Early Riser...what time do you wake up to work out?

Amandac6772

4:00. I like to get it over with for the day plus I know how many calories I can have that day.

RubyDarling

Up at 5:20am
Leave home 5:30am
At work carpark 6am
Run/walk until 7:30am
Shower at work
Start work 8am

Bed anywhere between 6pm and 10pm. Usually 8:30-9pm.


Or.... when I have to feed the cows

Up at 4am
Feed cows
Leave home 5:30am
At work carpark 6am
Run/walk until 7:30am
Shower at work
Start work 8am

Then I'm in bed by 7:30-8pm.

catelabow

4:30 alarm, banana and coffee, out the door for run by 4:50. I set more than one alarm. It really helps me start making good food choices for the whole day if I have already done the workout.

Ender928

I find it impossible to work out at night, so I started getting up early. I also find that if I wake up and get the workout done, I feel better the rest of the day.

I get up between 5:00 and 5:30 depending on what workout I am doing. I am in bed between 9:30 and 10:30, just depends on how tired I feel.

I always have my workout clothes, heart rate monitor, shoes, etc. out and ready to go so I don't have to look for anything or think, just get dressed and go!

Oh, and I do this 5-6 days a week. On the weekends when I workout, I tend to sleep a little bit later, but not too much because it throws me off.

Feeling better the rest of the day is true. Which is why I really want to work out in the morning at least throughout the week.

reammi

I am up at 4:30 am Tuesday thru Friday and out the door by 5 am (after getting dressed and walking the dog). I have an hours drive to work but we do have a free gym so it's worth getting up early to work out and miss the traffic. I'm in the gym by 6:30 am. I alternate running, rowing, cycling and strength training with classes. I'm in bed by 9:30 pm and I look forward to Friday nights to get a few extra hours of sleep (I have teenagers so no one is up early on Saturday). I find that even on the weekends I'm up by 8:15 am the latest. I've usually run 5 or so miles and am back home before my DH or any of my DD's has woken up. I like it because I feel like I exercise around their schedule so there are no conflicts.

gstanley4

I really needed this topic today. My workouts have been sporadic at best for the last few weeks. I was getting up at 5am and would be at the gym from 5:30-6:30am. These posts are inspiring. I'll be at the gym tomorrow morning.

beckamarie

Up at 3:45 4 to 5 days a week to run before getting in the shower at 5 and then loading kids in the car for our daily commute to sitter and work... and back again... I don't get home till closer to 7 most evenings so there is no way by the time we eat and bathe and get kids to bed that I want to work out... I am blessed that my hubby is an early riser too! That really helps.

brandysilvers

I get up between 3:45 and 4 am to get my work out in. I try to be in bed religiously by 9:30 but sometimes life gets in the way. I always feel so good knowing that my workout is already done and it gives me a chance to watch all the TV shows I DVR while i am at class.

violon

3 days a week I get up at 5:30 to go to bootcamp from 6-7 am, back to my house by around 7:10 to get ready and get to work at about 8:15. I'm in bed by 9:30pm. Like so many others have said, it's such a great feeling to be done with my workout already! I almost forget that I've already worked out

emilyjhopkins

this topic has really inspired me, i have never seriously thought about getting up early to exercise as i find it hard enough to get up anyway! i am never motivated in the evenings to exercise and so rarely do. after reading these post i am going to set my alarm 30 mins earlier for tomorrow! :-)

mlb929

I'm up at 4:30, I mill around and start my workout by 5:00 and workout for 2 hours. I used to only workout an hour but needed PT exercises that got boring, so I found a program just to do those, the routines are 30-45 min, Yoga days are more than an hour, so I'd rather have too much time than not enough.

That said - I turn into a pumpkin no later than 9:30 and crash quickly.

Jennloella

bed at 8:30, up at 5

tmbright

bump

SexyLexy83

NORMALLY 7 AM SOMETIMES ITS AROUND 8 OR 9 IF I DECIDE TO SLEEP IN THE REASON I DO THIS IS BECAUSE........


and

iuew

around 6 AM.

kaybelmore

6:45am 4 days a week , 7-8am for a long run on Sunday

kunibob

Hahahaha! So true. So often, I'll sort of "wake up" and realize that I'm several km into a run already...at that point, I figure I might as well finish it off.

Anyway, this thread is making me feel like a slacker, but I get up at 6 am for early morning exercise. My husband and I both work in an industry that runs late hours (I'm always the first one in, and I get in at about 9), so bedtime is usually between 11 & midnight.

I'm sure that will all shift earlier if we have kids, though!!

echoica

I am usually in bed by 9pm. I get up about 6am and leave for work at 7:30am. I love sleeping :P

I have on occasion gotten up at 5am to workout but this week I started walking at lunch. I don't workout every evening but I try to fit in at least some yoga/strength at night. I work out a lot on the weekends though!

ML0305

I used to work out at 08:30pm to 09:30pm and would go to bed at 12:00am since I had to shower, drink my protein shake and wait a few minutes then I would fall asleep and I had a hard time getting up at 05:30 in the morning to get ready for work. So, I decided to change it and now I just started to wake up at 05:30 and workout for 30 minutes and I feel much better. I'm aimining to get up at 4:30am (yikes!) and go to bed at 08:30pm...still working on it! Best of luck to you!

marz31

I get up at 5:45 (trying to make it earlier) but that's so I can make it to work by 7am so I can leave at 4 and get in a good workout before picking up my kiddo at daycare. I'm hoping once I get used to my schedule (been a month, but had a few setbacks) I can get up earlier and do a short yoga session before I start my day.

rowerrunnercmt

I'm a rower, so my practices are pretty early in the morning. Monday/Wednesday/Friday practice is from 6 am to 9:30 or so, Tuesday/Thursday from 5:30 to 8:15ish, and Saturdays from 7 am til around 10 (ending times depend on how much time it takes us to get boats & oars back on the racks in the boathouse). This means that I get up between 4:45 and 5:15 pretty much every weekday, and 6 am on Saturdays.

ChangeIsADecision

Everyone has MOTIVATED me to get and work in the AM!! I love this site... I used to work out in the mornings but then my husband and I moved so I'm not comfortable walking in the dark yet. But I have plenty of DVDs and work options so I'm going to start doing that... I feel SO MUCH better when I get it done in the morning. Then I can still walk in the evening and that'll be a bonus to my calorie burn! Thanks everyone....

IronmanPanda

I usually get up at 4 and hit the workout by 4:30 AM. Its really the best way to fit it into my schedule plus if I'm headed to the gym its nice and quiet then and I can get in and out quickly.

pmaxson

up around 4:15 - coffee and a light snack. gym at 5:15 with a packed to the brim 5:30 spin class. there are lots of early birds!

AnitraSoto

4:15am wake up so I can workout 4:30 - 5:45am (at home with DVDs) and then start my "normal morning routine" at 6am. Not willing to give up or rush the morning routine of coffee, news, MFP from 6am - 7am, so I just wake up earlier to get in my workout. No excuses that way when I get home from work and am tired..

myth4ever

up no later than 4:30am......

lorjill

Up around 3:40 to be at the gym by 4:15.

I1ahunt

if I am doing two a days I work out at 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM....If I am doing 1 a days I am in the gym around 5:00 am....I actually feel more awake and full of energy afterwards

missyjmet

wake up between 4:20 & 4:30am to be at the gym around 5am. I usually go to bed between 9 & 9:30pm.

Suz_w8loss

alarm goes off at 5am, after a couple snoozes.. I am up at 5:15 to 5:30 & usually run at 5:45