Scheduling Your Workout For Maximizing Post Exercise Burn

Most of us have heard about something called the post exercise burn. This term means the calories you burn after your workout session is over.People think working out rises the metabolic rate and sleep disrupts the same.

Hence it is a common belief that people feel post exercise burn after workouts in the morning will be higher than working out in the evening. The most common issue people face related to the after exercise burn is to get their timing right. Everyone wants to get the time of their workout perfect, as they put in so much effort in their workout and they don’t want to get their timing wrong.

It is extremely important to remain active throughout the day to gain the best fitness results. For this you need to increase your daily activities. Every single calorie you burn affects your fitness level and also your metabolic rate.

Make sure the time of workout you choose is the time of the day when there are the least number of interruptions. It should also meet your personal biorhythmic cycle, if you feel more active in the morning that is the perfect time to exercise, and if you are a night owl, choose the evening to workout. If you are someone who can sleep perfectly well after a workout, you can invest in working out in the evening.

Whenever you incorporate a workout regime in your busy daily schedule, remember that it is extremely important to adapt and adjust. Have an alternate plan ready, if plan A fails switch to plan B before it is too late. Keep working on your plan until you get the perfect one to fit your schedule.

Fitness experts call calories burnt post workout as EPOC or excess post exercise oxygen consumption. Post a workout (especially post a high intensity workout), your system takes a little time to adjust the oxygen, temperature and blood circulation levels to normalcy. Muscles tend to repair and restock the glucose level. Your heart rate also escalates during this period, your adrenalin and stress hormone also needs to settle down; your nervous system also stays activated.

This period of adjustment may last between as little as 15 minutes to as large as 48 hours. It is believed that during this time your systems burns around 10-15 calories for each set of 100 calories burnt during the exercise.

The EPOC burnt for high intensity workout is more than low intensity workouts. If you invest time in long period of low intensity workout, your EPOC would reach its optimal level. For maximum EPOC burnout, both weight training and cardio are important.

Hence it doesn’t really matter what time you workout, but your regularity is essential while working out. Know your body and burn those extra calories.