Best time to exercise

So, when’s the best time to exercise? Well, it depends on what your goals are. Also depends on what kind of a person you are. Right below, what the research says on best exercise time.

Morning exercise time

• Raises your heart rate and metabolism so more calories are burned earlier in the day

• Improves energy level for hours.

• Improves your mental acuity for several hours.

• Especially, when done before breakfast, more fat calories are burned since there are few carb calories circulating at that time.

• Air pollution levels are lowest in the morning. This may even boost workouts as you feel better oxygenated.

Studies also point to negatives of morning workouts.

• Often wake up feeling much colder than you felt just 8 hours before. That’s because body temperature is quite low in the morning. This makes the morning a time of relatively low blood flow and low energy.

• Muscles are cold and stiff, making them more prone to injury. A gentle, though thorough warm up before more difficult exercises, should help out here.

• Morning workouts may feel so difficult that they will turn you off to exercise.

My personal inclination is to exercise in the morning when I feel like exercising then. Depends on whether I feel strong and alert. I may do a morning workout 1 - 2 days a week.

Generally, I think that light aerobic activity is best for morning workouts, followed by stretching. So, nice morning walk would qualify. I’d rather do interval workouts and strength training later on when I feel stronger and looser.

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