One of many recurring questions I get concern the safety of working out in the morning. Speaking for myself, I love to lift weights in the morning. However, I’ve always recommended that you wait at least one hour before you do any kind of lifting, bending, or twisting after waking up.
While we sleep, our spinal discs fill with fluid, and this fluid will magnify whatever stress we put on our spine. Luckily for us that love to train early, the discs lose about 90 percent of its accumulated fluids within the first hour of rising. Therefore, if you wait at least one hour before training, you should be perfectly safe.

So, why not enjoy your mornings quietly with a pre-workout protein shake while doing some good blog reading?

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