Early Birds - what inspires your morning workouts?

In the early morning before the world wakes up, I do.

At 4 am, my alarm goes off, playing BEAST by Nico Vega... "We're all free in the land of America, we ain't goin down like this!! Cmon people!" and as Im answering math problems to turn it off, there is a message scrolling across the top - "Are you a liar or do you want this? You can have it. Go take it."

I have my clothes laid out from the night before, or I've slept in them. I take my time going over my homework again - checking all my gym notes and making sure I didnt schedule something stupid today by accident - like incline dumbbell bench AND Barbell bench or something like that. Sometimes I shower before I go just to get the weekend off me first. I have an hour to get in the right mindset, spend time with my body, with my thoughts in the peaceful quiet. I can brainstorm all my creativity, I can set up what Im going to eat at work, I can waste time on MFP - just getting into the right frame of mind before I leave for the gym around 5-515 or 530-545 if I'm lucky enough to workout with my lifting buddy.

My point is - Im not inspired to do my morning workouts - it's something I very much need for my mental health. It's my lifestyle. It's THE lifestyle I worked for years to get comfortable in. It's gotten to the point where NOT going causes problems, not the other way around. Even if I wake up at 7:30 and have to leave for work in an hour - i STILL go.

Its a ritual. It's sacred to me. Things that are vital to me get special treatment.

Ive just jumped on this early morning workout bandwagon. At first I thought there is no way. but really. its only an extra hour. Once my alarm goes off at 5:30, im kind of awake anyways, and id probably just toss and turn the next hour. So I make myself get up and go to bootcamp. come home, shower, walk to work and DONE! I can do whatever I want the rest of the day, and not have to worry if I will get my workout in, and mentally motivating myself ALL day.

I also find I make better food choices too! and my energy level keeps me going all day.

@LT_Starbuck

There is a message scrolling across the top - "Are you a liar or do you want this? You can have it. Go take it."

Its a ritual. It's sacred to me. Things that are vital to me get special treatment.

This really spoke to me...I'm stealing this alarm btw.

Good.

I get up @ 5am and go downstairs for a dvd or XboxKinect. It is easier for me to workout in the morning b/c if I wait until evening, I end up not getting it done(aka sitting down on the couch). It is also before the kids get up, so I can actually focus on the workout and not going up and down the stairs which breaks up the flow.

I don't workout every morning but when I plan to I just do it knowing that you never know what the day may bring and I may not want to after work. I would much rather get it done and I always feel better when I do.

I like to be fully awake by the timey classes start, so I get up at 7, eat and get my backpack ready, then I workout and shower, and then head off I like working out in the mornings because then I know that I can't forget it or avoid it later, and it always makes me feel like a champ all day because I know that I started the day being successful

Knowing that I don't have to workout after work. I wake up at 5am... so I am out of my house by 5:30 and running or doing Bikram by 6am. I also know that I will eat healthy if I workout first. On most days this gives me so much energy that I get in a 2nd workout, too!

I'm at the gym by no later than 3:30. I like it because I have full access to everything and there are no disturbances, except for a couple of taxi drivers that go there after their shift. Man can they be noisy. I'm more comfortable this way and I push hard doing my weights then cardio. I enjoy it and I start my job at 6:30 so it keeps me pumped for the better part of the day. I do my errands right after work and then home. When I'm home I like to stay home. I love walking in the door knowing I'm done for the rest of the evening.

Like everyone else...Just knowing that it is over. It is also nice to see what I have already BURNED when preparing my meals for the day. If the workout is done i can add a few more calories to my meals. If I have not worked out, I do not get to eat that little bit more.

Like everyone else, it is just settling knowing that I'm done for the day instead of fretting the whole day to get my daily workout done! I also feel like I workout better fasted so yeah! If I feel faint then I might eat before I workout! But my current workout is not that intense which makes it easier to accomplish! I'd say take it bit by bit, and you just have to start! It will get easier the more you do it I also feel like my eating is more in check since I wouldn't want to waste my calories burnt on too much junk!

I only workout early on the days I have to work. I do 3 or 4 12-hour shifts that last from 7:00am-7:30 am. So I wake up around 4:45am to workout out of necessity. Plus, I know it's done for the day and I have more energy at work. Exercise wakes me up way better than coffee.

I'm doing a lifting program and I'm training for a half. I can't fit both in at night so I wake up at 5am and lift and then run at 6pm.

Im also in a lifting program and training for a half and a spartan within 10 days of each other. I also get up and lift at 530 when the gym opens.

High five.

It guarantees that I get it in. If I waited until after work, he might want to play TV or go out or get frisky, or a million other things that would distract me from getting my workout done.

same!

Ditto.

I like getting it done in the morning because I just never know how the day is going to go. After working all day there are a million things I'd rather be doing in the evenings. Also, it kind of sets the tone for the day. I'm usually at the gym around 5:30am. So once I get a really good workout under my belt, I hate to mess it up by eating crappy.

Oh and another thing...if I muster up the energy in the evening, I can get in a 2 a day. That's especially nice in the summer when it's warm enough to go for a walk after work.

I use to hate mornings and it seems like now I have been losing weight, I wake up earlier...however, I am usually still really cranky and not nice in the mornings until I work out. I find I can concentrate better on my school work after working out and I have more energy for the day. It gets me going on the right track. If I don't work out, that is when I get in trouble with my crankiness.