This what I learned from doing both.
Working out regularly has a huge impact on both mental and physical health. It brings with it more benefits than that previous one. It will allow you to save money, make you feel happier, releases positive vibes to all around you.
Both mornings and evenings have their unique benefits. You can do the same task at both times but the effort and outcome will not be the same.
Also, it is likely that at a specific part of the day you need more energy and motivation than the rest of it. So figuring out what works better is what all these findings are about.
The Powers of Workout in the early mornings
Although in the morning, our body is in a rested state after sleep for a few hours, I proofed there are important benefits of working out during this time. Let’s discuss them right on!
1. Find motivation on the birdsong
There’s no more magical and powerful thing that hear the birdsong after you wake up early in the morning. If you have the luck to hear it you are one step ahead of the day.
I not only can appreciate that but also when I get up early I have the pleasure to contemplate how my son and wife still sleep. I look at them for a while and then I get out of our room to start my morning ritual.
Part of the ritual is a workout session. Hearing the birdsong while you are working out fuel your brain of motivation, set the right mindset, and release endorphins. Your mind and body have the right state and prepared for anything.
2. Increase your energy level
Do you want to get the day done without fall into the hell of burnout? If so, you will need to increase your energy level.
By working out in the morning, I found out that I can increase my mind and body energy level to finish any lengthy and busy shift (6 am–7 pm) with enough energy. So when the day is ending I can still finish any task and play and dance with my son.
Usually, in the afternoon nobody has the same level of energy. According to several studies our body performs at its best until the mid-afternoon.
Working out early in the morning will give you enough energy to face the mid-afternoon until the end of the day.
3. Prepare your mind to consume fewer calories during the day
Before I started off work out in the mornings it was impossible to give up me to one of my cravings — a sweet slice of bread.
I got to used to eat it every day in the mid-morning and another in the mid-afternoon. As a result, I had gained a few more pounds in a matter of weeks.
Every time I work out in the morning I can easily avoid it during the day. The temptation of eating it is defeated. I just take my cup of coffee without it.
This proof that working out in the morning prepares your mind to consume fewer things that increase calories. It prepares you to give up on things that sometimes it is impossible another way.
4. Gain muscle more effectively
When I decided to work out in the mornings I was not focused on gain muscle at all. The aim was to build and stick to a habit and make it part of my daily basis. The second goal was to lose the pounds I had gained due to the unhealthy routine I have fallen into it.
There was zero intention to gain muscle. Yet, over time I found out that by working out in the morning you can gain and build muscle faster than if you do it at other times of the day. This study support that.
Working out in the evening
Working out in the evening also has its own benefits. Before I become an early bird I used to work out after work, thus I have experienced all of them.
Working out in the evening has become the perfect antidote for helping me to get a good night’s sleep, wake up with a maximum focus and motivation, get the right state of mind, and free up space in my mind for creative thinking.
5. Get a good night’s sleep
In the mids of lockdown, I started to workout in the evenings, and these are the findings.
First off, it became the perfect antidote for helping me to get a good night’s sleep. Second I was able to wake up more focused and motivated, which in turn helped me to get the right state of mind. Finally, it also helped me to free up space in my mind for creative thinking.
Just keep in mind that I exercised at least two or one hour before getting to bed since your body needs time to relax the muscles. Ensure to do it that way.
6. Defeat tiredness of a long and busy day
Although it is true that some days you don’t feel tired after a workday, it is also true that there most of them yes. Busy and challenging days knock you and eventually, you will get into the tiredness.
Once you fall into it there’s one cure — Working out in the evening. It gives you the chance to defeat tiredness, it is the perfect outlet for stress release from the day’s work.
7. Create emotions to wake up focused and motivated
Having a clear mind is essential to succeed the next day. If you want to find that clarity working out in the evening is your ally perfect.
As I always say, the most fantastic thing when you exercise is that you create emotions. Emotions that lead you to have a clearer mindset.
Your mind flies and on the voyage, you start to build self-motivation and focusing.
Often you are more willing to work out in the evenings since is almost one of the latest thing you have to do.
Ending Thoughts
Sticking a workout habit has a huge impact on both mental and physical health. It is not a piece of cake, but once you build it becomes part of your daily routine.
Certainly, it brings with it a lot of benefits — saving money, lives happier, makes impacts to others, releases positive vibes to all around you.
At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if you work out in the morning, or in the evenings. Undeniably, you are getting more than one of the prior benefits.
Both allow you to get consistency, develop self-discipline, get self-motivation, and become a better person.
Thanks for reading. I hope this turned to be out helpful!