Eat These 5 Things Before Bed To Build Maximum And Strong Muscle
Contrary to popular belief, most of your improvement doesn’t happen in
the gym.
Instead, it happens overnight, while you sleep! When you work out, you
create micro tears in your muscle tissue, but when you rest, those little
tears heal and become stronger and bigger than before, so that they could
withstand the next challenge.
This is how our bodies adapt, but that’s not all that happens at
night – your body also produces testosterone! When you sleep, your body
produces more of it than at any other time of the day, so sleeping is
crucial to improving your body and should be well nurtured to achieve the
best results.
This includes managing your diet, so you need to be careful about what
your body processes, even during the night
While people have been interested enough to write countless articles
about what to eat before and after a workout, there are few and far
between on what to eat before bed.
So, here are six foods that are incredibly effective when eaten before
sleeping, but you should consider adding them to your menu during the day
as well, due to their sheer effectiveness at building muscle
Casein Protein Powder
Everyone knows what whey protein isolate is, and millions are already
consuming it.
If you want to see it in action, go to any gym in the world and there
will be someone there, wolfing down a smoothie with whey protein isolate
in it.
Casein is something else though, and it’s not getting nearly as much
attention.
Whey protein absorbs into your bloodstream incredibly quickly, giving you
a near-instant nutritional effect which your body desperately craves after
exercising
On the other hand, casein digests really slowly, which comes in handy
when your body isn’t ingesting anything for at least 8 hours.
Breakfast has ‘fast’ in its name for a reason and you need to eat
immediately after getting up, but before you do, your body will be
satisfied if you consume something that will take longer to absorb,
therefore keeping yourself fed throughout your REM cycles
Greek Yogurt
Greek yogurt tastes amazingly and has a ton of casein, which digests
really slowly.
These are the reasons it exploded in fitness nutrition, making
itself a staple.
Also, it has a lot of protein so it helps a lot when you’re trying to put
on some lean muscle on your frame.
Just make sure to buy the ones without a metric ton of sugar inside – if
you eat that stuff before bedtime, you’ll have trouble falling asleep and
your recovery will suffer
Cottage Cheese
Bodybuilders have been eating cottage cheese for a long time now, and you
can either adore the stuff or despise it.
Some lifters eat it multiple times a day, and some can’t smell it or else
they’ll throw up.
Remember, it doesn’t look the best, but it will help you look
better.
Cottage cheese has a lot of casein protein, but it also has an advantage
over the powdered variety – you can eat it without preparation! Calculate
what you want to do and buy a leaner or a fattier version and consume
whenever necessary, but before bed as well! If you want to spruce it up a
bit, put some peanut butter in it
Avocados
Avocados have a lot of healthy, monounsaturated fats which will help you
raise your testosterone, which in turn, will boost your fat loss, muscle
growth, energy and confidence too! Eat them with some eggs, which are also
really popular with bodybuilders – this way, you’ll be eating healthy fats
as well as protein with almost no carbohydrates involved, which is ideal
before bedtime
Almonds
You can always eat almonds – there is no bad time to eat
them.
They have a lot of healthy fats which improve your testosterone
production as well as your metabolism, and when you eat them with some
protein, they will bring your protein absorption process to a
slow.
This is really important because you need your body to be absorbing as
long as possible, to leave out less time for catabolism to take place
during sleep.
If there is food in your stomach, you’re not losing gains
