****why run at 5:30 in the morning??****

[Sweet Jesus]

That's only part of it.

It's also very much a mental thing. Forcing yourself to get up at 5:30am to run when your body is saying **** that. You'd be surprised how the impacts your mental determination come fight time.

Co-sign.

Go Bears.

[Drunk Punch]

When you analyze it, really they should run at 5:30 PM. Dodging cars and weaving in and out of rushhour traffic. Great cardio!

[LA_2_Vegas]

flame me for this, but Teddy Atlas had a great point about the subject:

you wake up at 5 in the morning to run because you need to get used to doing things you don't want to do.

on a similar line of thought, was listening to navy seal who said similar things and that he starts his day with a COLD shower because it's the hardest thing to do and believe it fosters toughness in the brain. bs? who knows

[Swag Hustla]

That's only part of it.

It's also very much a mental thing. Forcing yourself to get up at 5:30am to run when your body is saying **** that. You'd be surprised how the impacts your mental determination come fight time.

I agree with this.

Besides that, nothing beats breathing in that morning air.

[DET. IRONSIDE]

Another thing is doing the cardio on an empty stomach gets you working on optimum level in terms of your metabolism.

You're burning calories quicker more likely to burn excess fat.

[wylout]

it wakes u up. it gives u more energy to train. when u run early it gives u wind, u can push your self harder in the gym. the more u run the rounds u can go.

[boxing2106]

you have no food in your stomach so your body uses the stores in fat as energy and results in your body burning more fat so you get in shape faster.. also no cars or nothing i do it but its hard getting up every morning extremly hard ! pluss now thats its 25 degrees here in nyc.

[JDezi4]

The air is cooler (it's more comfortable and gives u more of an insentive to run farther). There's no people in the way (taking into mind a lot of fighters live in big cities). And more notably its teaches u discipline and makes u mentally tougher. Having to get up that early just to run... HAH! I wouldn't be caught dead. And that's why I pay to watch other people box instead of getting paid to box.

[..WaRSpencE..]

Plus i think Testosterone levels peak in the early morning

This along with the fact that the body is in "starvation mode" from a whole 8 hrs+ of sleep, so when you run it targets weight loss much faster and efficiently..

[White Briton]

Coach potato's and their theories are hilarious.