When is the best time to do sit-ups?

Sit-ups can slim your abdomen and waist, and doing them regularly can exercise your waist and reduce the occurrence of lumbar diseases. Therefore, many people will do sit-ups in their spare time, hoping to keep fit and lose weight through exercise. This type of exercise puts quite a lot of pressure on the abdomen, so you need to pay attention to the time you do it. Exercising at an inappropriate time may cause abdominal discomfort. So, when is the best time to do sit-ups?

The human body's body capacity state changes during the day and night. 8:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00 every day is the time when muscle speed, strength and endurance are at their relatively optimal state. If you perform fitness exercises and sports training during this time, you will get better results.

The peak period of human metabolism is between 3 and 5 pm. You may feel a little hot or tired between 3 and 5 pm, so this time is the best. Exercising at night will make your muscles too tense, causing adrenaline to rise and affecting your sleep quality.

The timing of doing sit-ups is very particular. It is not advisable to do them before or after meals. There should be a certain interval of rest between exercise and meals. During exercise, in order to ensure the oxygen supply of muscles and bones and nutrients, our body, under the regulation of the central nervous system, redistributes blood throughout the body, which greatly reduces the secretion of the digestive glands, thereby affecting digestion and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. The more intense the exercise and the longer it lasts, the longer it takes for the digestive organs to recover. Therefore, it is a normal physiological activity for people to not want to eat immediately after exercise. It is generally believed that it is more scientific to rest for at least 30 to 40 minutes before eating after exercise. Similarly, you should not participate in strenuous sports immediately after a meal. If you do so immediately after a meal, the blood that is involved in gastrointestinal digestion will be redistributed to the muscles and bones, which will affect gastrointestinal digestion and absorption. Participating in strenuous exercise immediately after a meal can also cause abdominal pain and discomfort due to gastrointestinal vibration and the involvement of the mesentery, which will affect human health. Therefore, you should exercise at least 1.5 hours after a meal.

Because sit-ups put great pressure on the abdomen and require the participation of many organs during the exercise, this exercise is not suitable for doing immediately after a meal. It is best to do it one and a half hours after a meal to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort. The body's metabolism peaks from 3 to 5 p.m. every day, so if you want to lose weight, exercising during this time period is most effective.