9 Pros and Cons for Morning Workouts
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5 • 965 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Is your workout time working against you? In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I will uncover how your body's natural rhythms could be impacting your fitness gains. Whether you're a crack-of-dawn enthusiast or someone squeezing in a late-night session, we’re here to break down how timing could be the missing piece in your fitness puzzle. Early morning workouts come with perks like enhanced fat burning, better insulin sensitivity, and the benefit of syncing with your natural hormone surge. But, let's be real—mornings aren’t for everyone!
For those who feel more alive later in the day, we'll explore how understanding your chronotype could help you optimize your workouts. If you’ve tried and struggled to make mornings your go-to workout time, we’ve got you covered with practical tips to ease into a routine, all while keeping it simple and stress-free.
We also discuss:
(00:00) Optimal Exercise Timing for Results
(02:11) Pros and Cons of Morning Workouts
(04:31) Benefits of Morning Workouts
(06:12) Effectiveness of Fasted Workouts
(16:19) Finding Your Ideal Workout Time
(17:09) Optimal Exercise Performance Timing
and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there beautiful human you're listening to embrace your real with me Julie Ledbetter a |
| 0:05.4 | podcast where I empower you to just be you with each episode I dish you a dose of |
| 0:10.8 | real talk and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. |
| 0:18.0 | Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real, let's get it, let's go. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode on the Emrace real podcast. We all know that regular exercise is one of the most powerful tools that we have for building the body that we want. |
| 0:36.0 | We also know, especially if you tune into this podcast regularly, I talk about this all the time, but honoring your body with movement regularly will make you feel better. |
| 0:44.4 | In fact studies have shown that exercise does not just impact our physical health but also |
| 0:49.2 | our mental and emotional well-being. It helps to improve sleep quality, it boosts our |
| 0:53.8 | confidence and overall just helps us live a stronger healthier life. And this sounds |
| 0:58.9 | great, right? But the number one thing that I hear when people are not consistent is they just say I just don't know when the best time is to work out. |
| 1:08.5 | I haven't figured that out and that is truly what is hindering so many of us from seeing the results that we want. |
| 1:14.7 | And so that's why in today's episode I want to share kind of the pros and cons into when is the best time |
| 1:21.0 | for exercise for optimal results because you have to recognize that our bodies are |
| 1:25.8 | deeply influenced by so many things that contribute to us either thriving or struggling |
| 1:30.4 | throughout a workout whether that's in the morning or the evening. |
| 1:33.4 | And really by understanding those different factors, |
| 1:36.5 | you can understand more and really understand |
| 1:40.0 | what your body likes best. |
| 1:41.5 | And then you are able to make an informed decision and |
| 1:44.7 | understand okay based on you know the pros and cons of morning workouts and |
| 1:49.3 | the pros and cons of evening workouts I'm going to choose X because I believe this will help me stay more consistent |
| 1:55.6 | with my workouts. So whether you are an early bird, you're a night owl, your body's natural rhythms |
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