Who gets up early to go to the gym?

Go to bed and get 8 hours sleep. That way you wont feel terrible when you wake up.

I go to bed at 10:00 p.m. every night. I cannot fall asleep for at least an hour. No matter what I do. I have lots of anxiety and racing thoughts. I've tried anti-anxiety medication but it doesn't help much.

what are you doing right before bed? have you tried ramping down your day more gradually?
reading in bed helps me fall asleep pretty quickly. start getting ready at 9 if you can, or even 930.

a glass of wine aint a bad idea either if youre into that sorta thing.

You just adjust and do it like anything else in life. I work 7a-7:30p and have a 30 min commute. No gym I have to be up at 5 am, gym day I'm up at 3:30-3:45 to get there at 5 and 60 mins of lifting then get ready. Yes I'd rather sleep in and take my time but somedays I don't get out on schedule and I am too exhausted at 8 pm to want to deal with another human. I want to get it done and get on with my day so I rather give it my full focus in the morning. Prepare stuff the night before, have things packed and in your car and have a plan and it becomes very easy.

you just do it. set an alarm, go to bed, wake up and hit the door. it might be tough at first but it quickly becomes second nature. i don't even have to set my alarm to wake up at 5:30 am anymore.

This.
I make it not an option. If I leave the decision for the morning, I am going to choose my comfy warm bed. I go to bed knowing I am going to get up for the gym, everything is set out, I have a plan and it isn't optional. The alarm goes off and I get up without thinking about it. By the time I am awake, I'm on my way out the door.

(during contest prep I was getting up at 445 am to get to the gym by 5, workout and go to work for a 12 hour shift).

For the past two weeks, I've managed to force myself to wake up at 4:30am, hit the snooze button for the next 15 minutes, then get up, hit the gym by 5:15, and be cleaned up and ready for work by 7:30am.

At first, it was painful, because I am so accustomed to sleeping so late midnight-1:00am. So when I changed up my wake up/work out routine, I was running on 4-5hrs of sleep, but after being up so early, my body naturally became more tired earlier, so I now sleep at 10pm, and feel fine.

My driving factor was my frustration with the gym being so damn packed after work 6-8pm that I could barely get my lifts in, so my feelings for that was more than my feelings of being tired. Now I'm happy as a clam working out in a relatively empty gym and having more engergy throughout the day.


It sucks for a few days but your body learns to adjust.

Oh, and it does to help to have your gym bag packed and ready to go so you can just walk out the door. Sometimes, I sleep in a clean pair of sweats, so I can just wake up and go, and still feel somewhat warm and comfy.

I get up at half 5, and im in the gym by 6

make it easy. don't make it a chore.

set your coffee pot up (if it has an auto-on function, use it) and lay your clothes and gear out the night before. you don't want to be fumbling around in the morning looking for socks and your water bottle.

annoying alarm ringtones sucks. i really started to enjoy waking up earlier when i switched my alarm to "eye of the tiger."

also, if you want to get up earlier, you'll need to go to bed earlier. and avoid electronics, tv, and alcohol before bed. i know for myself, those things make my sleep a little too restless.

I go to bed at 10:00 p.m. every night. I cannot fall asleep for at least an hour. No matter what I do. I have lots of anxiety and racing thoughts. I've tried anti-anxiety medication but it doesn't help much.

I take melatonin on nights I can't stop thinking about things. It seems to make a difference.