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Exercise Timing & Fat Loss
Reducing calories in the diet is very important for consistent weight loss
progress. There always needs to be a small calorie deficit for fat loss to
continue through until you achieve your ultimate goal. Regular exercise
helps drive a calorie deficit but, correctly timing the exercise can help
encourage results more quickly.
An exercise regime of 30 minutes a day can be a great start but, with
good timing you can expect faster results. For instance, if you
ate a meal then went to the gym, it could take you 30 minutes just to burn
off what you had just eaten before getting to lose any excess fat storage.
However, if I did a workout before a meal, then I’m confident that I’ll be
burning much more energy from my fat stores. In other words, my body has no
energy credit to burn before using up the fat storage.
Now, you may be thinking, won’t the fat burned from the fat cells simply
be replaced after the next meal?
Well, maybe to a certain degree, that will depend largely on how many
calories are eaten. The main benefit from this type of exercise timing is
that it cause’s enzymes in our body to become more active. Our body is keen
to replenish nutrients and resources used up during the exercise to maintain
homeostasis, and this is where most of the energy from the next meal will go
to, resulting in fewer calories left to restore the fat burned during
the session.
As a result, there will be a net loss of the stored fat by doing
workouts before eating!
Generally, save eating your meals and/or snacks for after an exercise
session, not before! - Unless you have low blood sugar, or any medical
condition that requires a pre-workout meal or snack!!
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