Armor for Sleep
08-09-2006, 05:51 AM
Optimum Nutrition ZMA
3 Capsules
Zinc: 30mg
Magnesium: 450mg
Vitamin B6: 10.5mg
Its cheaper to buy your own ingredients and just consume those; I bought a premade solution because it was free for me (don't ask how please).
Anyways, i've been using it for a week now, corresponding with my bulk cycle. My pre-bed meal is 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 tbsp flax oil and some veggies, at 11:00 PM and I take ZMA at around 11:45, and fall asleep at midnight as I read a book (or JHR printouts /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif ).
Impressions:
The first 3 nights I used this were... interesting to say the least. On the first night, I took the supplement, then slid into bed reading George Orwell's "1984" for about 10 minutes. I then dozed off, but it was weird. I immediately started 'dreaming' that I was lying on my bed on my back, and my computer was playing the music from Morrowind really loud (my computer is right next to my bed, and I played 3-4 hours of the game that day). What was strange was I felt like I was chained to my bed. And the music kept playing and I wanted to turn it off, but I was practically glued down. I struggled to get up and finally I did - and woke up as well. I was sweating pretty heavily and looked at my clock - only 15 minutes since I went to sleep. Took me another 30 minutes to fall asleep again, I was tossing and turning.
The second night was a little better. But I had intense dreams again, tossing and turning a lot - and the next morning, I noticed my sheets were all wrinkled and pulled out by my restlessness.
Night 3 I had trouble falling asleep again. Took me about an hour to really sleep. And even then I didn't feel like I was asleep, it was like a half-awake state, my mind was running fast all night. I woke up pretty tired.
Every night after that was the complete opposite. I'd read my bedtime book and just die afterwards. My sleep has been very calm, essentially dreamless and it seems like I wake up in the same position I went to sleep in.
Thoughts:
I've noticed that, after the initial 3 days, I have been waking up very refreshed and a lot more energetic. Normally, I would wake up a little bit groggy even though I got my full 8 hours of sleep, but after ZMA I feel very good in the morning, almost hopping out of bed and ready to make breakfast. I really like going to sleep with it now, I feel like the 8 hours I always get are now much more effective.
As for muscle growth, I don't know yet. I just started the bulk so we'll see.
3 Capsules
Zinc: 30mg
Magnesium: 450mg
Vitamin B6: 10.5mg
Its cheaper to buy your own ingredients and just consume those; I bought a premade solution because it was free for me (don't ask how please).
Anyways, i've been using it for a week now, corresponding with my bulk cycle. My pre-bed meal is 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 tbsp flax oil and some veggies, at 11:00 PM and I take ZMA at around 11:45, and fall asleep at midnight as I read a book (or JHR printouts /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif ).
Impressions:
The first 3 nights I used this were... interesting to say the least. On the first night, I took the supplement, then slid into bed reading George Orwell's "1984" for about 10 minutes. I then dozed off, but it was weird. I immediately started 'dreaming' that I was lying on my bed on my back, and my computer was playing the music from Morrowind really loud (my computer is right next to my bed, and I played 3-4 hours of the game that day). What was strange was I felt like I was chained to my bed. And the music kept playing and I wanted to turn it off, but I was practically glued down. I struggled to get up and finally I did - and woke up as well. I was sweating pretty heavily and looked at my clock - only 15 minutes since I went to sleep. Took me another 30 minutes to fall asleep again, I was tossing and turning.
The second night was a little better. But I had intense dreams again, tossing and turning a lot - and the next morning, I noticed my sheets were all wrinkled and pulled out by my restlessness.
Night 3 I had trouble falling asleep again. Took me about an hour to really sleep. And even then I didn't feel like I was asleep, it was like a half-awake state, my mind was running fast all night. I woke up pretty tired.
Every night after that was the complete opposite. I'd read my bedtime book and just die afterwards. My sleep has been very calm, essentially dreamless and it seems like I wake up in the same position I went to sleep in.
Thoughts:
I've noticed that, after the initial 3 days, I have been waking up very refreshed and a lot more energetic. Normally, I would wake up a little bit groggy even though I got my full 8 hours of sleep, but after ZMA I feel very good in the morning, almost hopping out of bed and ready to make breakfast. I really like going to sleep with it now, I feel like the 8 hours I always get are now much more effective.
As for muscle growth, I don't know yet. I just started the bulk so we'll see.