Tips For Morning Workouts????

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  • Stepmom1
    Stepmom1 Posts: 155 Member
    Make a part of your morning and don't even think about it. Put your workout gear on, and either do an outdoor cardio like jogging/power walking, running or an indoor workout. It will soon become part of your routine and you will do it without even thinking about it.

    Good luck!!
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  • mamarazorback
    mamarazorback Posts: 1
    I find it much easier to workout in the morning's rather than at night. It is hard to come home from work, eat dinner with family and run to sporting events. Just not enough time for me to workout at night. In the morning it is my time. Good luck.
  • kaubin97
    kaubin97 Posts: 56 Member
    Put your alarm clock across the room so you have to get out of bed in order to turn it off. Once you are up get dressed and get going. Your body will adjust but it'll take some time. Go to bed an hour or two earlier to make up for getting up earlier.

    ^^^ This is totally it. I got in to a routine of getting up early in the morning to exercise for 4 weeks then I went on vacation for 2 weeks and now it's so hard to get back into exercising that early. It's now dark and I don't want to get up. I hit snooze to many times, but last week we got a crazy phone call at 4:30am so there I was up with the phone in my hand so I just put on my clothes & went at it. Move the clock and you'll have to get out of bed. That's half the battle.
    YOU CAN DO THIS!!!
  • tlonie
    tlonie Posts: 29 Member
    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..

    What is Rockstar?
  • muddyventures
    muddyventures Posts: 360 Member
    Get up and put your workout clothes on asap, then put your workout playlist on... being ready to go is most of it I think. Don't get on MFP first thing either, I'm sitting here right now delaying my morning workout...lol
  • herillusion
    herillusion Posts: 62 Member
    I'm struggling with the same thing. I'm really NOT a morning person. Even as a kid I slept in. And now more than ever I enjoy my sleep as a single mom who has a 5 year old who never knew how to sleep past 7am. So as I was saying -- I struggle.

    I have tried the alarm clock across the room -- I would just get up and push snooze while I was half asleep.
    I have tried the "I HAVE TO DO THIS" -- and my warm bed sounded better than getting up.

    So far though -- I had been doing afternoon & evening exercises. I really want to begin the morning routine so instead of shocking my body with getting up an hour earlier than normal -- I've been setting my alarm clock 5 minutes earlier each morning. Today was day 4 and it was 20 minutes earlier than my normal time.

    Oh -- I started using my phone alarm clock and I disabled the Snooze feature. I turn it off immediately when it goes off and I sit up to prevent myself from falling asleep again.

    Good Luck!!!
  • annoz
    annoz Posts: 68 Member
    Yuck- the morning workout...but I am switching to it as well. I teach and I've had the summer off so I sleep in a workout whenever I feel like it. I LOVE it! Last year I would work out after school but I was always too tired and often blew it off so this year I HAVE to work out before school which means getting to the gym by 5:15. I am not excited about it at all, but I know I will feel great knowing I don't have to work out after school.
  • MyM0wM0w
    MyM0wM0w Posts: 2,008 Member
    I changed my perspective on it. I go to bed a little earlier and get up a little earlier and I keep telling myself that I'm JUST as tired @ 5:30 when the alarm goes off as I used to be @ 6 when the alarm went off. Tired is tired.

    It's only been a week and a half for me but I'm really starting to look forward to that morning yoga to get me loosened up and prepare me for my day at work.
  • NiagaraCheryl
    NiagaraCheryl Posts: 56 Member
    As someone who loves their bed in the morning, I didn't like the idea of getting up early. However, I have meetings at least one night a week, sometimes twice a week. So going to the gym another two nights a week left little time to spend with my family. So I started going in the morning.

    It wasn't easy. I put all my clothes out the night before. I get up at 6:30 and I am at the gym by 7:00. My husband knows he can't cuddle me once the alarm goes off or I'm not getting up :smile: What I found was that in the morning you can set off a canon at the gym and not hit anyone. It's way different from how busy it is after work. I actually get my choice of treadmill/machine that early. So that I found was a big plus.

    I live about a 5minute drive from the gym so I'm able to come back home to shower and dress for work. I find it makes it quicker to shower at home since I have everything handy and I'm not sorting through a gym bag.

