How to become a morning exerciser?!?

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  • fervc6064
    fervc6064 Posts: 77
    I'm struggling with this too. Not a morning person.
  • laurelobrien
    laurelobrien Posts: 156 Member
    1. go to bed at a reasonable time - much easier if you stop looking at screens (computer, ipad, etc) in the hours before bed
    2. set out exercise clothes before sleeping
    3. wake up in the morning, work out
    4. repeat

    I found it way more doable when I got a coffee machine that made good coffee easily/quickly. The promise of a caffeinated run is worth getting out of bed for, and generally simplifying the steps between waking and getting out the door is a plus for lazy morning people like myself. :) if I have to root around for leggings or socks at 7 am I end up saying "$%^& it" and roll over to the other side of the bed.
  • KoRnKraZy
    KoRnKraZy Posts: 69 Member
    Coffee
  • JusticeGirl25
    JusticeGirl25 Posts: 703 Member
    I love working out in the morning so I can get it out of the way! Get up early in the morning, work out for an hour or so, take a shower and go about my day. When I get home, I'm too tired to work out!
  • stepheatscake
    stepheatscake Posts: 167 Member
    There's no button you push to become a morning exerciser. You just DO it. You get out of bed, push every excuse aside and get out. It's discipline.
  • Victorian131
    Victorian131 Posts: 130
    I tried so many times to get up early and exercise and I did for a while, I used to get up at 7 and go swimming for 45 mins before work. After I had done it I felt great but after a while, despite getting the same amount of seep (between 7 and 8 hours) I felt so exhausted when my alarm went off I would basically just sit and cry, most of the time I wouldn't even have the energy to put my swimsuit on and collapse in to a bawling big pitiful heap on my bed until it was time to actually get up for work ( so so so lame and pathetic I know) by around 10am I would be feeling fine.
    It was suggested I may be anemic but I went with just pathetic. I've never been a morning person, unless I get around 10-11 hours sleep I never wake up naturally and can never get out of bed without snoozing at least 3 or 4 times (sometimes I sleepwalk and turn my alarm off outright and miss work all together).
    Working out in the evening isn't great either as I have a back problem that is worse at the end of the day. I work a desk job so the only exercise I get in a day is the 30 minutes walking I do around the site on my lunch break. Needless to say, I'm not losing much despite eating between 1200 and 1500 a day.
    I will keep persevering with morning workouts and trying to overcome my inherent pathetic responses to cold mornings. Im glad to see other people finding it hard but having to strength to push on anyway. I realy admire you all.
    Vix
  • bookworm_847
    bookworm_847 Posts: 1,903 Member
    I get up at 5 AM every morning to exercise. I'm not a natural morning exerciser by any means. At first I really had to make myself get up and do it. I had my workout stuff all ready to go right next to my side of the bed, so I had no excuses not to get up and do it.

    I was really tired at first, so I'd just do a little bit. When I started, my workouts would be 20-30 minutes. As I got more used to it and as it became more a part of my routine, I increased the frequency and duration. Now I'm at 5-6 days a week for 60 minutes during the week and more on the weekends.

    It took a little while, but now I love it. I work out at home and being there when the house is so peaceful really helps me to be able to focus and get the most out of what I'm doing. It's pretty awesome too to be able to see the sun come up. Seeing the sunrise while I'm working my tail off is sort of symbolic in a way (at least to me).
  • Showmm
    Showmm Posts: 406 Member
    I love this topic. Definitely will try some of this advice when I try yet again to start a morning exercise routine.
  • cmcis
    cmcis Posts: 300 Member
    bump
  • Ninguneado73
    Ninguneado73 Posts: 832
    In order to run I have to get up at 4:30 AM. Which makes me go to bed early, between 9:30 PM and 10:30PM. I also eat some lean cuts and some bread the night before a long run. You will do great!
  • wswilliams67
    wswilliams67 Posts: 938 Member
    I LOVE 5am workouts! No one but serious people in the gym. It's dark outside, everything is quiet. No traffic! The family is asleep anyway and doesn't need me so 5-7am is ME time.

    It takes about 2 weeks of conscious effort to get up at 4-5am and hit it. You just have to be disciplined about it. Go to bed earlier as well (will make it easier to wake up). After that your body's internal clock will reset to the new schedule. You will also find yourself hitting bed early as well. My internal clock won't let me sleep past 6am unless I went to bed really late.
  • wswilliams67
    wswilliams67 Posts: 938 Member
    Oh and put your alarm clock on the other side of the room so you have to get up to turn it off. I've also set up a second alarm clock in my home office to annoy me enough to get up and turn it off when I've hit the snooze button.
  • cheesyrunner
    cheesyrunner Posts: 84 Member
    Sometimes! I wake up at a certain time anyway. I had to go to sleep at 8:30 and wake up at 6:30, when I was little. Nowadays, I do the same if I fall asleep around 9. It's all about the amount of sleep u get. Go to bed early and when you wake up, you'll be so alert that you can't fall back asleep.

    Also, if you live in a cold temp region, you could just wear sports stuff to bed, so, in the morning you just have put shoes on, to go for a run (or whatever is your workout of choice). This what I do because I’m a wimp/it’s fraking cold.

    Goodluck!!
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Set your alarm. Get up. Exercise. Stop telling yourself it's okay to stay in bed.
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