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When Is The Best Time To
exercise?
By Laurette Willis
Maximise your exercise routines from Laurette Willis, founder of PraiseMoves.
If you exercise regularly, you may
have already determined what is
the best and most productive time
for you to exercise. Once you
have a routine established, it's
important to stick with it.
However, if you're not consistent
with exercise and you find that
it's wearing you down instead of
building you up, you may be
interested in the work scientists are
doing in the area of
"circadian rhythms," the internal
clocks God put in place within our
physical bodies.
I'VE GOT RHYTHM...
Circadian rhythms, the daily cycles
which govern certain physical
processes, originate in the
hypothalamus just above the brain
stem.
They regulate everything from body
temperature and blood pressure
to metabolism.
The influence of circadian rhythms
on body temperature seems to
have the greatest effect on the
quality of the workout we have.
When your body temperature is at its
highest, your workouts appear
to be more productive. They are
likely to be less productive when
your body temperature is low.
Your body temperature is lowest one
to three hours before you wake
up in the morning, and at its highest
late in the afternoon.
Later in the day your muscles are
warmer and more flexible,
reaction time is quicker, blood
pressure and resting heart rate are
lower, and strength is at its peak.
Since studies have shown that
exercise during these late
afternoon/early evening hours
produces better results, it would be
good to determine what time that is
for each of us.
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