I have seen tons of debates in the Fitness world about when is the best time workout. While I have seen several different cases to support the best time of the day to workout I personally believe that the best time of the day to workout is whatever time you get to workout as long as you workout.
But seriously, the best time of the day to workout, if your goal is to get maximum results from your efforts would be first thing in the morning.
Here is why. Working out first thing in the morning typically makes sense because this is the time of the day that you will have the most energy. Makes sense right? You just woke up from a nights sleep and should be fully rested this allowing you have the most energy possible to perform your workout since you haven’t depleted your energy levels from your daily routine.
Additionally, working out first thing in the morning, on a consistent basis, will enhance your metabolism which will allow you to burn more calories while at rest thus increasing your ability to burn those extra unwanted pounds.
More importantly, by enhancing your metabolism you will be able to burn more calories while doing the same amount of work during you workout just because you had enhanced your metabolism from getting into the habit of working out first thing in the morning.
It is best to workout on an empty stomach if you begin to workout first thing in the morning because your body will use excess fat as fuel source rather than using the nutrients from the foods you may have consumed.
You need to be careful though. If you start working out first thing in the morning in an effort to enhance you fat burning capabilities you need make sure it is within the first 30 – 45 minutes from the time you wake up.
If you do not get your workout out in before this time frame and you are looking to workout on an empty stomach based on what I mentioned above you run the risk of your body kicking in its survival mechanism. What that means is if you stay with an empty stomach for too long when you to eat a meal, no matter how low in fat or how low in carbs it may be you body will store those nutrients as fat because there is a starvation prevention mechanism is all of us that says, hey I haven’t eaten for some time, I need to store these nutrients.
So there you have it. When the best time to workout has just been answered for you. While I still believe that the best time of the day to workout is whatever time you workout because working anytime of the day is better than not working out at all, first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is the best for burning calories and enhancing your metabolism.
I have left comments open for this discussion so feel free to share your best time of the day to workout as well as what type of workouts you do.
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