Tips For Morning Workouts????

i have 1/2 can of Rockstar 0 calories/...... and hit the pavement running, with my 2 dogs a good 45-60 mins run give you a great morning burn..

I used to call it my "Mourning Workout" but not any more. I have come to where I enjoy now. It was hard at first but now I look forward to it. Doing my workout in the morning means I have my workout done and anything else during the day is just bonus! After a few weeks it's become habit. Good luck with it!

Any tips on helping make this happen?

Change your alarm to an hour earlier and when it goes off, haul your butt outa bed. :flowerforyou:

Since joining mfp i've been getting up and jogging before work - the best part is i have tons of energy, the polution is lower, traffic is lighter and i see the difference in performance between 5:00 am and 6:00 pm. get yourself a cool tool/toy to help motivate you -- i use nike+ running (free ap). Jump in and do it, you are so worth it.

I failed this morning. lol. I set my alarm for 5:15 and ended up resetting it after it went off. I always feel weak and stiff in the mornings. Im so frustrated with myself! grrrr

Let yourself slip sometimes but remember that you could take the nastiest b'tard in the world and he wouldn't beat you up as hard as you do yourself.

Weak and stiff soon disappears when you get going. Make it the same as having to breathe...if you don't do it, you'll die:)

For me, if I hit snooze it's all over. When my alarm goes off at 4:00 am I have to put my feet on the floor as soon as possible. That's the hardest part.

I started doing early morning workouts last year as I wanted to be able to spend time with my family in the evenings. When I started out I was getting up at 5:00 and doing very simple 30 minute videos and stuff so the workout wasn't really intense but I was making the habit of getting up early and getting active. After a while I had moved on to doing longer videos so I moved my wake up time to 4:30 and just kept easing it back until it's where it is now. Now I do some early morning workouts and some afternoon workouts.

Its simple get up and go, I'm at the gym when It opens every day at 5am. If I miss my morning workout my whole day feels wrong.

This is it basically.

Just do it. Do it enough and it will feel bad not to do it.

Just do it! If you are someone who needs something in their stomach before a workout, make sure you give yourself enough time to eat a little something and digest before you workout. Before you know it, you will be waking up before your alarm goes off Good luck!

I've found for me that when I have this feeling of "I HAVE TO DO THIS" I tend to be less apt to reset the alarm and sleep-in or to skip workouts. For instance, when I'm doing Insanity or Asylum I won't miss a work-out of the entire program. This morning I was up at 4:15 and took one of the dogs for a 25-minute speed walk to start my day off on the right foot even though I was dead-tired and wanted to sleep for another 45 minutes.
Make exercise something you HAVE to get done each day and you'll find the motivation/energy to get through it -- just like the fact that you HAVE to go to work everyday, and you HAVE to brush your teeth, breath, eat, drink water, etc. ---- not making it a chore, just making it a necessity instead of something you want to do. The difference in mentality towards exercise may help you acheive your goal of getting up to do the exercise.

I love to work-out in the morning! I always have more energy to get going! And it gives me the energy to make it through the day..so much sometimes that I will go for another work-out later in the afternoon! Good luck and try it..what do you have to lose, but weight!