exercising early in the morning

I read an article saying something similar. I do my weight training in a morning and my little baby abs are coming alone just fine

Have a snack half an hour before you work out, if it will make you feel better, doesn't have to be a giant breakfast!

I suppose that exercise without eating enough protein would result in muscle loss, but this has nothing to do with how early it is. Even consuming protein several hours after your workout should prevent this, though the closer to your workout the better.

On the contrary, there are also studies/theories that suggest training in a fasted state (~8+ hours since previous meal, easily attained first thing in the morning, before breakfast) is more beneficial to fat loss, has limited impact on muscle loss/gain. Ultimately, there's a lot of very different opinions and information out there; I suggest just doing what's best for you. I used to workout at midnight in college, have worked out in late afternoon after work, and currently workout first thing in the morning, all based on what fit my schedule the best to do so consistently, which I find to have a much higher impact on results than the time of day.

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

your body does not care when you exercise. cardio results in fat loss. weights result in building muscle. science is science.

dont believe every thing you read on the interwebz .....

you cant out exercise a bad diet. so cardio can help with fat loss but then again lifting weights in a deficit will also result in fat loss. muscle gain is mostly done in a surplus(can be done in maintenance too though,but its much much slower). but with a surplus comes fat gains as well. weight/fat loss happens in a deficit of calories, exercise or not.