Should we have one last cold snap before summer hits, or if you’re exercising in high altitude coldness, Quintus has some advice about when and how you exercise.

By Quintus Ni

The weather is very cold in winter. Many people like to exercise in this season to strengthen their ability to resist the severe cold, and these people like to exercise in the morning. However, it is not good to exercise on winter mornings. This is not the best time to exercise, even if you insist on exercising at this time every day, you will hurt yourself. What is the right way to exercise? We should choose the best time to exercise according to the following popular science.

Many people blindly think that exercising in the early morning in winter not only allows for the breathing of fresh air, but also improves their body’s cold resistance.

First of all, getting up early on a winter morning is harmful. The cleanliness of the air changes with the seasons; in winter, the cleanliness of the air is the worst of the four seasons, especially before 8 am and after 5 pm. Because the ground temperature on winter mornings is lower than the temperature of the air, an “inversion layer” forms and causes the dirty air to stay close to the ground where it is hard to dilute and diffuse. Pollutants drift in the lower air, and there are fewer green plants in winter to dilute the pollutants. If you exercise at this time, pollutants will be inhaled through the respiratory tract. Therefore, the best time for winter exercise should be around 10 a.m.

In addition, winter exercise should be carried out when there is no fog. Fog is a mass of tiny water droplets floating in the low air on the surface of the earth, and many harmful substances are dissolved in these water droplets, and harmful solid particles such as dust and pathogens are also absorbed in it. If you do strenuous exercise in the fog, these harmful substances will be inhaled a lot, which may cause many diseases.

Due to the cold of winter, the body’s fat content increases compared to other seasons, and body weight and body circumference have increased accordingly. Therefore, winter exercise should increase the number of actions and frequencies. We should increase our aerobic exercise, and extend our exercise time accordingly to improve function and consume body fat.

It turns out that the best time to exercise in winter is not in the early morning or in the evening, but at ten o’clock in the morning. Other times are not suitable for people to exercise at all, because there will be a lot of pollutants at those times that won’t help your health and build your body.

Winter Sport Editor: Chelsea