Pre-workout rituals we all have em let's here them

samueljackson18
samueljackson18 Posts: 15 Member
edited November 15 in Fitness and Exercise
We all have these and if not completed we all feel like it's because of missing something we usually do. Mine is listen to hustler standard pre-work out drink fat stripper and a muffin
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  • subcounter
    subcounter Posts: 2,382 Member
    Depends on what time I am working out but if its morning workout, or even afternoon, I def go for a strong coffee, then listen to some music to hype myself in to the workout. 2-3 hours before I def always carb up.
  • samueljackson18
    samueljackson18 Posts: 15 Member
    Good strength caffeine source always help. Going to the toilet usually comes when I know I have some deadlifts or it's leg day
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,597 Member
    I change into my cycling gear and braid my hair.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    edited January 2017
    Meat or eggs and a starch an hour before lifting, a stim heavy pwo 30 minutes before. If I'm planning on pushing for a 1RM in a session I'll...erm...you know what? Nevermind.
  • AigreDoux
    AigreDoux Posts: 594 Member
    Roll out of bed, put on my sports bra and socks (I sleep in the rest of my workout clothes), put my hair in a ponytail. That's about it.
  • samueljackson18
    samueljackson18 Posts: 15 Member
    Seems like the braiding of the hair is a common prework out ritual I may have to apply this to my own
  • Sara1791
    Sara1791 Posts: 760 Member
    Coffee, coffee, snack, water. And when I step up to the bar I always make a little small talk. "Hello bar. I hope you've slept well. Are you ready to get it on? Let's be friendly. You & I are going to get real close today."
  • deluxmary2000
    deluxmary2000 Posts: 981 Member
    Roll out of bed at 4:30, get dressed, brush teeth, QUIETLY sneak into kids' rooms for kisses, then grab a protein shake and out the door.
    I drink my shake on my 40-minute ride to the gym, kill my workout, shower, and go to work.

    Rinse/repeat the following day x infinity.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Leave work.
    listen to all the musacs.
    change.
    warm up.
    Chest bump my bros
    yoga stretch annoyingly in the squat rack.
    squat.

    I'm pretty boring when it comes to workouts "rituals"
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    Depends upon what I'm doing. For MMA... chug a strong iced coffee and a bunch of warm water, put on my darkest gym clothes, hoodie and hand wraps, listen to thug music on my way there lol! For dance, chug a strong iced coffee and a bunch of warm water, put on my brightest and sassiest gym clothes and listen to a good Latin beat on the way there. If I am lifting I have a bunch of egg whites and a good protein shake a couple hours before I get there, chug an iced coffee and listen to Slip Knot on the way there haha!
  • jdhcm2006
    jdhcm2006 Posts: 2,254 Member
    edited January 2017
    For lifting:

    Change into my workout clothes
    Put on my playlist
    Rock out a little
    Do a warm-up (stretch, a few push-ups, leg raises, a little core work etc) in the squat rack
    Take a sip of water
    Do the workout

    For pole (when I'm at home, not at the studio):

    Put my heater by my pole to warm it up about 20-30 minutes prior to my workout
    Set up my computer so I can take vids of certain moves to see progress and what changes I need to make to get the move better
    Change into my workout clothes, but putting on sweats over those to get my body warmer quicker
    Put on my playlist
    Rock out more than a little (b/c I'm at home and I don't need headphones and the only person looking at me weird is my cat)
    Warm-up (leg raises, squats, downward dog, core work, calf raises, etc.)
    Move my heater back into my bedroom
    Move my cat out of my way
    Do some simple warm up spins
    Move my cat out of the way again
    Stand in front of the mirror and mouth the words to the current song if the mood strikes me
    Take a sip of water
    Do the workout (while moving my cat out of the way a few more times)
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    The night before a race I will make sure I've got all my gear together so I'm not running round in a blind panic the next morning trying to find my Road ID and lucky Bruins hat without waking up my husband.

    Race-day breakfast is always a small cup of coffee and a PBJ sandwich. I save my large mug of coffee for after the race because I hate feeling the liquid sloshing about inside me.

    Then when I'm standing at the start, I repeat to myself, "don't go out too fast, don't go out too fast, don't go out too fast." And then set off like the clappers when the gun goes off. One of these days I'll learn to pace myself better.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    I put my ski boots or bike shoes on.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    My ritual is not having one.
  • Tedebearduff
    Tedebearduff Posts: 1,155 Member
    I normally drink a coffee OMW to the gym (4:30am) or have a Rockstar .. depends how I feel... then pre-workout then I just start, I don't really do anything esle, like I warm up but that depends on what day of the week it is... put deodorant on? Does that count?!?! lol
  • aelunyu
    aelunyu Posts: 486 Member
    lsutton484 wrote: »
    I like to try to take a poop before I go running because otherwise......

    Crucial. So, so crucial.
  • goldenday
    goldenday Posts: 204 Member
    I usually just always play the same playlist each time I go.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Don't have one...
  • TheSkyBlushed
    TheSkyBlushed Posts: 153 Member
    Depends upon the activity but when I used to play in beach volleyball tournaments, I'd try to eat as much melon as I could stand for breakfast because it would hydrate without making me waterlogged.
  • Reaverie
    Reaverie Posts: 405 Member
    coffee.. daughter..pokemon go..pacer app.
  • samueljackson18
    samueljackson18 Posts: 15 Member
    I always remember when I have a good workout and try replicate the same thing each time, I think if I do the same each day or before each workout I will have the same energy/motivation to get me through. A lot of good prework advise on here.
  • aelunyu
    aelunyu Posts: 486 Member
    To be honest I think my pre workout routine has been the same for a decade. While I eat I try to visualize my workout in my head down to every set and rep. I basically have a mental workout before I actually do my workout. The more I visualize, the more I get excited and psyched for it, and hopefully by the time I'm warming up, I'm on autopilot....I do what I think I'll do.
  • Aed0416
    Aed0416 Posts: 101 Member
    ....I pump :D . I have to. But I use that time to focus, set goals and give myself a pep talk.
  • lemmie177
    lemmie177 Posts: 479 Member
    +1 for preworkout poop. And caffeine. Actually, its caffeine then poop. They're connected.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    I get into my workout clothes, have protein coffee and use the bathroom. Grab my phone, headphones, water bottle and go!
  • mojo75
    mojo75 Posts: 314 Member
    preworkout poop then load up my music of tv show if i'm just doing cardio
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