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Evening is the Best Time of Day for Men to Exercise for Metabolic Health

37 points by laurex 5y ago

dmd 5y ago
https://twitter.com/SandyBoynton/status/1397548926102876167 https://twitter.com/SandyBoynton/status/1397548926102876167
- cafard 5y ago
  The best part of the story, for those of us who aren't overweight and chowing down fatty diets.
glonq 5y ago
And here I am, wasting my time like a chump jogging 5km in the morning.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
  I moved to evenings over two years ago and I personally recommend it. For one thing, your mornings don't suck. Just get ready and go straight to work. Another thing is you stop associating exercise with "getting it out of the way" for the day. It stops being a negative experience and almost ends up becoming a hobby. The other thing I noticed is how limber I am. In the mornings, running and stretching were hard. My body isn't very warmed up, everything is still waking up, and not to mention motivation is at 0 basically. If I had a bad day, I'd exercise to help forget. If I had a good day, I'd exercise to remember the good things. Overall remember my experiences were anecdotal. But I think everyone should give it a try. This is coming from someone that would also run 5k's at 11pm sometimes because I was working and a full time student and had to fit it in somewhere. But overall, I think doing what makes your schedule easiest is the best.
  - browningstreet 5y ago
    My early morning workouts are the best part of my day. IMO.
JimTheMan 5y ago
Sure. The most important part though is probably doing exercise at all.
thorin1 5y ago
I have a hard time falling asleep if I exercise in the evening. Does anybody know how to overcome this?
- cinntaile 5y ago
  Have you tried this for a couple of weeks or was it something you noticed if you tried it once?
- hbcondo714 5y ago
  I had this issue in my 20s and 30s. Staying up after an evening workout actually allowed me to get some good coding sessions in on my side projects. I'm older now and falling asleep with or without an evening workout isn't an issue anymore.
- wodenokoto 5y ago
  I believe it is normal and have heard advice against training in the evenings. The explanation I’ve heard is that it is the adrenaline production is what keeps us from falling asleep.
readonthegoapp 5y ago
Read this but couldn't figure out the percentage. Evening exercise is 50% better or 5%?

37 points by laurex 5y ago

dmd 5y ago

https://twitter.com/SandyBoynton/status/1397548926102876167 https://twitter.com/SandyBoynton/status/1397548926102876167

cafard 5y ago
The best part of the story, for those of us who aren't overweight and chowing down fatty diets.

glonq 5y ago

And here I am, wasting my time like a chump jogging 5km in the morning.

MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
I moved to evenings over two years ago and I personally recommend it. For one thing, your mornings don't suck. Just get ready and go straight to work. Another thing is you stop associating exercise with "getting it out of the way" for the day. It stops being a negative experience and almost ends up becoming a hobby. The other thing I noticed is how limber I am. In the mornings, running and stretching were hard. My body isn't very warmed up, everything is still waking up, and not to mention motivation is at 0 basically. If I had a bad day, I'd exercise to help forget. If I had a good day, I'd exercise to remember the good things. Overall remember my experiences were anecdotal. But I think everyone should give it a try. This is coming from someone that would also run 5k's at 11pm sometimes because I was working and a full time student and had to fit it in somewhere. But overall, I think doing what makes your schedule easiest is the best.
- browningstreet 5y ago
  My early morning workouts are the best part of my day. IMO.

JimTheMan 5y ago

Sure. The most important part though is probably doing exercise at all.

thorin1 5y ago

I have a hard time falling asleep if I exercise in the evening. Does anybody know how to overcome this?

cinntaile 5y ago
Have you tried this for a couple of weeks or was it something you noticed if you tried it once?
hbcondo714 5y ago
I had this issue in my 20s and 30s. Staying up after an evening workout actually allowed me to get some good coding sessions in on my side projects. I'm older now and falling asleep with or without an evening workout isn't an issue anymore.
wodenokoto 5y ago
I believe it is normal and have heard advice against training in the evenings. The explanation I’ve heard is that it is the adrenaline production is what keeps us from falling asleep.

readonthegoapp 5y ago

Read this but couldn't figure out the percentage. Evening exercise is 50% better or 5%?