Physical Activity - earlier in the day
Why I Train in the Morning
I hit the gym roughly an hour after breakfast, 4-6 times a week. Here's why I schedule my lifting early in the day and how I read the science on it.
Once breakfast is done, I go to the gym. I train 4-6 times a week, typically around 10am or 11am.
Part of the reason I lift earlier in the day is metabolic, and part of it is plain personal preference. Chronobiology research in humans is still thin when it comes to how workout timing affects your metabolism. Still, after years of lifting, I've found that about an hour after breakfast works really well for me.
Skeletal muscle has its own molecular clock, and I believe that's a good reason to keep the timing of my lifts consistent.
Cortisol also peaks after you wake up, and I like to put that to work for me in the gym.