AM WORKOUTS

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  • 76wendyful
    76wendyful Posts: 202
    Sometimes I actually say out loud "No one is going to do it for you!" and that gives me the mental boost to make my feet move!
  • Blueberry09
    Blueberry09 Posts: 821 Member
    If you think you might want to start morning workouts, I always found it easier to start a new habit like that in the spring when the sun is already up. It's so much harder to ge out of bed in the dark! When you're up with the sun all summer it's much easier to get up on your own when it starts to be darker in the am.
  • Lorena00
    Lorena00 Posts: 3
    You need to make sure you go to sleep early. I try to be in bed by 9 p.m so I can wake up at 4:20 a.m for Boot camp at 5 a.m. I make sure my gym bag and work out clothes is ready for the morning. Also, my alarm is away from my bed where I have to actually get up and turn it off. So once it goes off I get up turn it off and start getting ready. Snoozing the alarm and giving myself five or ten more min. isn't going to help me out but only miss boot camp. Hope this helps! :)
  • big_drake
    big_drake Posts: 78
    I don't think about it I just get up and start changing into my workout clothes. If I hit snooze or lay in bed I will talk myself out of going.

    This.
    There have been a few times I've turned my alarm off and went back to sleep but for the most part once I get up and turn the light on I usually am good to go.

    I'm not a morning person and 4:45 is awfully early but if you want it bad enough....
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    If you think you might want to start morning workouts, I always found it easier to start a new habit like that in the spring when the sun is already up. It's so much harder to ge out of bed in the dark! When you're up with the sun all summer it's much easier to get up on your own when it starts to be darker in the am.
    Maybe its just me, but I've actually found the "Spring Forward" time change to be the toughest one when it comes to getting up earlier. I've been doing the AM workout thing for over 5 years, and the April time change is usually the hardest adjustment because you lose that hour of sleep time...
  • MoLove2025
    MoLove2025 Posts: 135 Member
    If i dont wake up and workout immediatly.....i slowly talk my way out of working out of it by the end of the day.
    I also have more energy in the morning...and i dont like working out with food on my stomach so if i workout in the morning i dont have to worry about having food on my stomach while i workout. Within 30 minutes after working out i am eating and i dont stop until the evening. (every 2-3 hours).

    AM workouts also let me know how much i can eat for the day.....depending on how hard i pushed myself. I can spread that food throughout the day instead of having evening workouts and realizing that you have seriously under eaten for the amount you burned that day.

    Getting out of the bed is another story i never want to wake up....so once i am up...usually cause i have to use the bathroom i just put on the workout clothes and get to it!!!
  • chocciechip
    chocciechip Posts: 207 Member
    question - for those of you who are up at 4.30/5am - what time do you go to sleep?
  • Twylyght
    Twylyght Posts: 224 Member
    I just recently started working out in the morning before I have to leave for my first class. I set my alarm for 6:30 and when it goes off I get up if I want to or not, because I know I will feel 100 times better when it's done, and I'll have the energy to make it through my boring lectures :smile: Good luck! It feels awesome to have your workout done before your day even starts!!
  • EJsMummy26
    EJsMummy26 Posts: 101 Member
    I set my alarm, snooze it once and then tell myself, "You can stay in bed and stay fat, or You can get Your *kitten* up and change that..."

    I love the "Stay in Bed, Stay Fat."

    Thanks for all the motivation! I'm on it tomorrow AM.
  • slbauer63
    slbauer63 Posts: 92 Member
    question - for those of you who are up at 4.30/5am - what time do you go to sleep?

    I try to be in bed by 11PM at the latest. However, I have gone to bed at midnight and still gotten up at 5AM to workout. Going to bed at 10PM is the best since I get my 7 hours of sleep in but I am more of a night person.
  • mandamommy3
    mandamommy3 Posts: 297 Member
    Honestly if I could get up before the kids to get my workout in without the added distraction or poking and prodding provided by them I would. Right now I get my workout in somewhere between 9-11am.
  • Katie3784
    Katie3784 Posts: 543
    I have a six year old and a two year old, and my 6 year old is always up by 7AM. Even on the weekends when she is with her dad, and my son sleeps later, I still like to get up by 8 and get my day started with pilates. If I wake up later than 8:30, I feel really guilty like half the day is gone. I have been like this for a long time. I guess I'd say I am a night and morning person.
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