Morning Workouts for Fat Loss

Working out and not losing the body fat that you want?  Try a morning workout.  Upon waking in the morning, try working out for at least 30 minutes to an hour.  Studies show that working out in the morning burns up to 3x more fat as opposed to working out later in the day.

During the day your body’s main source of energy is the carbohydrates that you get from eating your meals.  When you sleep at night your body uses up all those carbohydrates as energy for vital bodily functions.  When you wake up in the morning your body has depleted your carbohydrate stores and will look to burn fat instead for energy.  

If you decide to take advantage of this morning fat burning session, do not eat breakfast before the workout. If you do, it will just replenish the carbohydrates in your body and will burn those instead of the fat that you want to burn.

Another great thing about working out first thing in the morning is that your metabolism gets revved up after your morning workout.  Morning workouts keep your metabolism elevated throughout the day, another important factor in fat loss.

If you workout at night you may still burn fat while you workout but as soon as you go to sleep your metabolism will slow down and you’ll miss out on all the extra fat that you can burn during the day if you had exercised in the morning.  

I’m not saying that you must only workout in the morning to lose fat, but switch it up.  Take one of your evening workouts and switch it to the morning and watch the fat melt off!!