Working Out: Morning, Afternoon Or Nightime?

Napjeeper

I am in no way shape or form a morning person. I've been trying all my life, but I've got nothing when I get up and am lucky to form sentences before a cup of coffee.

I usually end up working out at night right after work, but sometimes get shorted due to other obligations. What's your preferred time to work out? If you're a night owl and have to work early, how do you get moving hardcore in the morning?

Any and all opinions welcomed on this one...

JD

Sidesteal

I prefer to work out any time before about 2pm. I typically work out in the morning AFTER I've had a few cups of coffee and had time to troll MFP and wake up, and feed my son and wrestle with him a bit. Then I'm ready to get crackin.

I can't work out at night as it interferes with my sleep, badly.

kgprice11

I love to workout in the morning before I go to work because it wakes me up after a nice cold shower. If I don't go in the morning then I usually fit in my workout right after work.

JediSwan

I can work out whenever. I prefer mornings because it keeps my depression at bay for the day and makes me feel energetic all day. However, I have a hard time getting myself out of bed in the morning. I'm working on it. When I dont or cant in the morning, I work out right after work while the family is eating dinner. I get sick if I eat right before a work out. I dont sleep much anyway so it doesn't bother me in that regard.

ninerbuff

My usual time is about 10:30am. By this time morning clients are done and the gym has cleared out a little.

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microMXL

morning, just pay attention to your warm up/stretch

Tashmayes

I would love to workout first thing in the morning and get my metabolism going but with a 4 month old and 2 year old..I work out when i can. As long as i can get my burn in daily, I'm happy!

Skeels

I try to workout in the Morining....but I always fail.............



I usually workout in the evenings

RebeccaLynn4

I too struggle to get up in the morning!! I do find that the energy when I push myself to get up is much higher for the day.

It is all to easy to say oh I'll do it tonight and then something comes up and the daily work out is gone. If you can make time every evening then I really dont think it matters when you work out.

I am fairly new to this but that is what I find for myself.

senyosmom

Hello! I rotate between morning and evening. I prefer evening because I don't feel so rushed. When I work out in the morning I have to just force myself to get going - once I start its OK and I reward myself with my morning cup of coffee and a nice shower.

Im_NotPerfect

Morning for running, evening for anything else. I get up and run at 5 am every other day. On my "off" days, I TRY to get myself up, but just can't do it and usually end up biking at night.

jgunn81

personally, workouts are morning times, if i do any running, its afternoon/evening.

my motivation: if i decide to let my workouts slide to the afternoons after work, its much hotter, which by previous experience just sucks, lol

thescrumisfun

Generally, I like to work out in the morning or afternoon. If I workout anytime after 7 pm, I am way too awake and end up going to bed late.

angels0831

It depends on what I feel like. Both the morning and night times are great for burning calories (or so I've heard) and most of the time I work out at night. Running at night is really fun, it's beautiful, and I always end up running more after I've had a whole day to wake up

LaviMc

I can workout whenever, but in the evening after work, I don't have to worry about time constraints. Morning makes me feel energized and relax to prepare for work, but BOY is it hard to get up early! (Translation: I am in NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM a "morning person"!)

fitnesskid96

Whatever time works best for you. & If you can only workout in the morning, but have no energy, i suggest taking a pre workout. They work and will get you up bro

MtnKat

I used to run in the evening after work.

I got injured (Plantar's Fasciitis) and found that the only way to be able to get my run in is by running in the morning.

Now that's I've finally switched over (my choice was do it in the morning or be hobbled in the evenings and in a lot of pain), I discovered that really love running in the morning.

I used to stress all day long about how I was going to get my run in. I missed quite a few too because something (the kids lol) always got in the way. Now I get up at 5:30 am, do my run and be done with it before I have to go to work (I do strength training after work 3 days a week, too). I love it!

AmelodyAngel

I am soooo not a morning person. I would love to wake up and work out and then go to work, but I can not drag myself out of bed, so I typically work out at night and that works very well for me. It is the only work out time I have been consistent with.

robinogue

I workout right after work, if time is limited I only do a 30 minutes but if I have enough time it's generally over a hour.

SPNLuver83

I never was a morning person. However, if I don't get my workouts done first thing in the AM I find I don't get them done, or done with less intensity. So I sucked it up and started doing it in the AM. It got easier and easier and now I look forward to it. It wakes me up and sets the mood for the day. And I think I am actually turning into a morning person now lol.

steph1278

Not a morning person here. I go on short walks throughout the day at work weather permitting and hit the gym after work.