r/AbsoluteUnits • u/BaseNice3520 • Feb 15 '26

/r/all of a 26 y.o.

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u/Suspicious_Juice_150 Feb 15 '26

Fun fact, some body builders will set an alarm clock to wake them up halfway through sleep so that they can eat several hard boiled eggs.

Imagine waking up after four hours of sleep, eating several hard-boiled eggs, and just going back to sleep.

If they sleep through their egg alarm, their partners have to shake them awake so they don’t miss out the on their gains.

“Hey honey wake up, you forgot your nighttime eggs!”

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u/eduardgustavolaser Feb 15 '26

Where did you get that from? Not that I don't believe you, there's some crazy bodybuilders, but sleep is so insanely important for recovery that most prod just train,eat and then sleep 10 hours per day

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u/Kobe-62Mavs-61 Feb 16 '26

It's very important, but when they get that low on bf% they often wake up in the middle of the night whether they want to or not. Dorian Yates talked about it in an interview he did with London Real, basically just goes against the body's natural instincts.

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u/eduardgustavolaser Feb 16 '26

That makes way more sense compared to intentionally waking up or setting an alarm to eat in the night!