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Researchers studied 56 highly active men and women, ages 25 to 55, for 12 weeks to help identify the most effective and feasible time of day to exercise.
During this period, participants practiced the PRISE nutrition and training program designed by Paul J Arciero, Ph.D., lead researcher, and director of the human nutrition, metabolism, and performance laboratory at Skidmore College, along with his colleagues.
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If you’ve suspected you gain more benefits from your workouts depending on the time of day you complete them, your hunch might be right. In the past, studies have found that the time of day you work out c...
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The body and heart are better prepared for the exercise later in the day than in the early morning due to certain metabolic factors in men, says Aciero. This is the reason evening exercise h...
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“The likely reasons why women lose total-body and belly fat with morning exercise is because the body is in a more favorable hormonal state (lower insulin levels) which favors burning body fat...
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The program was inspired by the exercise recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine.
It was designed so that people can maintain a healthy active lifestyle ...
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Men who worked out in the both groups had improvements in mood and physical performance, and decreased both total and abdominal body fat.
But for those in the evening group, exercise had greater improvements in lowering systolic blood pressure, decreasing
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Participants designated to the morning group worked out between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and those in the evening group exercised between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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The bottom line: If you’re trying to achieve a specific goal like increasing upper body strength or decreasing blood pressure, then it’s worth considering the time of day you exercise. That’s because your body may react differently to an early morning ride or strength session ver...
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Though nutrition wasn’t the main focal point of this study, says Arciero, participants did follow a strict diet. Men and women in all groups met with a registered dietitian and were given a 12-week me...
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In the end, for women, morning exercise reduced total body and abdominal fat, decreased blood pressure, and improved lower-body muscle power, while evening exercise enhanced mood, as well as improved uppe...
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Morning participants were instructed to eat breakfast after workout sessions and subsequent meals in four-hour increments.
Evening participants were instructed to eat four meals a day in four-...
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