Morning Workouts:
Early morning work-outs might not be favored by many. Most people would like to laze around till late on week-ends or holidays and would not like to get-up at an un-godly hour during working days just to work-out. Try this morning work-out for a few days and notice the difference. There are chances that you will get hooked on to this and carry this on for a life time.
Elise Lachapelle was not a ‘morning’ person but changing the gym timing to morning has made a lot of difference not only to her health but her schedule during the entire day.
Some benefits of Morning work-outs:
- Enhancing your Metabolism:
EPOC is important for fitness. This means your body can burn more calories after the specific work-out even if you have a desk job. Studies have proved that those opting for morning work-outs tend to burn an additional 190 calories. Eating after an exercise replenishes the body and provide the required calories to meet the needs of higher metabolism.
- Improved Levels of Mental and Physical Energy:
Start your day with movement and for sure, you feel energetic during the whole day. Morning work-outs can help you concentrate and focus right. Your mind is alert and can handle all the different tasks lined up for the whole day.
- Sleep better with a Morning work-out:
Getting up early to exercise ensures a good night’s sleep. You are tired in a ‘healthy’ manner and sleep comes easily. There is no tossing and turning. You sleep as soon as you hit the bed.
- Reach Goals of fitness easily:
Morning work-outs help you reach your fitness goals with ease. Morning exercises places a priority on your physical fitness. Committing to a work-out in the morning means you are sacrificing your sleep; this makes you stubborn about achieving your fitness goals.
Morning work-outs might work out a little tough in the initial stages. A little effort and a firm mind-set is what you need to have. Force yourself to rise and shine once you hear the alarm. Resist the urge to shut this down. You need to enjoy your morning work-out so that this can help in pushing you to get up early. Warm up with light minutes for around 15 minutes before starting the work-outs. Before working-out you need to make sure you consume moderate proteins, high-carbohydrates and low fat foods.
