I think there was something about cortisol levels too. And it was after waking up naturally - - no alarm clock and dragging yourself out of bed.
They did a study and tested grip strength every hour of the day and found it to be the highest 3 and 11 hours after waking.
Lee Boyce had an article on here and CT put one on his ThibArmy blog. He tested himself and his grip strength peaked 2 and 10 hours after waking.
The question is do you progress fastest when training at your strongest point in the day or is it the opposite or somewhere in between?
I have found that the thing I do last in training will often progress the most after Iāve given it adequate rest (and then prioritised it).
on my case its 16-17 hrs after waking up. I train at around 10pm
I donāt think anyone has researched that. There are so many variables. If you train when youāre at your āpeakā for the day then you could use heavier weights. It makes sense that using more weight in each session could maximize your gains.
There is a bit of research around that. In short, if you have ānormalā biorhythms itās between 14.30 and 20.30. As others have said, resting heart rate and temperature and good ways to test how well you are recovering in response to your training. Also, if you are consistently training at a certain time you should adapt to that time and it will become optimum for you (assuming said recovery is in place).
Iāve heard of heart rate being an indicator but itās always been in the context of overtraining. Is there subtle variation throughout the week or does it take longer to see changes?