Working out more or less doesn’t seem to change how your body’s stress hormone, cortisol, spikes when you wake up — it’s about the same no matter how active you are.

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Physical Activity and Cortisol Regulation: A Meta-Analysis.

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2023 Apr

The study looked at whether being more physically active changes the body's morning stress hormone spike, and found no real difference based on activity level. This matches the claim that exercise doesn't reliably affect this morning hormone response.

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Physical Activity and Cortisol Regulation: A Meta-Analysis.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108548

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