Getting up early to work out

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  • benum21121
    benum21121 Posts: 200
    I get up at 2:30am and run, bike, or work out for over an hour. Then I get ready for work, which I arrive for at 5:10am. It's what I have to do to ensure that I get my burn sessions in on work days. Other days- I can get up early (at like 4:30-6:00am) and work out before the kid is up, or I can wait and take him to the gym with me later in the day- he enjoys it, and I like to be a positive fitness role model for him. :-)
  • elizamac123
    elizamac123 Posts: 11
    I can't even tell you how I did it. I used to snooze for a solid half hour after my alarm went off, until I started running. (turning off the snooze option also helped). Now, I get up and run no problem. It wakes me up like nothing else.
  • delyn356
    delyn356 Posts: 145 Member
    I try to get up around 5:45AM weekdays and 6-6:30 on the weekends to go workout. It's not easy, especially when you're first starting out. When my alarm goes off, I just get up. I don't think about how tired I am or how I don't want to exercise right that moment, but I get my butt out of bed. The longer I take to think about it, the less likely I'm actually going to go.

    Another thing that really helps me is I have two alarms. My phone which is next to my bed, but I also use another alarm clock & I put it on the other side of the room so I actually have to get up out of bed to turn it off. Once I'm out of bed, then it's easier to just go.

    Also, cause your muscles may not be as warmed up in the morning, try to do an easy warm up on the treadmill or elliptical to loosen & warm up your body. Good luck!
  • sub10orbust
    sub10orbust Posts: 706 Member
    hard the first week but afterwards u will be looking forward to it everyday!
  • teaparty75
    teaparty75 Posts: 170
    very hard in the beginning - but after a few weeks it'll be like second nature , i love seeing the "regulars" at the gym or on my walk trail ....go to be early and watch what you have for dinner - too heavy or a greasy meal makes you feel like crap at 5:30 am trying to get out of bed !
  • Fuamami
    Fuamami Posts: 38 Member
    You all gave me such great advice that I wanted to reply with an update..

    Unfortunately (sort of), I still have not been able to pull it off, though! But now, I think that's okay.

    I tried for two weeks to get up at 5:15 so I could work out, and I was only able to twice. Those days my workouts were miserable slogs, like it usually is. I think I would have to just do it every single day to get my diurnal rhythm reset, but then I am so exhausted by the end of the day that I fall asleep reading to my kids at 7:45. My hubby doesn't particularly appreciate that, and I don't get the rest of my evening chores done.

    So, I went back to working out in the evenings. I change into my workout clothes as soon as I get home, and then as soon as the kids are in bed (8:30ish), I work out. And it feels great. My job is very sedentary, basically sitting in front of a computer with an almost two hour commute to boot, so I have plenty of energy at the end of the day. And then I clean up the house for a cool-down and am asleep by 10. It's working for now, so until I can wake up later and still work out, I'm going to stick with it.

    I guess the moral of the story is don't mess with success!:)

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