sleeping in vs. Getting up to workout
huckabeebug
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Ok,In the past I have gotten up once or twice and loved the way i felt all day when waking up to exercise.... But I do love my sleep!!!!! How do I win this battle?
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Ok,In the past I have gotten up once or twice and loved the way i felt all day when waking up to exercise.... But I do love my sleep!!!!! How do I win this battle?
Go to sleep earlier.
) Not only do you feel better for getting it in first thing, you will live a healthier life in the long-run.
"Early to bed, early to rise leaves a man healthy, wealthy & wise."0 -
I love my sleep too, but unless I'm sorely hungover I NEVER feel better sleeping longer than if I've gotten up to workout. Starts the day off right, and you've already accomplished something.0
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I love my sleep too, but unless I'm sorely hungover I NEVER feel better sleeping longer than if I've gotten up to workout. Starts the day off right, and you've already accomplished something.
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I'm so not a morning person. I work out in the evenings and that works for me. However, I don't have a family so I have the free time. I sleep in and enjoy it. I think there is something to getting a jump start on your day, but evenings just are more comfortable for me. If I didn't have a job, I'd probably work out earlier, late mornings.0
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This is my biggest battle, too.
How about this: Why don't you make a commitment with someone else to get up? Check in with each other in the morning to make sure you're awake and off to the gym? Or maybe put your alarm clock on the other side of the room so you have to get up to get it? I sometimes put mine in the bathroom since that's my first stop upon getting outta bed anyway.
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I have a strict "no snooze button" rule. The extra 20 minutes of sleep does not help as much as getting up and moving! As soon as my alarm goes off I hop up and head to the gym.0
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I love my sleep too, but unless I'm sorely hungover I NEVER feel better sleeping longer than if I've gotten up to workout. Starts the day off right, and you've already accomplished something.
This. I used to be a major night owl but over the last couple of weeks, I have been going to bed earlier so I can get up and get my run or CrossFit in. I feel SO much better during the day and I love the extra energy that I have. I don't miss anything by going to bed at 10:00 instead of 12:00. Just do it OP. Make it a habit and you won't miss the sleep.0 -
Go to bed earlier. Last week I was staying up until nearly one in the morning for no good reason and getting up at 5 to workout ....by Friday I found myself sitting in my car in the parking lot after work wondering if I should take a nap before driving home. But last night I got 7 hours of sleep and I'm a happy camper.0
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Just get up. I set the alarm for 5 am every day, no snooze option, no debate (the only time I don't get up to work out is if I had bad insomnia, which I am occasionally prone to). It totally sucks for the first 10 minutes and by then I'm wide awake and working out. And when I'm done I feel great and I'm finished for the day.0
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no one ever regrets getting up to workout
but i have regretted not getting up to workout0 -
It depends, what do you want most, to get fit or to get sleep. Your choice.
Your current actions indicate what your current priorities are.0 -
I love my sleep too, but unless I'm sorely hungover I NEVER feel better sleeping longer than if I've gotten up to workout. Starts the day off right, and you've already accomplished something.
^^ This for sure!!
^^^^^Agree---this is the best feeling0 -
no one ever regrets getting up to workout
but i have regretted not getting up to workout
Great first post!
OP - If your serious enough you'll just get on with it.0 -
My alarm goes off at 4:30 am every day. Unless I am sick or its a rest day, I am at the gym by 5:30. Sleep early and drink.plenty of water after you wake up. It helps really wake you up.0
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Last spring I committed to a 6am boot camp class twice a week for 8 weeks. I went to every single class on time, but I hated it. I hated the night before, I hated the morning of, and I was just plain tired afterwards and couldn't focus at work. I just am not a morning person, and I never will be, but at least I gave it a good faith try.
Now, I bring my gym bag with me, and workout after work Mon-Thurs, 10am Sat, and 4:30pm Sunday. I like it so much better, and it works for me. Plus, I get to wake up when it's sunny out instead of pitch black.
The key to working out is to find what works for you. You can test yourself like I did and see how you deal with early mornings. You may find you love it, or you may find you hate it like me. But you won't know until you try!0 -
Look at it this way, if you work out first thing in the morning (or before work/before your kids get up/other obligations) then you're ready to take on the rest of the day with plenty of energy and without exercise "getting in the way" meaning that you will be able to stick to a more consistent schedule, I find at night or in the afternoon things get in the way too easily and you skip your work out. The only thing that gets in the way of a morning work out is wanting to sleep in! Once you're up, you're up, really you're probably only going to sleep until 7 at the very latest on a week day so what's an hour or two earlier? Once you get used to getting up it's actually easy! Plus you go to sleep earlier and fall asleep more quickly. I keep a 5 hour energy by my bed and drink half that when my first alarm goes off at 4:30, then I'm up and out of bed by the time my 5:00 AM alarm goes off across the room! I also pack all my things the night before and lay out my running clothes or sleep in them. It feels AWESOME to work out first thing and I've found I actually have more energy before work as opposed to after when I've been chasing around small children all day.0
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I work out in the evenings currently because that works better for me. I have never been a morning person and honestly probably never will be.
