circadian

WITH THE POPULARITY OF 24/7 FITNESS CENTERS AND HOME GYMS, ONE CAN SEEMINGLY GET IN AN EXERCISE SESSION WHENEVER CONVENIENT FOR THEIR LIFESTYLE. While it’s good to get in the reps whenever you can, is there a specific time of day better suited for exercise? The answer, according to science...

In Part 2 of this series we looked at the notion that carbohydrates should be avoided at night and demonstrated that this particular law of fitness has some sizeable holes in it. At the end of Part 2 it would have been clear to many readers that the timing of when we consume nutrients can have a...

If you’re a national-level (or even amateur) bodybuilder, chances are you’ve had to fly across several time zones to compete in a contest. Sadly, this can totally throw off your body’s natural sleep-wake cycles and disrupt your routine. (Or worse yet, ruin your peak week.) The good news is there...

It is likely you have heard the common saying “eat like a king in the morning, a prince at noon, and a peasant at dinner.” This idea was proposed almost 1,000 years ago1 and still remains today. In recent years, the topic of meal timing has come to the forefront, with some believing the time of...

Maybe you’re diligent about tracking your food and working on hitting your weight goals by creating a modest caloric deficit, but you’ve hit a plateau along the way. You might even be going in the other direction, and gaining weight despite feeling motivated and disciplined. In either case, one...

Running in the background of your physical and mental processes is your internal clock, also called your circadian rhythm, which creates cycles of time that inform when you sleep and wake. But you don’t have only one clock. Although there’s a “master clock” at work, each organ has its own...