Circadian Muscle Clock

[USAF-Larry]

How important is our Circadian Clock in determining the best time of day to exercise? Does your body tell you when the best time of the day to work out should be?

Have you noticed that there a best time of day to hit the gym? Is your best time different from your buddy's? What you've known about for a long time has only recently come to be understood as the “circadian clocks” in your muscle tissues.

Scientists at Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered your muscle's metabolic response and energy efficiency varies upon the time of day.

"Oxygen and the internal clock are doing a dance together inside muscle cells to produce energy, and the time of day determines how well that dance is synchronized," said senior author Dr. Joseph Bass. "The capacity for a cell to perform its most important functions, to contract, will vary according to the time of day."

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[A_Lurker]

I find that I can do steps in the morning, but not co-ordinated to do much else.  My perfect workout time seems to be about 3 in the afternoon.  Too bad I'm at work at this time 5 days a week.  I'm trying to get back into the habit of a 3-day workout (Wed/Fri/Sun) but put it off after pulling something (non workout related).  I think I might be good to go this coming week.