The biological clock (circadian rhythm)

Did you ever notice that at certain times you can exercise better than other times?
Didn’t you notice that at some times you can do more effort with less pain?
Didn’t you notice that at some times you can study better than at other times?
What’s that all about?
Are our abilities related to the time?

the biological clock or the circadian rhythm

Yes, they are, but it’s not the time of your stopwatch nor your alarm clock, it’s your internal time, your biological clock or as some call it the circadian rhythms. Your body has got it own internal clocking system that it uses to control many of your activities, this happens by controlling your metabolism and hormone secretion, some hormones are generated at night while others are generated at the morning that’s why some activities can be done better at the morning while others can be done better at the night.

Examples of activities that are dependent on the biological clock or the circadian rhythm

the following are Examples of activities that are dependent on the biological clock or the circadian rhythm:

off course sleeping, at night melatonin hormone is produced which helps in making you fall a sleep, trying to sleep at the morning will be much harder than at night even if you were awake the whole day
eating, your stomach digests food better at the morning that's why overeating just before going to sleep can make you gain weight
exercising, you can perform much better in the morning in exercising than in the night
generally you are more energetic at the morning than at the night

don't go against your biological clock

The best performance can be achieved when your internal biological clock is in harmony with the external activity. Going in the opposite direction of your biological clock like waking up at the night and sleeping at the morning can make your life very hard, you won’t just suffer at night but you won’t sleep well at the morning too.

what controls the biological clock or the circadian rhythm

Ok so what controls the internal biological clock?
Its sunlight, Sunlight activates your body and makes you energetic and wanting to work, on the other side staying in the dark will do the opposite of this. The good point is that you can use this information to your side, you can use artificial light to control your internal biological clock and so control your performance in many activates.

how to use the biological clock on your side

Think of your biological clock as a normal clock that ticks at a certain rate, this rate could be made faster or slower. By staying in the light you are making your rate slower and so increase the time available until the end of the cycle and vice versa.

Just see a few examples on how can you use that on your side

if you wanted to stay awake to work on the night make sure that you have a strong light emitting source in your room, this could be something as a light box which is a device used to imitate the sunlight’s rays. Staying in the light will let your biological clock tick slower and so your cycle will be longer and the result will be that you wont feel asleep at the same time you fall asleep each day, instead you will feel that you want to sleep later
if you wanted to sleep early one day, make sure that you don’t get much sunlight at the morning in order to make the ticks faster and so end your cycle soon, this will make you wanting to fall asleep few hours earlier than you are used to

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