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<blockquote data-quote="Appassionato" data-source="post: 143108" data-attributes="member: 37892"><p>I would like to have some opinions from the guys of the forum that are lifting at the gym.</p><p>I recently started to do my workouts on my lunch break around 12 pm rather than 7 pm, because I am having constant elevated cortisol that I'm trying to address. Also, about 30 minutes after a heavy workout at night, I would start feeling anxious for no reason, probably due to the spike in cortisol at night, and my sleep was definitely worse.</p><p></p><p>Now, working out earlier in the day has resolved the anxiety spike at night, and I'm sleeping better, even if not perfectly yet, but my strength has sensibly gone down. Just as an example, I am able to do 6 reps of bench press with 140 kg in the evening, while the other day I was struggling to do 120 kg around noon.</p><p></p><p>Is it something anyone else experienced? Is it transitory? I read a lot about the fact you should workout when testosterone levels are higher during the day, but obviously that doesn't matter for us. The variable in my case would be the amount of calories I have consumed in the morning vs the evening and the fluctuation of cortisol levels and adrenaline.</p><p></p><p>My only other experience with morning workouts was years ago, at 6 am for 3 months and my body never adjusted to that. I just couldn't lift because I was still sleepy and having low testosterone at that time didn't help for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Appassionato, post: 143108, member: 37892"] I would like to have some opinions from the guys of the forum that are lifting at the gym. I recently started to do my workouts on my lunch break around 12 pm rather than 7 pm, because I am having constant elevated cortisol that I'm trying to address. Also, about 30 minutes after a heavy workout at night, I would start feeling anxious for no reason, probably due to the spike in cortisol at night, and my sleep was definitely worse. Now, working out earlier in the day has resolved the anxiety spike at night, and I'm sleeping better, even if not perfectly yet, but my strength has sensibly gone down. Just as an example, I am able to do 6 reps of bench press with 140 kg in the evening, while the other day I was struggling to do 120 kg around noon. Is it something anyone else experienced? Is it transitory? I read a lot about the fact you should workout when testosterone levels are higher during the day, but obviously that doesn't matter for us. The variable in my case would be the amount of calories I have consumed in the morning vs the evening and the fluctuation of cortisol levels and adrenaline. My only other experience with morning workouts was years ago, at 6 am for 3 months and my body never adjusted to that. I just couldn't lift because I was still sleepy and having low testosterone at that time didn't help for sure. [/QUOTE]
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