According to the Journal of Applied Physiology, most people exercise best late in the day. To study how the body’s internal clock affects athletic performance, researchers put 25 swimmers on a wacky sleep schedule for 55 hours and measured their performance when they swam. The swimmers did better in the afternoon and into the evening, finally peaking at 11 pm. - but they plummeted between 2 and 8 A.M. “Even with too little sleep or not having eaten before exercising, your body will produce this rhythm naturally and peak late in the day,” says study author Chris Klein.
So don’t pass up a workout even if you’re flagging come 6 P.M. - you may have a few circuits in you yet. Amazingly, even if you are feeling tired and not that thrilled with the idea of getting in some exercise, you might just be suprised at how your body responds.
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