Hormonal
Evening exercise training (18:30 hours) improves glycaemic control and reverses high-fat diet-induced metabolic perturbations in overweight/obese men, whereas morning exercise (06:30 hours) does not.
If your goal is optimizing blood sugar control and metabolic health, especially if you consume a high-fat diet, try to schedule your workouts for the evening (around 18:30). Morning exercise still improves your heart and lung fitness, but it may not offer the same metabolic protection against poor diet choices. If you must exercise in the morning, be mindful that it might not counteract the negative metabolic effects of a high-fat diet as effectively as evening training.
However, improvements in glycaemic control and partial reversal of HFD-induced changes in metabolic profiles were only observed when participants exercise trained in the evening.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with controlled diet, though small sample size (n=24) and short duration (5 days exercise).
Source
The effect of morning vs evening exercise training on glycaemic control and serum metabolites in overweight/obese men: a randomised trial
Trine Moholdt et al. · Diabetologia · 2021
DOI 10.1007/s00125-021-05477-5
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