Revealed: The Best Time of Day For Your Daily Workout

Exercising at any time of day is beneficial for your fitness and weight loss. After all, raising your heart rate in any way at all is bound to be better for your wellness and wellbeing than simply parking your bum on the sofa and watching TV. That said, there are times of the day that are better for working out than others, and if you want to see the best results, you would be wise to tune into these.

 

According to a recent study by the American Council on Exercise, the best time to exercise is in the late afternoon, as your body is warmest at this time. At this time of day, your muscles are also at their most flexible and your blood pressure and heart rate are low, making your body strong. At this time, if you exercise, you will find that you exert less energy than you would whilst performing the exact same activities at other times of day. To top all this off, your reaction speeds will be fastest at this time of day, too.

 

That said, if you already have an exercise schedule, you are actually better off sticking to it (assuming it is working) rather than switching it up in favour of a late afternoon workout. Your body is very adaptable, and if you are used to running every day at noon (for example) then this will become our peak performance time.

 

Knowing this, you can actually train your body to work best for a forthcoming event or competition (such as a marathon) by training at the same time of day that the event is going to be, to give you the best chance of performing your best on the day.

 

Whatever time of day you work out, your body will convert that into the ‘peak’ time of day, and you will find that you perform your best during that hour or so.

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Is There More to Reaching Your Sexual Peak than Hormones?

People (mainly men) joke that they’re at their sexual peak, but what does that mean? Do you reach an age where you feel frisky, confident, and ready for a roll in the hay, and then it all goes downhill from these? Or is this biological phenomenon all a myth which drastically impacts gender wellness and sexual health?

 

The myth goes that men tend to hit the peak of sexual wellbeing at the age of 18, while women meander along to that milestone and hit it when they’re in their 30s. This conventional wisdom has been knocking around since 1953, when early sexpert Alfred Kinsey proposed the theory in his groundbreaking work Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female. According to Kinsey, men and women mature and think about sex differently, and this has remained the prevailing theory about sexual peaks.

 

While Kinsey’s views may hold up if you were to look at hormone levels alone, they still don’t apply to sexual peals. Men’s testosterone levels are in tip-top shape around the age of 18, while women’s oestrogen and fertility are at their highest during the mid- to late-20s. Wellness experts know this as your genital prime, because this is when your body responds most quickly to arousal. However, this is not the same as your sexual prime. In fact, sexual peak is different for every adult, and so it’s near-impossible to predict or claim at what age yours will be.

 

Just having a good number of sperm in the tank or a higher risk of getting knocked up isn’t enough to make you on top of your sexual game; sex is also psychological. Your sex life can be monumentally impacted by mental factors, such as your body confidence, personal sexuality, feelings of intimacy and trust with your partner, libido and sexual preferences take time and experience to develop. Regardless of hormonal maturity or concentrations, both men and women reach their sexual peak when they’re most comfortable with their own bodies and sexuality. However, if you want to boost your sexual wellness, Greatist Expert Dr. James Hardeman advises that regular exercise, a balanced diet, and not smoking can make psychological and physiological sexual peaks last longer.

Categories: hormones, men and women, peak