Timing is Everything...Or Not!

New Research UPDATE!

Written By Jim Stoppani, PhD

Updated September 13, 2021

Research on the effects of time of day and strength confirms that we tend to be stronger in the late afternoon and weaker in the mornings. This has led some trainers to suggest that since you are a bit stronger in the afternoon that training in the afternoon will lead to greater gains in muscle strength and possibly muscle size.

Yet a new study seems to contradict this theory.

Researchers from The University of Jyvascyla (Finland) had untrained male subjects follow a 20-week strength training where they trained either in the morning (between 7:00 – 9:00 am) or in the late afternoon

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