How early do you get up for AM workouts?

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  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    my alarm is set for 430am, but I'm usually up a little before it
  • AmyMgetsfit
    AmyMgetsfit Posts: 636 Member
    I go to bed early so I can get up between 5-6 depending on what I have going on for the day. I love the solitude of that early morning before my husband gets up and it is still dark and quiet. I have a cup of coffee and catch up on the news then go work out in the basement. We have a home gym because we live too far to drive to one.
  • dontgobacktosleep
    dontgobacktosleep Posts: 144 Member
    I'm a 4:45 girl and my suggestion to you is buy a coffee maker with a programmer. Mine brews a pot at 4:15, I stagger downstairs around 4:30, have a huge glass of water and a cup of black coffee. I sit and breath deeply for 15 minutes while I enjoy the coffee. Then its on to business.

    This sounds ridiculous but I am convinced I don't really wake up until halfway through a 40 minute workout, which thereby qualifies as sleeping until 5:15... problem solved ;)
  • ronrstaats
    ronrstaats Posts: 294 Member
    6:30 to get ready for work... then work-out after work at about 4PM.. :bigsmile:
  • dlharwell
    dlharwell Posts: 10 Member
    I am just starting. I am a nurse who works 12-hour day shifts. I guess I will get up around 4:45 at the beginning to do a 35 minute work out. Any suggestions?
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    I go to bed early. I have my alarm set for 430am, and i allow myself to hit snooze ONCE. My alarm ringtone is "eye of the tiger" so it's super motivating to wake up.

    I have my gym clothes laid out, and my coffee pot set on a timer. I have my gym bag packed and ready to go, with my routine written down. Usually out the door by 520 to walk to the gym.

    I also avoid those time suck distractions in the morning, like my phone. I don't check email or Facebook or texts. Just turn in the TV to see what the weather is going to be like.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    You people are fantastic! I get up at 6:00 and go to the livingroom to do stretching until 7:00, 3 days a week on days I go to the pool. I have OA and do this to limber up. 7:30 a light breakfast for my husband and I--greek yogurt with 1/2 banana and a little raspberry jelly+a large mug of earl grey with lemon(no sugar). At 8:30 we're at the pool until 10:15--includes showering etc, then we're off to our favorite neighborhood bar in Rome where Elizabeta makes the best, creamiest cappucino and my husband (skinny thing) has a roll too. I permit myself one only on saturdays. However I admire the dedication out there, it's great to hear.
  • BrotherSpankus
    BrotherSpankus Posts: 52
    All your motivation is amazing! I struggle to get up at 8am! That's definitely gotta change though.
  • scubasuenc
    scubasuenc Posts: 626 Member
    Wow. After reading everyone's posts I feel like a slug getting up at 5:45a. After taking care of the pets and grabbing some water I climb on my recumbent bike for a 45 minute ride. I don't think I really wake up until I'm about 15 minutes into it.....

    Three times per week I try to get another round of exercise in later in the day.

    I find if I get up and get the 45 minutes in, I feel much better the rest of the day, and I'm more likely to find opportunities to burn calories during the day by doing things like taking the stairs instead of an elevator. It is worth the early morning wake up.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    I though I was tough but after reading this I realize I am a complete wimp lol. I get up at 6 on morning workout days - 3 days a week at the mo .I tend to do 30 minutes resistance or swimming or 45 minutes bike or run. I then get my shoes on at dinnertime and go for a run or a ride for 40 mins. My long workouts are a couple of evenings and Friday afternoon.
  • GingerLolita
    GingerLolita Posts: 738 Member
    Would it be possible for you to work out in the evening or on the weekend?

