Thread: Is it bad to workout/train before you go to bed??

Is this more or less of a factor if one is cutting as opposed to bulking?

I am confused SF, what side of the debate are you taking? That training close to bedtime is a good idea, or is not?

I have to work from 4:30pm to 3am and the only time to work out is after work in the morning. Seems to work for me but i make sure that i have a shake after the w/o.

But if you eat all day and then work out wouldn't you have all those nutrients and stuff just stored away in your body to be used immediatly by your muscles instead of making them wait for the nutrients in the next meal.

Also isn't it said that most your muscle growth is while your sleeping ?

i dont know alot about this but in my mind it seems that working out at night gives you the same results but you dont have the test. or amount of energy you would have from doing it in the morning. O ya i have a great deal of test. build-up after working out (im alway horny after working out) so wouldn't you have that going for ya when you go to sleep ?

Originally posted by senimoni
Is this more or less of a factor if one is cutting as opposed to bulking?

Yeah, good question..

Oh more of a factor if you're cutting. Your metabolism slows down by approximately 20% when you sleep. Think about it, when do you want to ingest that PWO shake chalk full of carbs, and the big hearty meal that follows after your workout, in the morning after you get up, and your metabolisim is peaking, or in the last hours before bed, when any excess carbs that are not used to refill your depleted glycogen stores will almost certainly be stored as excess fat. Your bodies circadian cycle senses the fast that is coming with the sleep, and will horde calories instead of burning them for energy as it normally would when much of your day and physical activity is still ahead of you. Say bye bye cuts. If your bulking, and have a quick metabolisim to boot, I wouldnt worry about it, but if you have a sluggish metabolisim as i do, and you dont feel like turning into stay puff as you bulk, you should still give it its due attention, and seriously consider the factors I just mentioned.

i workout in the evening, by far the most convenient time of day for me

i try to get in a post workout shake, dinner (which i normally have to reheat as i won't get back from gym till 10 some evenings), then an hour later i will have a bedtime snack too

i will try to get my workouts in on the way home from college, BUT i always feel tired and i like to go home, eat a decent meal then hit the gym so i'm all fueled up n' ready to go

i guess go to the gym when you feel at your most focused! like i would go in the morning but i'm not a morning person, so thats out the window for me!

peace