What is the secret?

SoulOfRusalka

I've never been able to get up early in the morning, and I don't especially want to :P I'd rather work out later.

HoneyBadger302

I am not a morning person - I've managed morning workouts, even fairly consistently for months, but it is very easy for it to fall by the wayside. I would much rather workout later and sleep on my natural sleep rhythm. Unfortunately, where I've lived the past 2 years, evening workouts weren't much of an option - my "apartment" was so cramped I couldn't even lay out a yoga mat without moving several items/tables/etc, and if I left the house after 4:30 pm, there was never any parking to be found anywhere near my house (I've had to park nearly a mile away before)....so, I took up walking as a form of activity when I wasn't making it to the gym.

I'm moving in 3 weeks and I must admit, I can't wait - significantly more room in my own place, PLUS a fitness center both in my complex AND at my "new" office. Oh, and no fighting over parking when I get home if I leave in the evening

BUT to answer your question, I used the 15 minutes earlier method when I was making regular morning workouts - get up 15 minutes earlier than normal for a couple weeks, then another 15 minutes, then maybe 30 minutes, so on and so forth until it wasn't too bad to get up at that time and it became a little easier to fall asleep earlier (still doesn't happen easily for me, but it did improve a little bit).

k8eekins

Stac5097 wrote: »

I really really want to be early riser to get my workouts out of the way and possibly be able to incorporate periodically working out 2x a day.

What is your secret to a 5am out of the house gym workout? How did you get in the habit?

Set your alarm an hour and a half earlier, having it ring every half an hour twice and every 15 minutes twice. Never underestimate your psyche-in songs that are effective enough to rouse and boost your wanna, gonna, gotta, getcha out of the house mentality, if music therapy works for you. Even a cold shower and immediately working through your oral hygiene protocols soon after getting out of bed, will rev you up enough to get out of the house, to get things done. Always revitalising.

Ready your ensemble + your pre-workout bites/drink before winding-down the night before. You'll also have to closely watch the least no.of hours of sleep your body will tolerate, which will not disrupt your need for morning workouts, twice weekly.