My positive coping skill

My positive coping skill
Boxing at Lewis's Boxing Gym, Springfield, MO.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

What is the best time to workout?


There is a big fat lie that if you workout on an empty stomach in the morning you will lose the most weight. This is actually false because your body is already beginning to increase its metabolism for the day. Working out at this time doesn't significantly change your metabolism. The theory behind this is that you will use your fat stores since your glucose(sugar) or carbohydrate stores are usually low at this point due to the overnight fast. There is some truth to this because if your body is out of sugar stores your body then uses up fat. The only issue is that the key to weight loss is burning the MOST calories because eventually this will cause a deficit and cause weight loss (fat). You will lose the most weight if you work out before dinner. This is because at night your metabolism slows down and you begin to burn fewer calories. If you work out prior to eating you increase your Thermogenic effect (metabolism burning more calories) then you eat which also increases your metabolism. This increase in metabolism causes you to burn calories when normally your body is slowing down therefore you will lose more weight, BUT, and this is a big BUT (lol isn't that what we are trying to lose?) if you can only work out in the morning then workout in the morning. I am just trying to teach you the little details to make weight loss the easiest way possible. Who doesn't want easy?

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