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gym/workout ?

LaurenCampbell2015
LaurenCampbell2015 Posts: 11 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
When do most people like to train before, during or after work ?

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited February 2016
    I'm lucky. I train while my son is at boxing practice five nights a week. I don't have to think about when to go. Because if I have to choose between the gym or watching kids punch on a heavy bag and skip rope for 1.5 hours...off to the gym I go! :)

    ETA: I feel like I should add... I worked out on my lunch break for years (when son was smaller). Yoga and jogging mostly. That worked very well, too.
  • markgraves1991
    markgraves1991 Posts: 2 Member
    Myself tend to workout after work so ur keeping fit and also get a better night sleep cause of u working all day and then gym after...u are tired...
  • VegasFit
    VegasFit Posts: 1,232 Member
    I do a mix of both. Mornings are for classes and evenings are weight training plus some classes.
  • ald783
    ald783 Posts: 688 Member
    Mostly after, on the way home from work. Sometimes I do mornings depending on my schedule but I prefer evenings.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    A mix of before work, right after, evenings, and weekend mornings.
  • Before 6am.
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    When do most people like to train before, during or after work ?

    Before! Some nights after, but I prefer before. I always train with my trainer after on Tuesdays and Thursdays though, so I get two-a-day.
  • ArvinSloane
    ArvinSloane Posts: 80 Member
    edited February 2016
    Before! My husband and I have a standing 5:30am gym date--we go and do our separate workouts, then grab coffee together on the way home. I actually find it easier to stick to my food goals for the rest of the day when I work out first thing in the morning. It's like I don't want to "waste" the work I did that day. (Yes, I know it doesn't really work like that. But whatever I can do to convince myself that eating all the break room cupcakes is a bad idea, is a win!)
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    After for me. I somehow have the power to drive to the gym every day after work instead of home. But, I am not a morning person, and just don't want to get up in the mornings.

    I wish I could to lunch breaks, but I am SO SWEATY that I would end up having to do hair/makeup for work all over again.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Lunch for me. I'm lucky that we have a small onsite gym.
  • jyvonne27
    jyvonne27 Posts: 91 Member
    Lunch for me as well. Fortunate that my job has an onsite gym with classes and trainers. I've tried going after work but 9/10 times I'd just want to go home.
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    I like to train before work, but I work out after.
    I can't wake up early enough.
    If I could, I prefer in the morning.
  • GuineaKitty
    GuineaKitty Posts: 97 Member
    Before work just want go home after work. :)
  • mrp56839
    mrp56839 Posts: 159 Member
    I lift during my lunch hour (and a halfish) because it's the only time I have available. It's on my calendar, scheduled like a meeting, and I will decline anything that interferes with my twice a week date with myself.

    Other days I walk when I have time, but it's whenever I can get away.

  • callmejessica
    callmejessica Posts: 1,868 Member
    After, although I am trying to train myself to do some morning workouts instead to see how I like it.
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    After work during the weekdays, and first thing in the morning on Saturday. This is because I lift at home with my wife and she isn't up when I leave in the morning.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    After work before dinner. :)
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