Morning or evening exercise?

D3x! said:
lol what? how so?

plus you should be warming up, slowly increasing the intensity
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Just something I heard once, but a quick Google seems to kind of confirm it.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1825044,00.html

Q: What time of day am I most likely to have a heart attack?
A: The most dangerous times for heart attack and for all kinds of cardiovascular emergency — including sudden cardiac death, rupture or aneurysm of the aorta, pulmonary embolism and stroke — are the morning and during the last phase of sleep. A group from Harvard estimated this risk and evaluated that on average, the extra risk of having a myocardial infarction, or heart attack, between 6 a.m. and noon is about 40%. But if you calculate only the first three hours after waking, this relative risk is threefold
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cerebus said:
I can't hack it in the evening.
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I tried evenings, couldn't cut it. After work I am dead on my feet, even driving home requires a substantial amount of effort. Then there is the overtime, the late nights, the after work drinks etc.. So definitely mornings for me.
 
Morning excercises are the best we are not sayign you roll otu of bed and do excercise but you should definatly excercise before you eat as this will raise your RMR (Resting metabolic Rate) for the whole day so pretty much you will loose more weight throughout the day if you excercise in the mornings ... I have taken to swimming every mornign at the gym
 
I only exercise at night, usually really late, say between 10.30 and 11.00. I then shower and go to bed. I'm too much of a zombie to do anything other than getting ready for work and leaving in the mornings.
 
You should try to alternate your exercise time along with the distance. I have three running routes that I frequent (6.5k to 14k) and depending on my mood I'll pick one and a time of day to do it.

If you want good results then forget gym, forget anything but cardio - I am talking out of experience here. Cycling and running is your best bet and they are lots of fun.
 
zolly said:
I only exercise at night, usually really late, say between 10.30 and 11.00. I then shower and go to bed. I'm too much of a zombie to do anything other than getting ready for work and leaving in the mornings.
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If you go to bed earlier you'll more be able to work out in the mornings.
 
I also struggle in morning, no matter how long I sleep, unless it is for an event or a surf (the cold water works wonders). But that morning exercise feeling that lasts the whole day is great.
 
DrYes said:
What are the pros and cons of exercising in the morning vs exercising in the evening,in terms of practicality and effectiveness?
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The differences are to few and to little effect to even be worth considering unless you aim to be an professional athlethe.

Its more important you do the exercise than during which time of the day you do it, if you feel to tired at morning then doing it during the day or the evening.

I tend to workout in the morning because then Ive done it and dont have to think about it, doing it to late makes me not beeing able to sleep.

Just mind that if doing it in the morning try to get some carbohydrates before you do cardio, or eat something before a strenght workout, and eat a large meal with high proteines after it.
 
It all actually comes down to what your goals are ... working out to loose weight, to get fit just generally, to get fit to compete in an event etc
 
If you go to bed earlier you'll more be able to work out in the mornings.
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I generally can't fall asleep before 12, unless it's been a really tiring day. When I had the most energy was when I used to work evenings/nights and would go to bed at 3/4 am and get up 10/11 am. It was so awesome :(
 
Depends how commited you are and what your day is like. I exercise in the evening after work but I really have to force myself..by the afternoons Im already making 100 excuses as to why I cant gym as Im so tired after the day but do land up going... but getting up in the mornings to do it, is not really an option for me. Would much prefer it in the mornings though.
 
If I am only going to do one or the other, then I'll pick morning.

sutekj said:
I don't know, but I strongly advise against jogging in peak traffic. Those fumes can't be healthy.
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Cycling is apparently better.

burn said:
Just something I heard once, but a quick Google seems to kind of confirm it.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1825044,00.html
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It doesn't appear that exercise necessarily increases the risk much, if at all.

Qwikslver said:
If you go to bed earlier you'll more be able to work out in the mornings.
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I've heard that hypothesis before. I found it didn't work that way.
 
Carol35 said:
...making 100 excuses as to why I cant gym...
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Gym - there's your problem. The reason why most fitness phases fail is because people use a gym. It gives you more surface for excuses because you have to go there before you can begin a workout. It also gives you a false sense of achievement each time you renew your membership because you feel thats half the battle won... which it is not.

If you want to get fit and build up the kind of stamina that won't fade away like pumped up muscles will, you need to start running. Start with short routes and as you get better you can increase the distance. There is very little excuses to not go - some of your best runs will be in the rain.

Took me 2 months from someone that bordered on being morbidly obese to doing my first 10km race and I did my first half marathon after 3.5 months.

But you need to persist, if you don't do a run in the mornings then you have to do it in the evening. Don't skip a day.
 
Rouxenator said:
:confused: your keyboard not liking it if you type more?
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If you want to lose weight then you can stick to aerobic exercise. If you want to build muscle you're stuffed unless you pick up some weights. Even aerobic exercise by itself will get diminishing returns without weights as well.
 
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