Exercise plays a vital role in living a healthy life. According to Nhs Choices, physical fitness activities decrease 50 percent possibility of acquiring severe ailment such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer and 30 percent early death.
People would ask what time of the day is best to go to the gym, run or get some exercise. Surprisingly, it depends on your needs and capability. Here are some interesting facts about exercising both in the evening and morning.
Exercising in the morning revitalizes your energy the whole day. According to Dr. Cedric Bryant, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of the American Council of Exercise, morning exercises stimulates the body's endorphins and other mood-elevating substances which can boost your energy needed for the entire day. "Morning workouts result in better energy levels throughout the day and give you more mental alertness and sharpness," says Bryant. He also added that the entire day of work might make someone feel exhausted to exercise at night, hence skip working out. A person who exercises in the morning is less likely to disregard the activity since morning exercises condition the mind and help sustain a daily habit.
Morning exercises give you a better sleep at night. A research study was conducted in 2011 at Appalachian State University about the effects of daily exercise on sleeping at night. Dr. Collier, describing the results, said, "Much to our surprise, 7 a.m. exercise was better in terms of reduced blood pressure throughout the day and greater sleep benefits than exercise at 7 p.m." Though it depends on the extremity of work out, but exercising 2 or 3 hours before sleeping can cause sleep disruption. "Your state of arousal is higher because you have higher circulating levels of stress hormones, which can make it more challenging to fall asleep," says Bryant.
You are more physically ready in the evening. Dr. Michael Smolensky, biomedical engineering professor at the University of Austin, Texas, explained that joints and muscles are 20 percent more flexible in the evening, thus lesser chance of being injured.
Evening exercises removes the stress from the entire day of work. Working out at night, according to Bryant, releases stress or other negative feelings. Dr. Jeffrey Potteiger, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate Studies at Grand Valley State University also added, that evening exercises "could provide a boost of energy for the remainder of the day." Hence, turning a bad mood into a positive one.
