When is best to work out??

Mornings are the best time to work out. It energizes you and kick starts your body so you burn more calories throughout the day.

Mornings are the best time to work out. It energizes you and kick starts your body so you burn more calories throughout the day.

Doesn't work for me! Morning workouts leave me tired and ill the rest of the day. If I work out at night I get to sleep more easily and feel better the next day.

Work out when you. With todays schedules (kids and all) get it when you can. JUST DO IT. I feel bad when I don't because I actually have more energy throughout the night when I do get in my workout (I also work 3rd shift).....Bambam

Do what works for you : ) If it doesn't work for you you won't end up doing it. I'm a night person, so I workout in the evenings. Only exception is the weekend when I go at whatever time suits my schedule best. So if you prefer mornings, do morning. If you prefer evening, do evening. If you prefer lunchtime, do lunchtime. All that matters is that you exercise!

I agree - my work often entails working strange hours and so I never really know what time I'm getting into or out of bed (never enough hours in the day), but I find that if I get up first thing in the morning and get something in the way of exercise done, then I don't have to think about it later on.

Often I'll do my C25K as it starts gently with a warm up walk and then I get "told" what to do and I don't have to think about it too hard. By the time I'm home 30 mins later, my brain is in gear, I'm usually feeling good and I'm ready to do my supersets of Pushups & Pilates followed by my supersets of Situps & Stretches then I have the rest of the day to myself.

I've tried to workout in the evenings but life seems to get in the way too often and then I miss my session and can't catch it up. If I can, I try to do my swimming in the early afternoon as my mind doesn't think it's too hard and I have a better chance of not getting sidetracked.

It's taken me years to work out what works best for me, but the best advice I can offer is to try something and if it works, figure out *why* it was so successful - that way it is more likely to stay with you. And if something doesn't work for you, once again, figure out why and find a better solution.

I think the trick is to not give up trying to find a solution because over time you'll start to see a pattern and you can then easily see what programs and schedules work for you - Only now am I starting to feel comfortable with my routine after many years of disappointment with trying to fit exercise in consistently, so I know that this process, while lengthy, still works.

I hope it helps.

Kind Regards,

Joy.