Do you want to lose weight but don’t know when to go to the gym? Now is the perfect time to exercise, according to a new study.
As the saying goes, “the future belongs to the early bird.” This is precisely the case for those who want to lose weight, since it is between 7 and 9 hours when it is best to train to optimize the effects.
“Our study provided a new tool to explore the diurnal pattern of physical activity and study its impact on health outcomes,” said Tongyu Ma, assistant professor in the department of health sciences at Franklin Pierce University and senior author of the study.
While until now experts have focused their research on the frequency, intensity and duration of physical activity, this new study analyzes the diurnal pattern of physical activity measured with an accelerometer to classify the time of day when human movement occurs. , he points out. is specified in a press release.
“This is interesting new research that is consistent with common advice for achieving exercise goals, which is to plan to exercise in the morning before you get distracting emails, phone calls or meetings,” said Rebecca Krukowski. , clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral weight management.
The specialist, however, recalled that there are flaws in the study since we do not know “if people who exercise regularly in the morning can be systematically different from those who exercise at other times, in a way that was not measured in this study.” study”. He added that “predictable schedules could have other beneficial effects on weight that were not measured in this study, such as sleep duration/quality and stress levels.”
