Morning Gym People

I gave up trying to be a morning person years ago. If you can't get to the gym in the morning, find another time to do it. It doesn't matter when you work out, just as long as you do it.

Being happy is obviously more important in my mind, than kicking myself to do something that makes me miserable.

All great advice. It's all about mindset attitude. Instead of trying to force yourself, just accept it. Learning to accept the difficult is the only way I was ablet to get up at 5 am daily for the last 5 years. Best of luck!

The only thing that worked for me was being forced into it. I used to haphazardly go after work until my husband and I had to carpool for almost a month since our other vehicle was in and out of the mechanic's a few times. Since my husband has to have a vehicle at work to get to the different buildings he supports [and all I have to do is sit on my *kitten* and use a computer], he had to drop me off at work before getting to his on time. That meant I was at work about 1.5 hours before I really needed to be. I ended up changing my work schedule to start a half hour earlier so he didn't have to wait for me so long after he left work, but I still had an hour of extra time. My gym is in the same complex as my office (that's why I chose that gym), so I just got dropped off at their door and would walk over to work after a 30 or 45 minute workout (and refreshing and changing). It's not quite so easy to drag myself there now that I have my car back, but I'm still doing it.

#1 motivation... having my gym extremely close to my work place. Whether going before or after work, I'm not going to go out of my way for it. I find getting to the gym is enough of an obstacle... why make extra ones like 30 additional minutes of travel?

#2 motivation... The gym is practically deserted at 7:30am. It's awesome. If I want to just lay in bed in the morning, I remind myself that in the evening I'm going to have to share with a bunch of other sweaty people and possibly wait my turn to use equipment. Plus I want the fewest people possible staring at my jiggly butt in sweatpants.

I agree! It is SO hard for me to get up early & go work out! I am NOT a morning person...BUT, that being said...
1. I started my "get up early" with not every day. Two days a week I try & get up early. Change isn't done overnight & it's silly to expect that you will stick to something if you burn yourself out on it, so maybe try to commit to just a few days at a time.
2. In the beginning, it's easier for ME to get up if I know someone else will be there or they are counting on me. See if you know anyone you can meet there, or may want to carpool so you have an accountability partner.
3. Go to bed at a decent hour the night before. I am SO bad that I literally have to set morning AND "bedtime" alarms. I set a bedtime alarm for 10 minutes before I should be in bed to remind me that I need to wash my face, etc & get to bed. I know it sounds silly but I feel like it forces me to remember what I am working toward.

Hope this helps!
Good luck!

If there was a million dollars waiting at the gym for you, but you had to get up at 5am to get it, would you set your alarm clock, wake up and go?

If a loved one was being held for ransom, and to get them back you had to be at the game before 6am, would you be there on time?

If your boss offered you a promotion where you made double the moolah in half the hours and could work from home most days, but you had to show up at the office 3x per week at 5:30am, would you tell him to get stuffed?

These are silly examples, but for each one the gain is important enough that you'd never wake up late, you'd never hit snooze, you'd always get out the door on time. It's your life. You need to decide if it's important enough for you to get up. Just that simple. If it's not, then don't bother looking for tips and tricks. If it is, you will get up, put your shoes on and go.

Everything worth doing is hard and requires sacrifice. We all have a list of excuses as long as our arm. The people that get stuff done are the ones that simply decided it was worth doing. What's your decision?

THANK YOU! :flowerforyou: I am going to try and think this way from now on. I to cannot get up for the life of me! I set my clothes out , i have slept in my clothes so all i had to do was get up and go straight to the car! Nothing has worked, I can not sleep at night so i toss and turn all night when i am not gettin up to pee (tmi) :bigsmile: So the amount of sleep i get is very little and probably just fall asleep 2 hours before the alarm goes off so i am extremely exhausted in the mornings and yawn all day at work ( 10 hour days). So i am hoping the mentality of a "million dollars" waiting for me might get me moving. I think i can! i think i can! :happy:

Someone once put it like this; treat your gym session like an appointment that you cannot cancel. (Like those pesky doctor/dentist offices that charge a fee when you cancel on short notice!) Once you have the mindset that it is just something that is apart of your routine, it's easier to get out of bed and just go.

what if you eased into it? instead of getting up and going to the gym, just get up early. Next day, get up early, take a 10 minute walk. Day 3, a 20 minute walk, and so on.

My alarm is set on high in the bathroom and my gym clothes are already set ready to go. Once you get there you'll be great.

Then don't reply, that's not helpful!

My alarm goes off at 4am every day, even on Saturday/Sunday

I set my gym clothes right next to the bed. I get up, and the first thing I do is put them on.
I pack my clothes for the shower/work the night before as well. Put that bag next to the door or in your car.

It's not easy at first, but it does get easier. Believe me, once you get that workout done in the morning, your day goes so much better!

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