morning workouts

When I was working out that early, I'd go to bed with my workout gear on, and put your shoes, socks, and ipod or whatever next to your bed. Then you are set as soon as you get up. Not sure why but it helped. Also, and this one may be tougher, if you can find a workout buddy to meet you at the gym or wherever you are working out if its not at your house, it's so much easier because you are accountable to someone. Good luck!

I think you'll just have to do it! It does get easier after awhile. I always found starting in the spring was easier because the sun's already up and when this time of year rolls around you're so used to it you don't even think of going back to bed.

I get up at 5:30, workout, and I'm to work by 7:30. I like it because then I don't feel guilty for doing nothing in the evenings :laugh:

I definitely found that getting my stuff ready the night before helps.....I've tried many times before to get up early to get to the gym, this last couple months has been the only time I've managed to stick to it. I barely even think about it anymore, and I never think about not going (unless I know for a fact that I can get there later in the day)

Sara, I was never a morning person and I cant say I am now but I made a commitment to myself that I was going to get up and exercise before work and now I do. I cant say that it is a whole lot easier now than when I first started but it is a lot harder to talk myself into going back to sleep once the alarm goes off. I hear a little voice in my head telling me that if I dont get up and exercise now that it wont get done. I cant tell you that it is easy but it is worth it.

will it just get easier as I start to do it more often?

More or less, yes. Some mornings will be better/worse than others, but, as someone else mentioned - you'll have to WANT to do it.

I start work at 8:30am and get up around 5:30am to work out. I am NOT a morning person and absolutely hate getting up that early. I never would have believed I would be able to do it. Now if I don't exercise in the morning I feel like a slug all day. Eventually it feels good to have that energy from getting your body moving in the morning. I sleep in my workout clothes and roll out of bed to work out.

I used to get up at 5:30am every morning to work out and really had to force myself to do it the first couple of weeks, but after that it became a habit and I found that it wasn’t such an effort because I loved how I felt. It was great to start the day feeling like I’d achieved something brilliant before most people were even out of bed and I had so much more energy during the day as well. I had to stop for a while and only started again this morning, but even after months off from that I still had no trouble getting out of bed early today because I knew the rewards would be worth the effort.

Hope you find the same thing when you get into it!


Edited to add: If you have a smart phone, there’s an app called “Sleep Cycle” which I found really helpful in the early days. You set the alarm in the app to wake you up, say at 5am, and have it next to your pillow on your bed. It monitors your sleep pattern and wakes you up (more gently than a normal alarm) at a point when you’re not in a deep sleep between the time you set and a half hour beforehand. That was amazing because I’d wake up early but without that foggy-headed haze you sometimes get when you’re woken suddenly from a deep sleep.

I used to work out in the mornings when everyone at home was still asleep but you know what the best part was. The morning love making to my husband. So awesome!!!! I know its hard to get up but you will feel so energized and happy if you do. I no longer work out in the morning becuase I now have 4 children but I will pretty soon. I love the energy that working out in the morning gives you. I think you should go for it.