Another "maybe" to consider: maybe it's the wrong format for you. Years ago, I got yearly subscriptions at a gym that was right below my office, and showed up less than 10 times. This was followed by many more years of no subscription and no physical exertion. A few years ago, I got introduced to group classes at Cult Fit. This format fits me perfectly: just show up, and follow instructions just like everyone else. If I'm doing something wrong, the instructor comes to me and sets me right. I show up everyday. This brought about many changes - many serum biomarkers are under control, and I can do things that I couldn't do at half my age.
Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you
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#12The article didn't really answer the question of whether the right time of day helps you feel like exercising. Just that you might get more out of the exercise you choose to do. As someone who is more of a night owl, I just don't seem to be able to put out the same effort in the early morning than I can in the evening, whether it be in the gym or on the bike. I'm much more tired and I just can't seem to push as hard…
Your hormones shift later at night, so your nervous system is in a relaxed state. Your improved breathing and heart rate let you push harder.
I don't think it has to do with being a "night owl" as much as noticing enough to take advantage of something that happens to everyone. A lot of people aren't curious enough to change things up and that's probably who this article is aimed at.
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#13Discipline is doing what you need to do, whether you like it or not.
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#14Reading some of the comments here wondering what proportion of HNers are night owls to early risers...
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#15While I agree with the article, publishing this where the evidence is solely based on a trial of 134 people in Pakistan, is pathetic poor journalism
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#16My trick: Walk to meals and other excursions/shopping in lieu of driving.
If I leave on a walk for the exclusive purpouse of "exercise", I immediately feel bored, and like I'm wasting time, even if I "know" I'm not. Conversely, if I have goals to achieve at a destination, cutting the walk short to drive - or cook at home - is no less boring, and feels like a waste of the walking I did do.
It started as a way to take a break from work when I was crunching, with the company of coworkers. They'd grab lunch, or coffee, and you might as well stretch your legs and socialize while you're at it.
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#17I've been saying this for years. I don't believe in discipline. People who keep up a habit for years on end are not disciplined, they simply found something that works for them. If you try to start running every day after a couple of weeks you fucking hate it, then you need to change something. You might even need to stop running and try something else. Because it won't get any easier, and any excuse you have to break that habit you'll take eventually. Find things you will do without discipline. That's the secret.
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#18While I agree with the article, publishing this where the evidence is solely based on a trial of 134 people in Pakistan, is pathetic poor journalism
How many countries should be included before it should be published?
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#19The man who goes to the gym every single day regardless of how he feels, will always beat the man who only goes to the gym when he feels like it.
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#20While I agree with the article, publishing this where the evidence is solely based on a trial of 134 people in Pakistan, is pathetic poor journalism
I am not sure if you're entirely familiar with how science works?
The study has a fairly large effect size, there's plenty of other research into body chronology that shows similar effects and differences between people. The methods in the study look solid, as does the analysis. There's also nothing weird with how the interpreted the results.
Now, should you go out and alter health guidelines for an entire country based off of one study? Hell no. But that also does not mean that you dismiss the study.
Research funding does NOT work in such a way, that scientist A comes up with an interesting idea and immediately gets funding to recruit 200 000 participants from 20 countries.