Is exercising at night good for your health?

Regular exercise has many benefits to the body, but exercise also depends on the time and physical condition. If you are not in good physical condition, it is not suitable to exercise at this time. It is feasible to exercise at night as long as your time and physical condition allow. However, it is best not to exercise within an hour before going to bed to avoid affecting sleep quality. Next, let’s take a look at the benefits of exercising at night!

Evening is a good time to exercise. Exercising at night can aid digestion and help you sleep at night, which is very beneficial to your body. A research report published by the Clinical Research Center of the University of Chicago in the United States said that the human body clock plays a more important role in the body's response to exercise than previously thought. The results could change people's morning exercise habits. The research center conducted a study on 40 men aged 30 to 40 to study the body's (hormone levels) response to exercise at different times of the day. The results showed that hormones, key substances in human metabolism, responded most strongly to physical exercise in the evening and at night. "During the evening or night, there is a sharp rise in cortisol, which is associated with fat metabolism, and thyroid-stimulating hormone, which is associated with muscle repair," said researchers from the University of Chicago. For example, blood tests taken after an hour of high-intensity exercise on a treadmill in the morning showed that hormone levels were comparable to those during the same period of time when resting in bed. After doing the same exercise between 7pm and 2am the next day, hormone levels were much higher than at other time periods. This suggests that the body's hormonal response to exercise at different times is controlled by the biological clock or physiological rhythm. "It is too early to conclude that exercising at one time of day is better than another, but we were surprised that the hormonal response to exercise was related to time of day," the researchers said.

In addition, evening exercise not only makes people healthy and beautiful, but also can regulate psychological activities, eliminate people's psychological barriers, and achieve the effect of pleasing the body and mind.

The above are some of the benefits of exercising at night. You can drink water after exercising at night, but don’t drink too much water. Drinking too much water before going to bed can easily lead to edema and urgency to urinate in the middle of the night. Drinking a lot of water before going to bed for a long time can easily lead to kidney yin deficiency. If you want to lose weight, don't eat after exercising in the evening; if you want to gain weight, you can still eat something.