Most people get to exercising "whenever they get a chance." Sometimes during the middle of the day, sometimes before going to sleep, sometimes directly after a weight training workout or before a weight training workout and sometimes first thing in the morning. The truth is, all of those times will get results. It doesn't matter what time of the day you do your cardio workout, you will be burning calories every single time. But the real question behind everyone’s mind is which of these times is the most effective? And the answer is simple, first thing in the morning!
Doing cardio first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach, before you eat anything, is by far, the most effective. Whether you run, jog, walk, swim, jump rope, take an aerobics class, ride a bike, etc., doing it first thing in the morning is the best time to do it for maximum fat loss. You might ask why? It’s simple. When you do your cardio workout, you are burning calories. Lets say you wake up, eat breakfast, eat lunch later in the day, and then a few hours after lunch, you do your cardio. All you will be doing during that cardio is burning the calories and carbohydrates of the food you just ate. When you do cardio first thing in the morning, you haven't eaten anything for the last 8 or so hours because you were sleeping. So, when your body sees that there are no carbohydrates to burn, it goes directly to stored body fat. And stored body fat is the fat that is on your body, which is the fat that you want to get rid of.
Understand how it works? When you do your cardio sometime during the day other then first thing in the morning, you spend most of that time burning off carbohydrates that you already ate that day. When you do it first thing in the morning, there are no carbohydrates to burn, so all your body can burn is body fat!
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