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"We all have a specific hour of the day when we choose to get on the dreaded scale, but what about working out? Do you consistently workout at the same hour every day? I&amp;amp;#8217;ve often heard how people praise the fat-burning benefits of an early morning workout, but I can&amp;amp;#8217;t bring myself to do it. I&amp;amp;#8217;m definitely NOT a morning person--I prefer to workout mid-afternoon or early evening. I think I can also handle a night workout much better than I can a morning circuit. How about you? I&amp;amp;#8217;ve always been jealous of those cheerful people who can wake up every morning (without the help of an alarm clock, of course) to work out. They just get so much accomplished before 8 a.m. I, on the other hand, am a chronic snooze button-abuser. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t come fully alive until around noon--that&amp;amp;#8217;s why I schedule sessions with my trainer, (Taj Harris, from Crunch Fitness) for late morning or lunchtime. I realize I&amp;amp;#8217;m lucky to have a schedule that let&amp;amp;#8217;s me do this! I just stumbled on this little tidbit about the ideal time to exercise. It recommends yoga for the mornings as opposed to intense exercise; the afternoon for competitive sports like tennis or other types of exercise that require sharp focus; and strength training for the evenings because your core body temperature is at its highest, so your muscles warm up faster. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never really considered the hour of my workout very seriously, but I wonder if I should? What do you think, are these recommendations valid? I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s good to be aware of them, but there are days my schedule is so packed that I have to fit in a workout wherever I can. But exercise at any time is better than no exercise at all, right? (See how Sarah from Vitamin G sneaks in exercise on crazy weeks here.) What time do you exercise? And are you a morning person? Have you always been, or are you a former night owl turned early bird? If you are, please tell me how you did it--I want to be an early bird too&amp;amp;#133; P.S.--Are you getting enough sleep? Did you know getting a few more winks could help you shed pounds? P.P.S--Visit Vitamin G to see how Sarah did on her first day of boot camp! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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