Time of day to do road work

I can't think of any reason why you shouldn't do that. I do most of my gym work in the mornings because I need to be flexible in the evenings in case I finish work late.

 

I think it's just a convenience thing. Gyms get going a bit later in the day, so it's a means to get the dreary roadwok out of the way first. Thee's no physical reason to favor one time of day over the other for running.

 

Holy**** man where the hell have u been at ? Im glad to see ur alright im assuming.

 

go after tea

 

at night peace and quiet

 

hardly

 

Hey Jimmie- Nice to see ya again; alive and well here, thnx!

 

I generally prefer to run at night, sometimes around the hills in my neighbourhood, sometimes along the waterfront. It's cooler, and it is more peaceful and quiet, less distractions.

 

So true. iPod and the peaceful night is the way to go(only if you have enough discipline to run outside. If not, treadmill is the way to go)

 

How could you not have enough discipline to run outside?

 

I do mine at night sometimes when i have work and stuff to do. I cant be asked to get up like 5ish in the morning

 

I have an aversion to early morning running. When I was first losing weight (from when I was an insanely unfit fatty), after my initial success mainly through eating less and jogging at night, I decided to add HIIT, sprinting on the beach in the mornings on an empty stomach. Now, I still didnt fully understand nutrition at this point, and I know I wasnt getting enough protein, but when I next went to my nutritionist about a month after starting this, she did a bodyfat analysis thing and found that I'd lost about 2kg of muscle and only about 800g of fat! It was a disaster. Now, I always get a proper breakfast and give it time to digest (I seem to have slow gastric emptying, so a few hours) before doing any sort of workout. If I woke at a reasonable hour though, by this time the day usually gets in the way, so its easier to do it at night.

 

Thatr's strange because according to sports fitness people at maximuscle, they suggest running/cardio pre-breakfast causes the body to break down stored fat,whereas once you've eaten, your body will just take calories you've consumed.
Obviously you still need to consume enough protein to maintain muscle. I'm on a "cut" cycle myself now and am trying this running early to see if I can get bodyfat down. Do you know how I can get a proper fat analysis done. Those machines don't seem accurate. One said I'm 12%, another 23% and now another says 17% which would suggest I'm a fat git, though my abs are showing faintly.