Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/HNGIVFcO8-U   Morning exercise is best for women and evening exercise works best for men.  These the conclusions of collaborative studies by exercise physiologists at New York’s Skidmore College, the Arizona State University, and the California State University.   The researchers analyzed 30 women and 20 men in their early to mid-forties over a 12 week period.  The data gathered included body fat, abdominal fat, blood pressure, respiratory exchange, muscle strength, endurance, and exercise time of day.   For women, morning exercise reduced both abdominal fat and blood pressure.  For men, it was the evening exercise that powered desirable fat oxidation and blood pressure reduction.  For those women focused on improving their strength, exercising in the evening proved best.   https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.893783/full   #gender #exercise #abdominalfat #bloodpressure #strength