Timing Is Everything - Part 3

The previous article was about morning exercise. Studies show that people who work out in the morning are more likely to consistently stick with their exercise program and diet.

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The exercise timing tip in this article is n

In this series of articles we're examining the TIMING of fitness. We've then as previously looked at WHEN to eat for minimum fat storage, and also WHEN to exercise for maximum fat loss.

The previous memoir was apropos morning exercise. then the benefits of rankled more fat, morning exercise has several other hygienic effects:

+ Shifts our vital watchworks to kick-start key physiological systems long in preference we wake up. This enhances most swinish functions throughout the day.

+ Increases mental acuity. Exercise causes a release of endorphins and insulin-like growth factor I(IGF-I) that increases both mental caution and acuity. True, this set up is spectral at any time of day we decide to exercise, but early-morning workouts will facilitate this brain-enhancing effect. That mental sharpness we feel next our workout can last for more than eight hours! If we work out later in the day, we could be 'wasting' this effect on the time we're watching television or sleeping.

+ Provides an overall good feeling. in view of completing a provoking bout of physical exercise, we get a 'rush' and a feeling of doings that stays with us for the entire day.

+ Puts us in a 'healthy' mindset that enhances our body perception throughout the day.

+ Ensures workout consistency. Studies show that people who work out in the morning are more likely to consistently stick with their exercise program and diet.

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The exercise timing tip in this denounce is not for everyone, and also is not for the faint of heart. However, if we really want to 'prime the pump' and exacerbate our fat loss efforts, this tip is something we should all at least consider.

As we all know, raising our metabolic rate is one of the keys to fat loss. Raising our metabolic rate burns calories and gives us energy! The best way to manage this is to engage in both aerobic and resistance exercise AT THE SAME TIME.

One of the best bonuses to conjoint aerobic and resistance exercise is that our metabolic rate remains elevated even in the rear we're done exercising! That's right! Research shows that resistance training boosts metabolism for HOURS conformable to the workout.

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, researchers showed that intense weight training reinforced metabolism in compliance with the workout. Scientists estimate metabolism by measuring oxygen consumption. Exercise increases post-exercise metabolism by increasing muscle temperature, stimulating chemicals named uncoupling proteins that increase kilogram-meter burning, and disrupting normal cell functions (cell water, electrolytes and minerals). Elevated post-exercise metabolism can make an important contribution to weight control.

Different doctors and researchers have come up with different results as to HOW LONG our metabolism stays elevated after that resistance training. now we all have different body types and different genetics, the paean will be slightly different for each of us. However, it's safe to say that the vast majority of us will experience a higher metabolic rate for at least four hours posterior a good workout.

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Whew! That was a big blurb to our timing tip for today! So, without further ado.....

For maximum fat loss, consider doing TWO-A-DAY WORKOUTS. Once in the morning and notwithstanding sometime infra lunch. Yes, it will take a little more effort. Yes, it will take a little more time. But the rewards will be tremendous!

Every time we exercise we're sweating some calories. Two-a-days will obviously double that result! Just as important, if we TIME those two-a-day workouts so we're doing one in the morning and else in compliance with lunch, we will increase our metabolic rate ALL DAY LONG. That will give us more energy and force our body to burn more calories throughout the day.

The first workout will 'prime the pump' for the day, giving us all the benefits listed above. respecting the time our metabolism starts to return to normal, the second workout will newly raise our metabolic rate.....putting us on 'afterburner' and smokin' those calories for the rest of the day!

Can't get back to the gym for a second round of exercise? How hard walking on your lunch hour? How with walking home from work? Or how in spitting distance mowing the lawn when you get home (no riding mowers!). As we've said over and over again, SOME EXERCISE IS degenerate THAN NO EXERCISE, so be creative when lowering up with ideas for the second 'workout' of the day.

As we're discovering, TIMING IS EVERYTHING. albeit it may not be for everyone, TWO-A-DAY exercise will whiff our metabolism and fat-loss efforts into the stratosphere. To get the most 'burn' from this tip, just be sure to space those workouts four or more hours apart!

Sources:
"Fat Loss Info-Bits"; FitnessRx; Feb 2004
European Journal of Physiology; 86: 411-417; 2002
"Time To Burn"; Muscle & Fitness; Nov 2002

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