5am workout?

puja25

If that routine helps you then why not. I wake up at 5 and exercise from 6 am to 7 am . If getting up this early is natural to you and fits your time and everything else that you do than this is what you should follow. However I must admit that I feel very sleepy by 12 pm . But I work out in an open air gym , I love the birds chirping and the cool breeze.

Sarasari

jeannettemancini wrote: »

I work out at 5:30. Works for me. If I don't do it first thing it basically doesn't get done.

Me too, no excuses.

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Ocrgrrrl

I get up at 3:50 a.m. to begin working out around 4 a.m. in my garage gym. I am a teacher, so I am dead tired come 3 or 4 p.m. But I am a morning person, so I think it's easier for me. When that alarm goes off, I don't even think about it, I just get up like a robot, get dressed, down my pre-workout and it's go-time!

sarahlifts

Jesusjohnjames wrote: »

Are their any benefits to working out super early like 5am?
Would I be crazy for going that early?

Getting it done and over with.
No wear from the day or unexpected crap to get in the way of your work out.
If you have a family, Working out while they are still nestled in bed is an advantage your hobbies not interfering with family time.
The gym is dead and only regulars show up at 5 am.
If you haven't yet made dinner you dont have to worry about going home making dinner then heading back out to the gym.

RBXChas

Why not? I have a hard time working out late in the day because once I'm done at work and getting the kids fed and in bed, all I want to do is read or watch TV or whatever, just relax. I loved when I did 6AM Spin classes even though I had to get up at 5AM to get there on time because I had a great workout by 7AM, and I felt so awesome during the days after working out. These days I have to get up at 5:30 to get the kids to school on time, so I can't do 6AM Spin classes anymore I wish I could! I was a lot more likely to get a workout in if I worked out it in the morning.

ReeseG4350

It really depends on your personal mind set. Are you a morning person and normally get up earlier than, say, your best friend? Do you wake up before the alarm goes off, perky and full of energy while everybody else just drags out of bed?

Or are you up all night and PRAY for just another ten minutes of sleep in the morning?

Let that be your guide. I, fortunately, don't have to go anywhere to get to the gym, just stumble (hopefully not tumble) down the stairs to my home gym. (I LOOOVE being able to do that when it's like 12 degrees outside!!)

My alarm is set for 4:10 a.m. My target is to be on the treadmill by twenty after. Usually I make it. An hour later, I shut off the tunes and the laptop (I read or watch movies while I work out), hit the shower, and get ready for work. It was pretty difficult the first few weeks. I had to move my alarm clock across the room or I would just <snooze> forever. Now the alarm clock is gone, never use it. Have an alarm on my smartphone but I never use that one either.

I adapt readily so going from midnight bedtime to eight, nine, or ten o'clock is not a real inconvenience. After a couple of months, it was just the natural order. So... is five o'clock weird? For me, that's sleeping in! So, no. Not weird. But the important factor is what's right for you. Morning? Afternoon? Evening? Choose the 'best', easiest and most convenient time for your workout. It makes it easier to stick to the schedule.

Fitwarrior7_Round_2

The gym isn't crowded, I can get on any machine I want and at the end of the workday my workout is already done. It's a lot easier to get tied up in the afternoon evening than it is at 5 a.m. when you can either sleep or workout. There aren't many other things going on at 5 a.m. to make excuses for.

FoxyMars25

I get up every day during the work week at 4 am to workout (and just whenever on sat and sun). It took me a while to get used to it as I used to workout in the evenings, but now I love it. I only have to take one shower a day instead of two, it is done and I don't have to worry about it after working all day, it is cooler in my house in the morning (good for summer), etc...

cwolfman13

Jesusjohnjames wrote: »

Are their any benefits to working out super early like 5am?
Would I be crazy for going that early?

Logically, how would there be any benefit to 5 AM vs 5 PM?

I personally think 5 AM is crazy but there are plenty of morning people out there. I have way more energy in the evening...my lifts suck in the AM.

Jesusjohnjames

I will try again next week. Once I reach my goal, then I would love to workout and get it out the way.

gsschulte

I am a introvert and people are a energy drain so me getting up and getting to the gym first means I have more mental energy and its quieter and less people. All benefits for me and how my brain works.