Early Rising Tied to Heart Problems

I take it you don't have young kids in the house :lmao: He does. But older kids are even busier! Weekend practices and meets/games are often very early. It's especially fun if you have a really big age span between your kids. Sleep and kids are largely incompatible.

If you get up at 4:45am M-F, sleeping til 7:00 on Sat/Sun sure feels like sleeping in.

If you get up at 4:45am M-F, sleeping til 7:00 on Sat/Sun sure feels like sleeping in. Ha! Just wait till your girls are old enough to swim regularly in meets where the warm up at some remote pool starts at 6:00 or 6:30 am ... And then, if it's a big meet and you're really "lucky," you get to go back for finals ... Saturday practice at 6:30 am too ... Oh, age group swimming is a lovely sport. I'm not letting my youngest too it. She's going to be a summer leaguer.

Ha! Just wait till your girls are old enough to swim regularly in meets where the warm up at some remote pool starts at 6:00 or 6:30 am ... And then, if it's a big meet and you're really "lucky," you get to go back for finals ... Saturday practice at 6:30 am too ... Oh, age group swimming is a lovely sport. I'm not letting my youngest too it. She's going to be a summer leaguer. We are already in that world but all I need is one or two Sundays a month til 7 am and I'm good to go. JUST ONE! Unfortunately, this whole early morning crud has ruined Monday Night Football with the guys.

Unfortunately, this whole early morning crud has ruined Monday Night Football with the guys. Move to the west coast and that will change. I can watch the game and still be in bed by 9:30. :thhbbb:

VO(2) Oh no, what have you done?

Gull,great article.One confounding variable is that sleep lab studies show there really are morning people and night people.I suspect effects of early workouts for a morning person will be different than for a night person.I also suspect that if the only time one can/will workout is early,it is better to workout then than not.

Older or not, the study found that early risers had a greater risk of cardiac issues. Having said that, much information regarding the study is missing and it is therefore difficult to determine just how representative it may or may not be. So true. That's why I hate these "studies" that give so little information. . . who even knows how the study was conducted. Early risers or not, most older people have more cardiac issues than younger people. Duh.

Gull,great article.One confounding variable is that sleep lab studies show there really are morning people and night people.I suspect effects of early workouts for a morning person will be different than for a night person. Exactly. That's why I can't bond with early bird Geek. Anytime between noon and 9:00 pm is a dandy workout time for me. I'm going to make Mini-Fort quit swimming so I can live longer now that I have some "proof."

Exactly. That's why I can't bond with early bird Geek. Anytime between noon and 9:00 pm is a dandy workout time for me. I'm going to make Mini-Fort quit swimming so I can live longer now that I have some "proof." I'm only an early bird by forces of circumstance. I hate the mornings but that's the only time I have.