The Best Time Of Day To Exercise
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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 in 9 to 5 jobs, finding 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 studies, it turns out that just might be the case.
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Summary:
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 percent of our metabolism, and 50 percent of our body’s metabolites are known to oscillate based on this rhythmic cycle.
If all of 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 our 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 work out 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 benefits from exercise during the later stages of their active phase, during that can be referred to as a sort of “mouse evening”. Quick question: does the phrase “mouse evening” sound weirdly adorable to anyone else? No? Moving on.
For this study, mice that were placed on treadmills during mouse evening were shown to produce higher levels of a compound known as ZMP, or 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide. Dang, now that’s a mouthful. What makes ZMP so 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 and 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 finding 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 higher ZMP levels and a better workout performance as a result. In other words, these findings suggest that for 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 12 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 when compared to other potential workout times.
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