    Another plus is that I have energy all day now. It's an incredible feeling.
  • annoz
    annoz Posts: 68 Member
    I have thought about sleeping in my gym clothes.
  • pag41989
    pag41989 Posts: 39 Member
    I LOVE my morning workouts. The gym is less crowded and there isn't a ton of people hogging the weight area and theres plenty of room in the showers. I usually get up at 530 and some mornings if I am really tired I stop by the gas station and pick up a small sugar free redbull and I always make sure I eat something light to give me some energy such as a small banana or orange on the drive to the gym. I always feel so energized and ready for work once I have finished and showered. Its hard to get into the routine at first but once you do, you'll feel odd if you ever can't go in the morning.
  • LaDonnaF
    LaDonnaF Posts: 53 Member
    Don't get mad at the folks saying "just do it."

    LOL! There's really nothing else to do to get you up in the morning.... maybe go to bed earlier if you're thinking of a run in the am before work. I usually go to bed at 10 but if I'm going to set my alarm for 4:45 to be up for a run at 5am I go to bed 9-9:30 latest or I won't get up.

    The alarm clock across the room is a great suggestion. It is a must for me or I will switch off the alarm... and then might be LATE for work. LOL.

    When I run in the AM before work I do sprints versus a 30min run for distance. There's a hill right in front of my house that I use after a quick run around the block to warm up. The whole thing takes me about 20-25minutes and I feel like I can push myself harder than if I run for distance.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Instead of saying, I dont have time... say (out loud if necessary) My fitness time just isnt a priority.

    It will sting. Sometimes you'll be ok with it, and sometimes you'll be outraged at yourself.

    If you have an alarm clock that allows you to label the alarm or add a message - make it say that.

    "Is Fitness a priority, or is lazy sleepy time a priority?"

    Wake up and work out before your brain wakes up and figures out what you are doing.

    Then have a glorious triumphant shower with the most amazing energizing smell good shower stuff.

    Then enjoy a beautiful breakfast.

    Dare your day to counteract those endorphins.... because nothing will be able to touch you.
  • ebonyroche
    ebonyroche Posts: 682 Member
    I work out in the mornings and the best advise to give is to have your workout clothes ready to go. When my alarm goes off its the first thing I see. Then some mornings I give myself a pep talk when I want to stay in bed. I feel so much better during the day when I workout in the morning.
  • dnfaith
    dnfaith Posts: 13
    I got up this morning at 5:00 without too much problem. I was proud of myself for that much but didnt get much of a workout it. I finished it but I just didnt have the energy to give it my all. I may try getting in a brisk walk or even a jog in the mornings instead of a hardcore strength training workout. Im just so stiff when I wake up and cant do as many reps when i just wake up. Everything seems to hurt more I found out. Im not going to force myself to do a specific workout in the mornings. If I can get in a quick run or even walk a couple miles in the mornings, thats progress!
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    That absolutely is progress. As you adjust to getting up you will probably be able to increase the intensity of your workouts over time.

    You won the first battle just by getting up and doing it!
  • dnfaith
    dnfaith Posts: 13
    Morning # 2 was MUCH better. I decided just to run instead of doing a bunch of strength training. It was the strength training and jumping and stuff that I felt too weak to do that early. The run actually went really well and I felt accomplished! Unfortunately, morning # 3 (this morning), I got the results of my MRI back and Ive been instructed to stop everything ive been doing and I have to start physical therapy. That kinda threw a kink in everything....
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    D'oh!
  • LisaB55
    LisaB55 Posts: 35 Member
    I not only am not a morning person, but I need at least 7 hours of sleep, I often don't get home and eat dinner until after 8 pm, and I have to cool down for at least 30 mins after I work out or I just keep sweating even after I shower. I am trying to get up at 5:15 to use the elliptical in my basement for 30-40 mins. Since the gym I belong to at a community center 15 mins away doesn't open until 6 am, I have to do my weight/strength training on Tuesday evenings when I can usually get home a little earlier, and on Saturdays. I do find that I can't sleep in on weekends anymore. It't just too hard to readjust during the week. I guess I am finding it easier to get up because I am motivated to earn the extra calories so I can eat a little more!:wink:

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