5a.m. and your alarm goes off. If you are anything like me you literally ROLL out of bed like the old guy from the movie UP because although your brain is awake and ready, your body is still stiff as a board. It takes about 10 minutes for you to loosen up and get your clothes on. After a glass of water and shot caffeine of coffee to get you going you head off to start your day off "right".
So you ask, "Does the touted A.M. workout really make that big of a difference? I mean, come on!"
The answer is YES especially if you get that first workout in on an empty stomach. The reason for this is quite simple. You have fasted throughout the night 6, 8 even 10 hours for some of you lucky devils! So when you hit your workout your body is running on fumes because you have not replenished your glycogen stores by eating. The first thing your body does if try to figure out where the heck it is going to get the fuel from to POWER you through your workout. Here is where you are able to potentially use fat as your primary fuel source. Now, there is A LOT of debate over this so feel free to do some research. I personally and many of my clients have found that this does indeed work. I would only advise this for cardio and not for resistance training and I would only workout at about 65% of your maximum heart rate because this will spare your muscle tissue.
The other thing that morning cardio does is rev up your metabolism for the day which means more fat burning throughout the day!
Give the A.M cardio session a try and see how it works for you. If you can do it, you may make a huge difference in your battle against the bulge.
Cheers
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