Deanna and Shannon record their new Helen PR’s up on the Leaderboard!
The familiar age-old debate of when is the best time to work out is still standing. Which is better for you: A morning workout or an evening one?
Some people prefer morning workouts. There’s a rumoured health benefit that we avail ourselves of by getting up a good sweat first thing in the day. During sleep, our bodies release more growth hormone and that level stays elevated for about an hour after rising. This is increased with intense exercise, like Crossfit. This higher level of growth hormone makes your cells more insulin resistant, in turn making you more likely to store breakfast as fat. This is good news!
On the other hand, some say performance peaks later in the day. They may have more workout intensity in the evening when they’re properly awake and have been moving around all day. Plus, one advantage of working out in the evening is that it can provide you with stress relief from your daytime job.
But, really, the best time for people to work out is when you can fit it into to your schedule, and when you are feeling most motivated. Whether this happens to be in the morning or the evening shouldn’t matter too much in the end. Either way, we all feel the same way after these good workouts: physically and mentally more energetic and sharp for whatever part of our day is left.
Relax, enjoy your routine, and give yourself credit for doing what counts!
What about you, CrossFit Zoners? Which do YOU prefer?
Today’s Workout:
Buy-In– 3 sets of 3 turkish get-ups per side
WOD – “Can’t Skip The Wallballs”
Elite/Zone 3: : 6 rounds for time:
• 20 wallball
• 30 double unders/120 skips
Zone 2: Scale to 4 rounds for time
• 20 wallball
• 20 double unders/80 skips
Zone 1: Scale to:
• 10 wallball
• 10 double unders/40 skips
Cash-Out – Max pushups, 1 set!
