spiraled into sleep deprived mental failure. What I gather from it is you would get less and less benefits from sleeping as the period of rest decreased even if you got the same amount of total sleep. Some can do it better than others, but all would benefit from long periods of sleep. 6 hours at night and a nap of 1-2 works for me when I can get it. I'd bet 2 hrs at a time would be hard, but then some people don't really even wake up when they get up to urinate or even drink aa shake which may explain how some do it easily while others can't. Great question though, I'd love to see more input. Sleep is such a valuable regulator of growth and overall quality of life.