Morning exercisers?

Sunny_Sunflower

Ugh I need to get in the 5am workouts I need help!!!!

Skeels

I still have a hard time wokring out early........But when I do get out of bet...I feel so good the rest of the day from the workout

ladybg81

I am NOT a morning person at all. Don't talk to me until about 10 and make sure I've had my coffee first! That being said, I have done a few am workouts and I loved it because I felt so accomplished and I could relax (or do another workout) that evening. Every morning I set my alarm clock early with the intent to get up and exercise; yet every morning I hit the snooze button until I HAVE to get out of bed. Maybe some day I'll get myself together.

yocaitygee

Try getting an alarm clock that you have to get up to turn off! You can sometimes trick yourself and say "well I'm already up!"

Stewie316

I am not a morning person at all. What helped me was putting my alarm clock downstairs, so when it goes off I have to get up and walk all the way downstairs to turn it off. Since I'm already out of bed, I just start my day with some cardio. Now, I have my alarm back in my room because I'm use to not hitting the snooze button anymore.


The one thing I can't get myself to do is weights in the morning (only cardio). Maybe, I need to just get up earlier to allow more time for my body to wake up.

steflbrown

I found that if I'm consistently working out at night, I get tired sooner so get to bed sooner. Consequently, I started waking up earlier. Therefore, my body almost made the switch for me. I would wake up totally refreshed at 6:30am and get a good workout in before going to work. I stopped doing that for a while, so I'm back to working out in the evening. But I hope that it will then spark the same situation.

picassoadagio

Discipline. I do it, but I drag myself some days. I have to hype myself up, then I just do it. Then when I look in the mirror, I feel pretty damn good and move on with my day knowing it's done.

babyblues4

I'm up at 5am to workout. With 4 kids if I don't get it in before everyone is awake and my day starts then I'll never get a workout it. I found that having everything ready the night before makes it easy to get out in the mornings.
I have my workout clothes in the bathroom and my workout bag packed and ready to go by the door. I am so not a morning person but I find on days that I REALLY don't want to get out of bed I tell myself that once my workout is done I can pick up a Tim Hortons coffee on the way back home ... that usually gets me moving

JamieDeBree

A 30 minute morning workout is just not ever going to happen for me - I'm a night person through and through, and I actually like working out later (normally around 9pm). I'm awake enough then to actually put a full effort in. So I do my main 30 - 60 min. workouts between 9 and 10pm. I don't have kids, and I workout at home, which helps a lot.

But realizing the importance of getting my metabolism revved up first thing in the morning, I found a 10 minute chunk of time after I get out of the shower when I can fit in a brief yoga workout (normally a sun salutation routine x3), plus a round of push-ups/sit-ups/squats. This didn't require me to get up any earlier (6am is hard enough...and even that sucks dirt), it just required a little moving things around for better efficiency in the morning. I don't push it too hard, so it's not like I'm getting sweaty or getting my heart rate up (which is why it works fine after my shower), but it gets my muscles warmed up and the blood moving...and that's what helped break me out of my last plateau. Now I look forward to it, and miss it on the weekends when I sleep in.

And of course I take the stairs at work...which leaves me rather out of breath, but definitely more awake. Every little bit counts...

schwim

i'm an ex-not a morning person

I really hated getting up before 8am and had to drag myself to get to work for 10am most days but I've just forced myself to get up early and get exercise out of the way. it just never really worked for me in the evenings because i like to have an early dinner, i rarely eat after 8pm, and i could see myself exercising on just lunch calories. even on morning when i really couldn't be bothered i'd try and force myself out and rush and put on my exercise clothes and once i had on my trainers i'd feel like i had to exercise then.

it took some getting used to and now even on the weekends i find that i wake naturally at 7am. while on weekdays i usually wake around 6am to exercise. my body clock has totally switched.

sharonwitten

I am no a morning person either. But once I get up and get my exercise cloths on then there is no turning back. My metabolism is much higher in the mornings so I benefit more from my morning exercise.

Maggie_Pie1

My question is......are there any anti-morning people like myself that have successfully established a morning exercise routine? I need tips! How did you do it??

get a dog. Seriously. They ended up shaping my morning routine. I used to be able to sleep late, but I haven't slept past 6 since I got a dog. They want out when they want out, or you deal with the consequences. The bigger the dog, the bigger the 'consequences' you'll have to clean up, and the more motivation to get up early. so, once I let the dogs out, I'm already awake, and I go ahead and work out.