When do YOU go to the gym/workout?

JustANumber85

Just that- when you do workout/go to the gym? (Meaning time of day).

I plan to go early in the AM before 7. Based off reading some of the threads, ill avoid some of the crowds/people who cause issues.

alaskaang

I just started going this month, and have been going at different times to see how crowded it was, and when I felt most comfortable. My observations and preferences so far:

The good:
Weekend early mornings - very few people there before 10AM
Weekday really early mornings - only the dedicated

Okay:
Weekdays late afternoon - moderately busy, lots of highschool age kids (likely close to right after school timeframe)

Bad:
Weekdays around 9 to 10:30 - very crowded due to popular classes
Weekdays around noon - AWFUL 'cause that's when the staff at my gym is cleaning aka constant vacuum cleaner in the background

GiddyupTim

Alaskaang's take seems just about right. Yes, you have to go before 7 a.m. on the weekdays to find the gym uncrowded; seems to me people come in between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. to work out before going to work at 9 a.m.
I find -- at my little gym where it is very important to go when it is uncrowded -- that the least busy time is during the week from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. You would think people would come in on their lunch hour, but they don't. There is a morning crowd, and they are done by 11 a.m.
Before 10 a.m. on weekends is good too.

sarahrbraun

my youngest gets on the bus at 830am, so I leave right after he does. I am usually at the gym by 845am. It is moderately busy then, but not too bad. 90% of the time I can find a treadmill when I want one, and don't have to wait more than a minute or so for any of the strength machines ( transitioning away from machines and into free weights).

Martoch

Either right after work or later in the evening - I can't remember the last time I did a morning workout (years ago).

LoosingMyLast15

at lunchtime - i'm lucky my office has a gym and when the weather is nice i run outside at lunch. on the weekends i get outside and run anytime between 10 and 4 (just depends on my day).

JustANumber85

I just started going this month, and have been going at different times to see how crowded it was, and when I felt most comfortable. My observations and preferences so far:

The good:
Weekend early mornings - very few people there before 10AM
Weekday really early mornings - only the dedicated

Okay:
Weekdays late afternoon - moderately busy, lots of highschool age kids (likely close to right after school timeframe)

Bad:
Weekdays around 9 to 10:30 - very crowded due to popular classes
Weekdays around noon - AWFUL 'cause that's when the staff at my gym is cleaning aka constant vacuum cleaner in the background

Thats good to know- thanks!

johnieC

during the week i go straight from work (about 4 p.m.) & on Sundays i go at 1p.m.
no reason other than its what works with my schedule

tebcolorado

I love going after 8pm. It's SO quiet and most of the machines have little to nobody waiting to use them. Our Bally's is open til 10pm on weeknights so it gives me plenty of time to get everything done and then I sleep really good because my muscles are well used and relaxed.

6mimi

5am works best for me.

dsjohndrow

Over the years I have had to use a few different times. I went at lunch because I am hanging around for an hour anyway (2pm), I went after work at 7pm, and when it's nice I run before work at 5:30 or 6 am. I am always up early on weekends, so I go when they open at 7 am.

MidwestAngel

4:30 in the morning m-f, whenever my kids get me up and give me the tv on saturday.

BinaryPulsar

In the summer I go in the evening (and I also exercise at the outdoor park on the way to the gym). In the winter I often go at 10:30 am or 11:30 am. It gets dark at 4 here, so I don't want to be walking home in the dark. Lunch time is usually the most crowded and everyone is very busy to do their workout and get back to work. Weekend evenings are not crowded because people are out socializing.

tejaday

Yeah, i find it better and more productive to workout in the am. It's seems that in the afternoon a lot of people go to the gym to also socialize... nothing wrong with that...but i'm there for business and only have a time frame because i have a 8 months old.

ghost2012

0600 every other day,(T,Th, SA) and 1600 the other days(M,W,F,Su)

amybg1

Really depends on your gym, I tend to be able to arrive there at around 8:45-9 all depending on how buses were getting there (I have to take 2, one runs every half hour until 9:30, the other runs every half hour ALL day and the first bus tends to be late so being on time to catch the second bus is rare...)

For my gym early morning (got a ride there once...) and around lunchtime are the WORST. Though I did go today and found ALL the treadmills empty? Though I went closer to 1 due to a few factors making me MUCH later than usual! But yeah early morning around 7-8 has all the working stiffs getting a workout in before their day starts and at noon the high school kids from across the lot tend to hang out there, though they tend to stay out of my way - I make sure they smarten up quick!!

gimpygramma

I go between 1 and 3 in the afternoon. Because I am retired I can go almost any time so when I joined I asked when they were least busy. They said after the lunch hour crowd and before the high school kids were free.

When I was working full time it used to annoy me to find myself behind some old coot who could shop any old time but had chosen to hit the grocery store at 5:30 on a week night ....the times when all those people with 9-5 jobs were dashing in for the makings for dinner. Now that I AM an old coot, I try to show a little consideration for those who don't have a lot of choice about what time they hit the gym, the grocery store or whatever.

Keto_T

I am there after work and after 1 hour commute so anywhere from 6 to 7pm. My gym is in a small town so it's not overly crowded at any given time.

v70t5m

4:15 a.m. for me. It really starts my day off right.

ksumme

Due to very busy family schedule, and working full-time - I go during my lunch hour.

For my gym, I find it is a great time, because it isn't very crowded. Those in great shape are very nice and helpful. Most everyone at that time is either (significantly) older, or like me working on getting into shape.
i don't feel intimidated by the crowded - extremely fit group, or have to deal with the 'meat market' crowd.

DonnaLeeCattes

4:30 am about 4 to 5 times a week.