Jog in the early hours of the day?

[Drunken_Dragon]

Thats exactly it, I would like to know if anybody here goes for a jog early because people say it gives your lungs more of a beating and thus making you breathing stronger etc.

I didnt like the idea of waking up and going for a run because I love my breakfast and sleep time is heaven for all those college students out there :P

So would you recommend it? and if so how long for?

p.s No I will not branle in the morning!

[Rahf]

Thats exactly it, I would like to know if anybody here goes for a jog early because people say it gives your lungs more of a beating and thus making you breathing stronger etc.

I didnt like the idea of waking up and going for a run because I love my breakfast and sleep time is heaven for all those college students out there :P

So would you recommend it? and if so how long for?

p.s No I will not branle in the morning!

Morning cardio will induce muscle-catabolism unless prevented. Now maybe you don't give a dang about that but I just thought I'd clarify it.

If you're a student and have early morning classes etc I'd just listen to own intuition (if you have any.) and wait until you have time later in the day. No point in getting up at 5:30 to increase your cardiovascular capacity unless you are on a cut.
Personally I don't believe in doing heavy exercise in the mornings. I like to be at my physical peak of the day when I exercise.

[Drunken_Dragon]

well yes I do care about my muscle breaking down into little pieces!
but hey thanks ;) no much about side splits because Im trying to do some iso stretches, and the pain kills me at my maximum and I can hold out for another 30 seconds, what do I do?

[Rahf]

well yes I do care about my muscle breaking down into little pieces!
but hey thanks ;) no much about side splits because Im trying to do some iso stretches, and the pain kills me at my maximum and I can hold out for another 30 seconds, what do I do?

You shouldn't stretch so you're sitting there like a mass of pain. Give it time and make sure you know exactly what to do with isometric stretches.
I personally use static passive at the moment because my flexibility isn't that developed and I reckon I'll wait with PNF/isometric until I plateau (how the hell do you spell it?)

[Drunken_Dragon]

Its not like I sit there and endure a thousand years of pain, but I get painful around the maximum stretch, thats usually when I stop :) what static passive stretches u using for side splits? and yes that is how u spell plateau, I can do front splits but its just the side I need to conquer

[free2moo]

Streching should not be painful. You should really only experience discomfort. Streching with pain, may actually mean that you are injuring the connective tissue. Pain=bad, discomfort=GOOD! Now, rinse and repeat.

[Rahf]

Stretching to improve side splits? Just do side splits :tongue: a no-brainer come on. Use isometric stretching if you're just missing those last inches. Never stretch to the point of rough pain.

[Ashtar]

How would doing it in the morning give your lungs more of a beating? Is the air thinner or something? Make sure to fill up your liver glycogen stores!

[NatsuGaijin]

Is that true? Odd...

I do feel alot different when I jog in the morning as opposed to the afternoon or evening. Most likely because my body is being forced out of it's relaxation.
Although I can last longer during the evening for some weird reason.

[DarkXacreD]

Women fake orgasms. Men fake relationships.

Actually, women fake both.

[dogzer]

i fake orgasms, what

[DarkXacreD]

And so do guys, apparently. I guess that renders the statement entirely useless.

*on topic*

people that run in the morning are insane. that is all.

They just can't deal with the fact that they can't find time to jog any other time so they punish themselves by waking up at 5 in the morning to jog when it's 12 below zero out.

[J.B. II]

running is always good. HO HO HO!!!!!!

[NatsuGaijin]

Actually, women fake both.

I believe you've already pointed that out to me on MSN.....

Uh, thanks for the reminder. =_= you poopie head!

[anfeyd]

Thats exactly it, I would like to know if anybody here goes for a jog early because people say it gives your lungs more of a beating and thus making you breathing stronger etc.

I didnt like the idea of waking up and going for a run because I love my breakfast and sleep time is heaven for all those college students out there :P

So would you recommend it? and if so how long for?

p.s No I will not branle in the morning!

I think you answered your own question. Some people like waking up and running. Others like to sleep in and find a convient time, not early in the morning. Sleep is more valuable than getting up early for a run.

[DarkXacreD]

I believe you've already pointed that out to me on MSN.....

Uh, thanks for the reminder. =_= you poopie head!

well I don't remember seeing it on your sig until recently so I thought I'd do you a favor

[taco]

How would doing it in the morning give your lungs more of a beating? Is the air thinner or something? Make sure to fill up your liver glycogen stores!

i think if's cuz the steady breathing you're doing while sleeping, and then suddenly having them work harder than if u were up and awake.
i dunno tho, cuz people seem to breath harder when they sleep... alot harder... to the point where it gets annoying and u have the sudden urge to throw a shoe at them

[Ashtar]

Yeah I haven't noticed any big difference. As soon as you get up and start moving around, and lessened breathing is going to pick up right away anyway. Besides which, I've never read anything saying there's an advantage to rapid shifts in breathing or system exertion. That's usually why people do warmups and stuff before strenuous exertion. It's a good thing to be able to do so you can do it to test yourself or to get a rush of feeling badass "I jump out of bed and start running" but physical-wise I don't think it would do much.

Of course, doing so would probably mean you waste less time laying in bed when you wake up, which many do. That's why I keep my alarm clock across the room. I do a pseudo kip-up out of bed onto the floor and lunge to go turn it up. I say pseudo because I can't really do a real kip-up yet. I think I'm going to break my bed doing this though.

[Legendary]

I've been running before breakfast for a while now and it really makes me feel better. I'm absolutely not a natural morning person. Snooze was my best friend.

I go into work every m/w/f so I get up at 8 or 8:30, put on my shoes and sweats, and go outside for some dynamic stretching first, then I go jog. I live in a rental house that sits on 17 acres of grassy hills, I jog to the end and back. Not so sure exactly how much distance (it's not a straight line and there are tons of hills) but it's a good solid 30 minutes of backyard jogging.

There's a huge hill coming up our backyard to our back porch, for the final stretch I nail it full throttle and just about pass out on the back porch.

I do it before breakfast for trimming, and I've already noticed a difference. It doesn't matter what time of day, but if you do a good cardio workout pre-breakfast then you use those calories that your body has stored from the night before.

Ever since starting, I'm all pumped up and motivated everyday to flip out and destroy.