Posted on 11/14/2022 9:40:07 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Morning physical activity is associated with the lowest risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a study. The findings were consistent regardless of the total amount of daily activity.
Comparing peak activity times across a 24 hour period, being most active between 8 am and 11 am was linked with the lowest risks of both heart disease and stroke.
The investigators divided participants into four groups based on the peak time of physical activity: 1) midday; 2) early morning (~8 am); 3) late morning (~10 am); and 4) evening (~7 pm). The categories were selected according to peak times of activity in the study population, rather than being pre-determined before the study began. Associations between peak time of activity and incident cardiovascular disease were analyzed using midday as the reference group.
After adjusting for age and sex, participants who were most active in the early morning or late morning had 11% and 16% lower risks of incident coronary artery disease, respectively, compared to the reference group. In addition, those who were most active in the late morning had a 17% decreased risk of incident stroke compared with the reference group.
The findings were consistent regardless of the total amount of daily activity, and whether participants described themselves as a morning person or an evening person. When the results were analyzed separately according to sex, the investigators found that the results were particularly prominent in women but no longer significant in men. Women who were most active in the early morning or late morning had 22% and 24% lower risks of incident coronary artery disease, respectively, compared to the reference group. In addition, women who were most active in the late morning had a 35% decreased risk of incident stroke compared with the reference group.
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Interesting.
Awesome news, by sheer luck.
Well I guess that must be good news for me, I’m up pretty much every morning by 4am or maybe 430am, without any alarm, then active like crazy .... but then, why am I just now on blood pressure meds?
I would say enough exercise to lubricate yourself in the morning. But I don’t think most people can get maximized performance first thing in the morning.
I would probably say that light exercise when you wake up and a heavier routine, where you can push yourself, later in the day.
I also know that you shouldn’t exercise less than a couple of hours before bedtime because your adrenaline might interfere with your sleep.
Have you had a coronary artery calcium scan for cholesterol plaques?
Me— Fast walk when the sun comes up. 60 to 90 minutes. Take at least 10000 units D3 each day.
Whelp, it’s apparently a GOOD THING to wake up in the morning...
does successfully getting each foot-leg eventually into the right hole in your underwear count ?
The older you get, the more it counts (but the less you care).
This statistical medicine study stuff can be more than a bit questionable.
[Just go talk to Fauxcy...]
It makes one live longer...
What if she’s not in the mood?
I forget who it was, but the guy nudged his wife laying next to him and gave her a little squeeze and was getting frisky. The wife said “Not now - I’m tired.”
A little while later, another nudge and the same reply.
After the third nudge she said “Why don’t you watch a football game or something?”
“Boy - you really don’t know anything about sports! Nothing is on at 5:30 in the morning!!”
What is best for one person may not be best for another, depending on each person's own physical nature.
For example, I have always noticed that, all other things being equal (like heat/cold), I perform best and enjoy workouts best when they are just after the middle of the afternoon (around 3:00-4:00).
I have some friends who are early morning exercisers and some late.
If I workout early--even over a long time period--I am tired for the rest of the day. If I work out too late, I sleep restlessly. But when I work out at 3:00 or 4:00, I recover quickly, relax in the evening, have a good night's sleep, and spring out of bed in the morning full of energy.
I might be wrong, but it seems to depend on the person.
And re: heart attack (don't know about stroke), good enjoyable workouts mean that you will be a more consistent exerciser. Miserable workouts discourage exercise and make it easier to skip them altogether.
Remember that there was a team that wanted to demonstrate these fake studies. So they tested 20 things at the same, each with a supposed 95% accuracy. This meant that one of their results would be false. So they wrote a fake paper on “Chocolate leads to weight loss”, verified by results from their small sample study. The paper was picked up by major media.
Personally, I prefer strong consistent anecdotal evidence over “studies.” Exercise makes a person healthier. Ivermectin is anti-COVID.
Underwear? I can’t even find it till Ive had a couple cups of coffee and sit on my back lumbar massage for an hour thawing out.
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