When is the best time to exercise?

In life, many things need to be done at the right time and place so that the results will be the most satisfactory. In fact, the same is true for exercise. You cannot achieve the best exercise effect by exercising in your free time. You also have to choose a time period to do it in order to achieve a perfect effect. Many friends are puzzled by this. So, when is the best time to exercise?

Research by many foreign scholars has revealed that the human body's functional 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 energy level is at its lowest between 3:00 and 5:00 and between 12:00 and 14:00. If you engage in sports during these hours, you are prone to fatigue and the "load" is high.

When it is too large, the probability of sports injuries is high. This shows that people should try to choose the relatively best time to engage in sports activities based on the possibility of objective conditions, in order to achieve good fitness and training results.

As far as health is concerned, it is effective to start exercising at any age. If you have time, exercise more; if you don’t have time, exercise less. Just move, even if it’s just one move or one posture. When is the best time to exercise? This is a controversial question.

It is said that plants exhale a large amount of carbon dioxide after a night of metabolism, so the concentration of carbon dioxide in the woods is relatively high in the morning, and some dust is also floating in the air, which is not good for human health. In addition, people's blood pressure is higher in the morning, which can easily lead to problems. In fact, whether to exercise in the morning depends mainly on the purpose of exercise.

If the purpose is to lose weight or to increase memory of motor skills, the morning is very good. When people wake up in the morning, they have almost consumed most of the energy they ate last night. If they exercise without eating at this time, it will lead to one result - "burning" fat. Because the energy is gone in the morning, there is still some glycogen in the liver. When the concentration of this glycogen drops to a certain level, fat "burning" will become the dominant energy supply, making weight loss possible. Therefore, morning exercise has special benefits for weight loss and preventing and treating fatty liver. In addition, it is easier to master aerobics, ballroom dancing, Tai Chi... any skill in the morning than at other times. Therefore, in a sense, the health benefits of exercising in the morning are greater.

Whether you exercise in the morning or in the afternoon, exercise should be moderate. As far as health is concerned, it is effective to start exercising at any age. If you have time, exercise more; if you don’t have time, exercise less. Just move, even if it’s just one move or one posture.

Exercise needs to be tailored to the individual and should be gradual. Don't be too strenuous at the beginning, and gradually increase the amount of exercise. Simply exercising for a while can solve the problem. In addition to using heart rate to measure whether exercise is excessive, the easiest way to measure whether exercise is excessive is the conversation experiment. If you are out of breath and unable to speak during exercise, it means that you have exercised too much.

No matter what kind of exercise you do, especially for middle-aged and elderly people, from the perspective of physical exercise, it is suitable to do whole-body activities. For example, swimming, running, walking, all of these are fine, and doing gymnastics is also fine. But it has to reach a certain amount. There is a saying of "three, seven". The so-called "three" means that each exercise should last more than 30 minutes. If the exercise time is less than 20 minutes and the intensity is not very high, it will probably consume some blood sugar in the blood circulation at most, but it will not help to lose weight or consume excess fat accumulated in the body.

It should be noted that it is definitely not a good idea to exercise immediately after eating a full meal. This is because after a meal, your blood is concentrated in the stomach to digest food.

The above is an introduction to the best time for fitness. It can be seen that doing aerobic exercise in the morning is very good, but you also need to exercise according to your physical condition. A year's plan begins in spring, and a day's plan begins in the morning. The air in the morning is relatively much better, so you should exercise at the right time, which will be helpful.