the best time of day to exercise most of us would agree that exercise is an
important part of physical health and fitness unfortunately given the hustle
and bustle of everyday life we might not always be able to make the time to get
as much exercise as we need with the majority of us working 9 to 5 jobs
finally the appropriate time to sneak in a workout might be easier said than done
but what if some times of day were better for exercise than others
according to some recent studies it turns out that that might just be the
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all of our daily videos and content to understand the benefits of when we
exercise it also helps to gain a better understanding of your body's natural
rhythm known as the circadian rhythm this rhythm follows a 24-hour cycle and
holds sway over many different aspects of our bodies including our sleep
patterns as well as our body's metabolism according to researchers such
as GAD Asher the circadian rhythm accounts for at least 50% of our
metabolism and 50% of our body's metabolites are known to oscillate based
on this rhythmic cycle if well that sounds a little bit confusing allow us
to break it down further essentially the circadian rhythm makes
it so that our body functions slightly differently during different parts of
the day as a result the time of day we choose to do physical exercise can have
a direct impact on our performance and what we get out of the workout according
to a pair of studies published in the Journal of cell metabolism there seems
to be a significant correlation between physical activity and time of day with
specific times having a greater impact on our physical health than others so
when's the best time to pencil in your daily workout routine well as it turns
out the answer might come as a surprise according to recent studies the best
time to workout might be during the evening
for research conducted on the link between exercise and time of day
researchers began the first of the two studies by studying the effects of
physical activity in mice it's worth mentioning in this case that mice unlike
humans are nocturnal meaning they typically sleep during the day and are
more active at night over the course of the study however researchers discovered
that the mice seemed to gain the most benefit from exercise during the later
stages of their active phase that can be referred to as a sort of Mouse evening
quick question does the phrase Mouse evening sound weirdly adorable in anyone
else No okay moving on for this study mice that
were placed on treadmills during Mouse evening
were shown to produce higher levels of the compound known as zmp or five amino
imidazole four carboxamide ribonucleotide hang not a mouthful what
makes zmp important is the role it plays in our metabolism the compound is used
to activate specific metabolic pathways within our bodies which in turn are
important due to the role they play in breaking down things in our bodies such
as glucose or fatty acids unlike mice human beings are diurnal
rather than nocturnal meaning that we are primarily active during the day and
more restful at night however based on the nature of the experiment the
principles of the findings should be the same by exercising during the later
stage of our most active period we should hypothetically be able to reap
the benefits of a higher zmp level and a better workout performance as a result
in other words these findings suggest that for the best results you should
exercise during the evening to confirm this hypothesis the second of the two
studies saw the researchers move on from mice to twelve human participants
instead the participants were monitored while engaging in physical activity with
the researchers monitoring each person's intake of oxygen as a measure of
performance and efficiency while exercising
sure enough the researchers were soon able to confirm that the subjects
experienced better workout performance when exercising during the evening
than when compared to other potential workout times there have been a handful
of other studies that appear to point to this conclusion as well in a 2018 study
by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for example researchers
studying the National Football League made the discovery that athletes appear
to play better and experience better performance during the night games as
opposed to games during the day thanks to the advantages branded by certain
stages of circadian cycles however if you think the immediate solution to
better workout results is to suddenly go from earlybird to night owl' you may be
in for a rude awakening no pun intended after all if your body
is accustomed to resting and conserving energy during the evening then trying to
get to the habit of working out during the evenings and nights might initially
throw off some of your habits and patterns according to dr. Stephen find
silver of New York's Lenox Hill Hospital a lot of people generally find it
difficult to do vigorous aerobic exercise in the evenings and go to sleep
said fine silver might be a great time to exercise in terms of burning calories
but it might be harder to fall asleep after that not for everybody but for a
lot of people so how can you make the most of your circadian rhythm the first
step in the process might be to make a few adjustments to your sleep patterns
if you plan on being more active during the night then exposure to light can be
helpful to perk you up and make you feel more awake this advice is also useful
for anyone who regularly works the night shift by the same token wearing
sunglasses when driving home in the morning will also block out more light
and therefore help you fall asleep faster once you get home another major
factor in setting good habits and improving your sleep hygiene is to make
an effort to wake up at the same time every day and before you ask yes even on
weekends the important thing to remember here is to keep things as consistent as
possible and to maintain a proper sleep schedule that your body can eventually
adjust to the quote find silver again sleep is a biological drive if you don't
mess it up it tends to work but we mess it up all the time and the major way we
mess it up is not keeping a consistent schedule
with the human body being as complex and nuanced as it is it's not entirely
surprising that seemingly unconnected things might have to do more with each
other than we previously expected in this case when we decide to schedule our
daily exercise could have a direct impact on how much we benefit from
working out of course if your body's not used to being active during the evening
you may need to make some changes to your sleep schedule in order to
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