To each their own :happy:0 -
I love my sleep too, but unless I'm sorely hungover I NEVER feel better sleeping longer than if I've gotten up to workout. Starts the day off right, and you've already accomplished something.
Unfortunately my body is so in the habit of 6 hours of sleep and off to the gym that even hung over I will still get at least a run in to start the day...doesn't matter if I toss cookies on the run :sick: I have made the commitment.:drinker:
ETA: Like Boston I lay out my stuff the night before and my gym bag is packed before I head out for fun that night!0 -
Make it a habit! You can do it. Try going to bed earlier maybe.
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My alarm clock is across the room, sitting on top of the workout clothes I lay out before bed at night, this is tremendously helpful!
I just try to get out of bed and into those clothes as fast as possible without thinking about it, but it did take some adjustment, I suggest trying to set your alarm 10 minutes earlier each week until you get in the swing of things, and anything you can do the night before to streamline your mornings, you will be thankful for!0 -
i used to always workout in the evenings but for the last few months i have been running with a buddy and we try to meet at least twice a week in the morning. Now when I don't run in the mornings I am tired and will not get the workout in at all. I think it has helped to have a buddy that i know is getting up even if we are not meeting and that is all i need to get my butt up.0
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Adequate Quality Sleep is the Number 1 priority here.
If I got enough sleep, then I wake up, roll outta bed, and begin exercise
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If I didn't have enough or quality sleep, I sleep in, definitiely.0 -
Thanks for posting this thread. I needed this reminder as I've really had a hard time getting up the past few days but you guys are on the money when you say it feels better if you just get up and do it. If I sleep in, I feel like kicking myself in the butt all day for being lazy.0
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Personally, I'd get up. I think that if you stick to a sleep schedule (weekends or days off included) it's easier to stick to. Every now and again it's not a big deal, but for me those are special occasions and usually involve staying up later than sleeping in longer (especially for beer pong tournaments). If I want some extra sleep on my days off, I like to nap! That way I get to sleep a little more on my days when I have more time, but it isn't interfering too much with my daily routines or workouts for that matter. The best thing that I did in the mornings was get a coffee maker with a timer on it. That way I can just stumble out of bed, down some coffee, and feel awake sooner rather than later. The world in the morning doesn't make sense without coffee.0
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I make a plan to do a morning workout a day in advance and then plan to go to bed an hour earlier than usual (length of my workout) so that im still getting the same amount of sleep.0
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I get up at 5 am every morning to do my workout... for me i found i had to put the alarm clock far enough from the bed i had to get up to turn it off. it helped that i also had to turn on the light to get to it... once i did that i found i didn't have a problem not getting up. i had already gotten out of bed and turned on the light. I also set my workout clothes next to the alarm!!! you can do it, it is so worth it.0
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"Early to bed, early to rise leaves a man healthy, wealthy & wise."
"Early to rise and early to bed, makes a man healthy, but socially dead." 0 -
I have found having a commitment to meet someone at the gym or park to run/workout makes it that much easier to get up and go and harder to not go. It helps too if the person you have the commitment to is important enough to you so you don't want to let them down. I over slept once and my friend was sitting in my driveway for a good 30 min texting me and I never woke up. She went home and back to bed. I woke up an hour after we were supposed to meet to my husband's alarm and I was so upset I was in tears. I haven't missed a day since. I get up at 4 so we can run at 5. I feel so much better on the days that I get up early for a run or workout. The days I sleep in I'm sluggish all day and that makes it hard to keep up with a 2 year old.0
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Mornings are the work of the devil and should be outlawed....
Given a choice between sleep and working out, sleep will win every time for me. I workout in the afternoons/evenings, unless its a day off and then I might workout mid-morning. I simply cannot physically exercise in the morning, and yes, I've tried many, many times, and they were not productive work outs.
Find the time that works best for you and try to work your schedule so that it happens.0 -
Ok,In the past I have gotten up once or twice and loved the way i felt all day when waking up to exercise.... But I do love my sleep!!!!! How do I win this battle?
Go to sleep earlier.) Not only do you feel better for getting it in first thing, you will live a healthier life in the long-run.
"Early to bed, early to rise leaves a man healthy, wealthy & wise."
^^ This0
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