Like a lot of these studies they are only measuring one factor - fat gained/retained. So as usual its good to remind oneself to take it with a grain of salt and always keep a sharp eye on what works best for you overall. It beats waiting for some new study next year saying that people over 40 who exercise heavily without eating anything are twice as likely to have a heart attack or whatever. I know that if I go for a run first thing in the morning when its quite cold in winter without having anything to eat at all I can feel pretty bad for the rest of the day in comparison with (on a weekend) eating some breakfast and waiting for about an hour before I go out. In my case I usually pay attention more to how I feel rather than the results of some study.
The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast
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Re: The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast
#22I've dropped 20kg (44lb) since august, and I have found that eating well has a much much greater effect than exercise does. I've kept track daily of both weight and key tasks:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArDlY2B14P1IdFA2NElD...
It's pretty easy to see the exercise has died down to just enough to keep metabalism up, but the weight loss has been very steady. There's been no difference for me between pre-breakfast and post-dinner exercise, but huge difference based on what I eat and when.
I would expect different results if I was trying to burn calories directly through exercise, but I spent a month planning how to lose weight without spending lots of time in the gym because I knew I wouldn't stick to that :-)
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#23Wow, this is amazing. I'd love to try it out, but I'm not sure what I can do in the morning before breakfast. Maybe stationary bicycle. Anybody exercising before breakfast? What kind of exercise are you doing?
If you get a set of basic adjustable dumbells you can quickly work all the major muscle groups at home, which helps fire up your body for the entire day.
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#24Wow, this is amazing. I'd love to try it out, but I'm not sure what I can do in the morning before breakfast. Maybe stationary bicycle. Anybody exercising before breakfast? What kind of exercise are you doing?
Get a good elliptical. It will work out your entire body (unlike stationary bikes) and not hurt in case you have knee problems (like treadmills). Put the elliptical in front of TV if you like and do 30-45mins every other day. I was 193lbs in August. I'm 174lbs now. Though I'd say I'm more of an exception because I gain/lose weight really fast. Nevertheless, I highly recommend a good elliptical - both my wife and I lo…
The other huge advantage to the elliptical machine is your body works far harder than a bike while feeling like it's doing a lot less - I checked this with a heart rate monitor and an all-out effort on a bike did the same as what felt like only medium effort on the elliptical.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Links to where I can read more about this "fast training" stuff? never heard of it.
I have recently discovered http://www.leangains.com/ and it has some really good information (in my opinion).
Lean Gains is pretty good. I can also recommend Rob Wolf's Podcast - http://robbwolf.com/ he also explains when to be careful with IF.
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#26I saw a comment on reddit the other day, which I don't remember exactly, but it said (paraphrasing): "In the morning (when waking up after a night's sleep), your reserves are depleted so exercising before you eat will burn fat (no, you won't burn muscle)." It seems to me that the commenter knew about this effect just fine.
This comment was also made here on HN not long ago (maybe that's where you read it). I believe someone also stated that it's not good for your back to exercise too soon after waking.
I believe your "" is glycogen. The basic idea being that if you have no glycogen to burn, you'll burn fat.
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#27I saw a comment on reddit the other day, which I don't remember exactly, but it said (paraphrasing): "In the morning (when waking up after a night's sleep), your reserves are depleted so exercising before you eat will burn fat (no, you won't burn muscle)." It seems to me that the commenter knew about this effect just fine.
This comment was also made here on HN not long ago (maybe that's where you read it). I believe someone also stated that it's not good for your back to exercise too soon after waking. I believe your " " is glycogen. The basic idea being that if you have no glycogen to burn, you'll burn fat.
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#28I saw a comment on reddit the other day, which I don't remember exactly, but it said (paraphrasing): "In the morning (when waking up after a night's sleep), your reserves are depleted so exercising before you eat will burn fat (no, you won't burn muscle)." It seems to me that the commenter knew about this effect just fine.
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#29I saw a comment on reddit the other day, which I don't remember exactly, but it said (paraphrasing): "In the morning (when waking up after a night's sleep), your reserves are depleted so exercising before you eat will burn fat (no, you won't burn muscle)." It seems to me that the commenter knew about this effect just fine.
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#30I saw a comment on reddit the other day, which I don't remember exactly, but it said (paraphrasing): "In the morning (when waking up after a night's sleep), your reserves are depleted so exercising before you eat will burn fat (no, you won't burn muscle)." It seems to me that the commenter knew about this effect just fine.
I've also heard this advice many times before - I think it's common lore amongst some fitness trainers. Then again, these kind of industry wives tales are often where scientists get their research ideas from.