At what time do you workout?

MsHarryWinston

I try to leave the house for 9:30 but I'm usually at the gym closer to 10am. (I go after I get home from work around 8am).

watts6151

As long as I get my 4 sessions a week
In, I'm not that bothered in day let alone time, just as and when really.

MelanieCN77

Early and late. Past few months I've been hitting the gym first thing for 20 mins cardio and hour or so of strength, and will do a short run or long walk or something in the evening. "Long" runs I find I do better if I'm a couple of meals into the day, rather than just after a small breakfast or whatever.

amusedmonkey

Morning, but sometimes evening. I'm a morning person, I feel most alert and energetic in the morning. Sometimes I have short deadline projects that need to be done within a few hours, so I switch sometimes I find myself exercising evening. I don't prefer it because I like to wind down and relax in the evening, but it needs to be done so I do it anyway. Afternoon is too hot in the summer so I try to avoid that as much as possible.

Heathenlegions

Usually anytime before 3pm... or sometimes after midnight, haha.

rainbowbow

Anytime after 6PM. Usually around 8-10PM is when i perform best.

I can workout in the mornings, but usually only mindless cardio. Otherwise I feel tired and crappy all day, and for sure my lifting session would have sucked.

nyponbell

I prefer to work out in the morning, but if I have plans for the day (work or university or something else) I find I often get far too stressed due to a perceived lack of time - so evenings or after any scheduled events works best for me as I find I can just do my thing and not worry about the time.

caco_ethes

I'm not a morning person but if I don't get it done first thing, it'll weigh on me all day. The only hard part about it is that my knees tend to feel more sore in the morning. But then I'm more mindful of my form I suppose.

ChelzFit

Lately I have been getting it done around 6:30 before the kids wake up, sometimes I will wait till after they are up and we eat breakfast. They are toddlers and the attention span on them is short so it is harder to work out with them now. I go back to teaching in the fall so I am a little worried about finding a good routine. I will probably have to wake up around 4:30-5:00 to get it done...just hope I'm not too exhausted!

kpkitten

Around 6am although I just started a running club that meets at 8pm. I'm a morning or I won't bother sort of person

watts6151

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brookielaw

I workout whenever I can. I wish I could schedule workouts, and I manage to schedule a swim a week, either on my husband's day off or whenever I can get him to pick up the little one at daycare. I always schedule my trainer once a week, but otherwise, it's just "when I can," like walking over my lunch break, or the yoga class at lunch, or something like that.

midlomel1971

I prefer to do it in the morning and get it out of the way...like 5 or 5:30, but it doesn't always work that way. Unless I'm asleep by 11 I just can't get up that early. So, on those days I wait until my kids are in bed and work out at like 9:30 or 10 PM.

TR0berts

I used to (at my old gym) train in the morning, before breakfast and work. Now, since my "new" gym doesn't have showers, I train after work, before dinner. Except on the weekends, when I train in the late morning. I haven't noticed a significant difference.

BrianSharpe

I'm a morning person, love to start the day with a run or a swim (we were in the river at 6AM today) and as the heat of summer arrives 5AM may sound early but it's a great time for a run.

I enjoy biking any time of day and usually do strength training in the evening but that's mostly just to fit it into my schedule.

Alisonswim46

Deiends. During the school year I workout in the evening. During summer break I still tend toward evening but have more opportunities to workout in the morning.

JetJaguar

After work. I'm a cyclist and in the summer I alternate road and mountain biking. In the winter, when it's already dark when I get home, I throw a set of lights on my mountain bike and trail ride at night, and ride the road bike in the afternoon on the weekend.

xandra47 wrote: »

First thing so it's done and out of the way and I can't talk myself out of working out because "I'm too tired after work, I just want to relax" (used that one ALOT) So I wake up at 6 and do my workout at 7.

Funny, that's exactly the reason I ride after work. Getting on the bike is how I unwind at the end of the day. Plus, I am not a morning person. If I could only exercise in the morning, it simply won't get done.

msf74

Early morning or early evening.

DancingMoosie

Work days:. Cardio dvd a.m., lifting or cardio(run) p.m., work in some yoga when possible
Weekends: usually circuits with cardio/dumbbells or a long run, yoga
Summer: cardio first thing, lifting depends on gym schedule, lap swim on alternating days with lifting, other stuff (different videos, run, swim, etc) depending on vacations/location. But mostly I start early.

Jruzer

I'm doing it in the morning now, although I used to hate that. (I still do kind of hate it.) My schedule has changed and I need to be up and out early for family reasons, so it tends to be the best answer.