Is It Better To Work Out At Night? New Research Shows That Evening Exercisers Might Be Onto Something

Sorry early birds, but science says you might want to change your exercise schedule if you want to get the most out of your workouts. Two new studies published in the journal Cell Metabolism say it might be better to work in the morning, depending on a news release. The studies looked at how the circadian clock factors in the body responds to exercise, the news release said, and both studies that your body might benefit more if you work out at night instead of in the morning.

The first team put on their performances on the same day, and their performances were much better. To confirm their results, the people studied were more likely to be used when they were exercising at night instead of in the morning, according to which their bodies were exercising more efficiently.

The second research team also reported that they were using high-throughput transcriptomics and metabolomics to study the mice's muscle tissue response to exercise, the news release said. These researchers found that a protein called hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1α) is activated by exercise in different levels according to the time of day, according to the news release. Their work found that exercise may actually be more beneficial on metabolism in the late morning, rather than the evening, the news release said. But the researchers say that this research is so much more difficult than that.

"Circadian rhythms dominate everything we do," Paolo Sbadone-Corsi of the Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism at the University of California, Irvine, who is senior author of the one of the studies, said in the news release. "Our studies suggest that at least 50% of our metabolism is circadian, and 50% of the metabolites in our body oscillate based on the circadian cycle.

If you work out in the morning because you have a good time, I have good news. Other research published this year that the whole thing is a myth. The researchers at the Institute of Human Movement and Sport at ETH Zurich dug through 23 studies in the field of exercise and exercise, which is not a biggie, according to a new release. Some people here deeper sleep when they're exercising before bed, the news release said. The only exception was in people who did really intense training at the time of writing, so moderation is key.

The researchers behind these two studies say it's too early to say for sure when the best of the time. Based on what they found in the lab, they say the evening is your best bet. But if you're a die-hard morning person, just keep doing you.