It takes longer to warm up: Speaking of warm-ups , there's a key reason you might not feel as strong or powerful during morning workouts: Your core body temperature is lower. This makes warming up crucial for morning workouts -- jumping into a workout, rather than slowly easing in, can result in injury.
This is true all of the time, but especially when your body is cooler. Your heart rate is also slower in the morning that's the best time to find your true resting heart rate , which also contributes to needing a longer warm-up. I envy those who can fit in a workout between 12 p.
That would be my ideal time to exercise if I could do so consistently. I feel more ready for exercise in the afternoon: more flexible, more mobile, more physically energetic. I also feel stronger and faster. For me, those feelings subside around the 5 p. Your physical performance might improve: Research shows that most people function better, physically speaking, later in the day.
Muscle strength, flexibility, power output and endurance are all better in the evening than they are in the morning. Your body gets warmer as the day goes on: Since your core temperature is warmer later in the day, many people can get into the groove faster for afternoon and evening workouts. You should still warm up though! Hormones are on your side: Testosterone is important for building muscle in men and women, and your body might produce more of it during afternoon workouts than morning workouts , resulting in greater strength and muscle gains.
Late-day exercise can relieve stress: Exercise is always a good way to relieve stress , but working out at night can really help you blow off some steam. The surge of endorphins you get during and after exercise can be a sweet nightcap that helps you wind down before bed.
Might help replace bad habits: If you have some evening or nighttime habits you want to replace -- like snacking, drinking, smoking or watching too much TV -- allow exercise to swoop in and take their place. Once you get into the practice of exercising at night, you might find yourself surprised that you don't even miss your old habits. The above benefits to afternoon and evening workouts might automatically tempt you to designate the latter part of the day to exercise, but you should consider a couple of potential downsides, too.
Might interfere with sleep: The blanket statement that exercising at night is detrimental to sleep is a myth. That's not true for everyone -- scientists have found that exercising at night may have no effects on sleep at all , and some may even get a better night's sleep -- but some people might experience jitters if they work out too close to bedtime.
This generally only applies to intense exercise , like CrossFit or HIIT, as yoga, stretching and other gentle exercises can actually improve your sleep when performed before bed. May cause problems with consistency: If you're like many people, exercising at night may not work for you simply because you are too tired after a long day. Afternoon and evening workouts might interfere with daily responsibilities, especially if things tend to pile up during the day.
If that sounds like you, try shifting your daily routine to fit in a short morning workout. But I finally got to a point where I was more tired of not working out and not feeling fit, and I knew something had to change.
So I decided to make a commitment to work out every single morning for a month. No excuses. It also ensures that you'll actually fit in your sweat session. He explains that consistently working out in the morning makes it a habit, probably more so than trying to fit in exercise at different times every day.
Here's the thing about exercise: We are all super busy and there are always other things we could be doing, so unless you make exercise a priority—say, put it on the calendar like a meeting—then it won't happen. I decided to treat my morning workouts like a work assignment. There's something to this. Scheduling everything, even family time, is one of these 7 habits of superproductive people. As a freelancer, I sometimes go into different offices for project work, two or three days a week, and sometimes I work at home.
On the days I went into an office, I booked a morning sitter to deal with the kids get them up, dressed, fed, and to school , so I could hit the gym before work. Some people would think this was crazy. But for me, it's totally worth it. First, mornings are a mess in our house—the kids don't want to get up or get dressed, so it's like pulling teeth to get them to eat their breakfast and be at school on time—so outsourcing those 2 hours was a wonderful gift to myself.
Second, I've always been an early-morning person, so getting up at or 6 AM isn't difficult for me. I feel my best in the morning, and a gym workout only enhances that feeling. The days I worked from home, it was harder to justify paying a sitter to take my kids in the morning, so instead, I worked out while my husband and kids were still sleeping. Our gym opens at AM, and my family rarely gets up before or 7, so I would set the alarm, throw on my workout clothes, and sneak out the door.
Often, I'd get back before anyone got up, or I would walk in just as they were awakening. Someone once told me that working out first thing in the morning was like walking around with a secret, and that's exactly how I felt.
No matter how crappy the day was I didn't get an assignment I was hoping for, or the kids were being particularly challenging , there was always that silver lining: I started the day by working out. Make and keep friends. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland found that finding a new exercise companion increased the amount of exercise people did. And this amount increased even more when their workout buddy was emotionally supportive.
What's the secret? For many, exercising with friends in the morning allows time to catch up, while joining a new workout group expands social circles. In New York, the local running teams are responsible for several marriages and children. See more wildlife and nature. Rabbits, raccoons, hawks, jays, cardinals, egrets and herons also are foraging in parks and streets at dawn.
Best chance, first chance. If you have kids or other folks who depend on you throughout the day, morning is your best bet for doing something on your own.
Many of the women we surveyed are busy parents. Nicer, calmer, better. And science backs up that sentiment. Exercise releases endorphins, known as the feel-good hormones, and reduces stress and anxiety levels. The Goldilocks effect. In the summer later outdoor workouts are too hot, or in the winter too dark, in much of the United States.
Mornings are usually just right. Plus, as Latham points out, sunrise runs avoid the need to slather on all that extra sunscreen.
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