Elapsed time between training and sleeping - impact??

[kalspic]

it makes sense to me. if you think about it, having a workout in the morning you would think that the body would use the calories you consume anytime afterwards to fuel your daily activities and repair. now if you workout at night you would only have 3hours or so that your body would also have to focus on giving you energy for activities.

sometimes its the smallest things like that could make a big difference.

look at the new info comming to light about only eating 3meals a day. it makes sense that it would take longer to process more food, thus leading to only needing 3 meals a day. but with that comes the whole comfort thing about downing that many calories at once. just like lifting at night and not being able to sleep. does this make sense or am i just rambling?

[RaginCajun]

it makes sense to me. if you think about it, having a workout in the morning you would think that the body would use the calories you consume anytime afterwards to fuel your daily activities and repair. now if you workout at night you would only have 3hours or so that your body would also have to focus on giving you energy for activities.

sometimes its the smallest things like that could make a big difference.

look at the new info comming to light about only eating 3meals a day. it makes sense that it would take longer to process more food, thus leading to only needing 3 meals a day. but with that comes the whole comfort thing about downing that many calories at once. just like lifting at night and not being able to sleep. does this make sense or am i just rambling?

throw some research articles at me on this one. i want to see scientific reasoning behind this

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http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...ticlekey=56254

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I recently read this in one of the magazines I regularly read(MD/FLEX/MUSCLEMAG) and mentioned it in my thread, it read that for fat loss three meals a day proved better than six smaller meals. I'll try and look it up and hope it wasn't in an issue that I've already donated to my gym.

[gbrice75]

my workouts have always been more intense with higher poundages and reps when they are evening workouts. Part of this is from the gym being more crowded and energetic evenings, maybe it's different at your gym, but if, like you stated, the big guys workout at night you might be motivated to push yourself a little harder(in an intelligent way of course). When I go in the mornings and the elevator music is playing and everyone looks and acts half asleep I lose motivation quickly. I think you will find that the night workouts provide you with much greater results.

This is a great point and something i've been meaning to post about. Other than a comfort level, I hate my gym in the morning. It's full of zombies limping around that look like they're pained to be there. I don't need to see that - as you said, it completely kills my motivation.

It's definitely a different atmosphere in the evening, and honestly I expected to be motivated by the big guys - but the opposite has happened. I feel like a scrawny little worm that stands out like a sore thumb among these guys. Even the little fvcking kids are in better shape, it's embarrassing. I was in better shape than 95% of the morning people - which isn't saying much, but it made me feel good at least, lol!

it makes sense to me. if you think about it, having a workout in the morning you would think that the body would use the calories you consume anytime afterwards to fuel your daily activities and repair. now if you workout at night you would only have 3hours or so that your body would also have to focus on giving you energy for activities.

sometimes its the smallest things like that could make a big difference.

look at the new info comming to light about only eating 3meals a day. it makes sense that it would take longer to process more food, thus leading to only needing 3 meals a day. but with that comes the whole comfort thing about downing that many calories at once. just like lifting at night and not being able to sleep. does this make sense or am i just rambling?

Nope, you're definitely not rambling - this is EXACTLY the point I was trying to make, and I failed to do so and got it all convoluted. You hit the nail on the head - my training and nutrition has to withstand an entire day of activity (albeit not intense activity) before resting, whereas now it's a few hours.

I am truly hoping this makes a difference for me. 6 weeks is my initial allotment to see some kind of positive change.