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This thread is due to the circadian rhythm studies I posted in this thread: http://www.pure-dedication.com/forum/index.php?topic=42.0

I personally think if you find a good rhythm in your training, you will get better results. I have noticed this with myself and others I have trained.


small questionnaire:

1. Are you a morning or evening person (generally)?

2. What time do you sleep/wake on average?

3. List the times of day at which you train, label them endurance or power.

4. If you'd rather train at a different time, list the time here.

5. any other info? perhaps what you notice in athletes you may train beside yourself?





As an example, with the minor league baseball off-season training camp I did, we had 6 athletes, and only one of them I would classify as an evening person. For pretty much the entire off-season, training lasted from 1:30 pm to 3:00-3:15 pm. Even though the "evening person" had good sessions during this time frame, when we did occasionally train at 7pm, he had insane sessions. You could just see the difference in his energy during this time frame. He hit his best vert and best squat during these sessions. His best broad jump came on a day where we trained at 5pm.

If i had the ability to take advantage of these rhythms I definitely would... my schedule wouldn't permit me too, as well as the fact that he'd be the only one in the night group, so he'd rather be in the afternoon group even.

peace

small questionnaire:

1. Are you a morning or evening person (generally)?

Evening

2. What time do you sleep/wake on average?

11pm - 7am due to school, but I would like to sleep from 12am/1am - 9/10am.

3. List the times of day at which you train, label them endurance or power.

I always train at 5pm, give or take about 30 minutes. I feel best at this time.

4. If you'd rather train at a different time, list the time here.

5. any other info? perhaps what you notice in athletes you may train beside yourself?

1. Are you a morning or evening person (generally)?

Morning

2. What time do you sleep/wake on average?

5:30am Wake-Up
11:00pm Sleep

3. List the times of day at which you train, label them endurance or power.

8pm-9pm Power

4. If you'd rather train at a different time, list the time here.

I'd prefer to split power workouts into two sessions:

12pm-1pm
6pm-7pm

But can't or else lose my job.

5. any other info? perhaps what you notice in athletes you may train beside yourself?

1. Are you a morning or evening person (generally)?
Evening


2. What time do you sleep/wake on average?
If given the choice, I go to bed around 1-2 AM and get up at around 9-10 AM.


3. List the times of day at which you train, label them endurance or power.
I usually train around 12-2 PM, but work has got me doing it later in the evening. This is training for power.


4. If you'd rather train at a different time, list the time here.
12-2 works pretty well for. I'm happy training any time after noon though.


5. any other info?
Training immediately after short naps is awesome. I feel completely revitalized when I do.

seems like pretty much everyone so far trains in the evening for power.. which is somewhat backed by the circadian rhythm studies.

rj's uses of naps to revitalize is also pretty well documented in these studies..

rj's actually training for power early during usual "post lunch dip" times is the only anomalie so far.. even though others have said they would prefer to workout at this time, but still workout for power later.

of course there are differences among humans, so you can't hold the study as gospel.. but it is interesting that so many people here workout for power in the evening, which is around the period where studies say the body is most ready for this training... also, job/school are early in the day, so that could have a major effect on the data collected in this thread..

i bet if we had hundreds of responses, the vast majority would fall into this rhythm.

eventually we'll sticky it and find out, when we have tons of forum members

peace

darqui or anyone else, ever heard of biorhythms?  Thoughts or opinions on them? I know a martial arts guy used to swear by them. And I mean everyone knows there are days your either physical, emotionally, or mentally out of it, and other days when you feel like you can fly. Bet kelly/jack M knows about them this seems up his alley haha. Definitely a pseudoscience but still might be something about them

http://www.facade.com/biorhythm/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorhythm

ps: I don't think those biorhythms on facade are matching up with me.. intellectual/physical seem to be off.

hmm i dunno i am going to see how/if it does match up, although i was feeling VERY good physically wednesday-friday when it said i was supposed to peak...if i suck the next 2-3 weeks its the biorhythms fault!

cool man.. interested in seeing if it correlates with you.