What helps you wake up early to get that workout in?

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  • ThatMouse
    ThatMouse Posts: 229 Member
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    There are two reasons I work out in the morning:
    1. Avoid rush hour traffic
    2. Less people in the gym

    By getting out of the house at around 6AM and arriving at the gym at 6:15 AM (which is just across the street from my work), I have a morning commute of around 15-20 minutes depending on how much snow is on the ground. If I didn't work out in the morning, I would be up by 6:30 AM, breakfast by 7 AM and out of the house for 7:30 AM to make it to work in time for 8:30AM. My commute would be an hour long.

    Frankly, I'd rather spend 45 minutes sweating in the gym than 45 minutes stuck in morning traffic with people more likely to kill me than a barbell will ever be.

    Also, at 6:15AM, there are not too many folks at my gym. Even with it being New Years, I don't see too many people. There are more than there were at the end of last year, but that's to be expected. But there's never a line for a squat rack and there's always some cardio equipment available. It's also nice and quiet, and there's other regulars there too.

    I weighed the pros and cons and I'd much rather go before work than after.

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