    I rarely feel motivated to wake up for morning workouts, so I just make sure I get it in at other times.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Alarm is set for 3:55, up by 4:10, gym by 4:30
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    3am
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Coffee pot finishes at 3:05 am I'm up finish 1 cup and working out by 3:30 am
  • dallasaggie10
    dallasaggie10 Posts: 12 Member
    My alarm goes off at 4:05, and I try to be up and out the door by 4:30. This time works best for me because I can come up with a million excuses to not work out after work!
  • amymarie2534
    amymarie2534 Posts: 12 Member
    My gym doesn't open until 6am (9am on Saturdays), so that's the earliest I go.
  • ponycyndi
    ponycyndi Posts: 858 Member
    Ugh - I wish I could just get up for morning workouts. My kids are super light sleepers (despite noise machines in their rooms) and the moment I start stirring they are awake and all up in my business. I can't workout in front of them because they are crazy distracting and won't stop asking questions "momma, why are you doing that? What's that called? A squat? Hahahaha that's funny! Oh, momma, you look like you're getting hot! Are you hot?" Blah blah blah! It's funny in hindsight, but in the middle of a workout it drives me crazy.

    My 2-yo thinks it's HILARIOUS when I do yoga. He giggles uncontrollably, then does a downward dog.

    My schedule has me up at 6:30, kids at school by 7:30, then I can do my elliptical (if hubby is home) or take the baby in the stroller for a walk.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    I am just starting. I am a nurse who works 12-hour day shifts. I guess I will get up around 4:45 at the beginning to do a 35 minute work out. Any suggestions?

    I work 2nd shift as an RN.
    I get up at 6:30 to drop my daughter off at school by 8:00, then I go work out at the Y, taking classes or hopping on a machine.
  • teachmama79
    teachmama79 Posts: 64 Member
    LMAO!!!! My kids are exactly the same way!!! You're response cracked me up!!! I could totally visualize your situation! :)
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    If I don't get it done early, it doesn't get done. I workout at home, so have to get it in before the rest of the family wakes up. So my alarm goes off at 4:45 and I start at 5:00 so I can be done by 6:00, still plenty of time to have breakfast and get my kid to school on time.

    In summer, early workouts are necessary to beat the heat! I run three days a week so I'm usually out the door before sunrise on summer days.

    It took a few weeks for it all to become habit, but the regret of not getting a workout done was worse than rolling out of bed, so that motivated me. :smile:
  • mikeroybal
    mikeroybal Posts: 111 Member
    I wake up at 3:45 and arrive when the gym opens at 4:00. take a shower get cleaned up, have some coffee and breakfast then off to work
  • danielzoller
    danielzoller Posts: 1 Member
    4:45 when I can drag my butt out of bed! Quick yogurt and Red bull and on the elliptical at the gym by 5:15. 35 min of elliptical, plus about 30 minutes of weights, then shower and off to work by 6:35. It's hard to do. I wish there was another way. On my days off, I try to workout at a more normal time and I have so much more success and can perform much better at CV and strength training.
  • paigenevaeh
    paigenevaeh Posts: 64 Member
    I am so lucky that my lectures start at 12pm most days! So I get up at 9, do an hour then get ready for uni.
    Monday mornings are my 9am starts, I get up at 6:15, I only do 45 minutes because I am so not a morning person. On my days off, I wake up whenever and do my workout, it gets me pumped up and ready for the day.
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    3am

    For a minute, I thought I was actually gonna 'win' this thread..... I'm experimenting with the alarm set between 3:30 and 3:40 AM, to get 25 mins ( would like to get that up to 30 mins ) on the stairclimber in our basement before work. I just started working 12 hr shifts, 4 on / 4 off, so, I'm trying to figure it so I can get to the gym 2 days after work, and on 2 of my days off. And swim the other 2 days off.
    I am just starting. I am a nurse who works 12-hour day shifts. I guess I will get up around 4:45 at the beginning to do a 35 minute work out. Any suggestions?

    If you have or can get any cardio equipment, that'd be lots of time for a good cardio workout. If you're looking for something more intensive... you could check out some workout DVD's. I love the 12 hr day shifts for the time off.... but I find getting to the gym, even 2 days after work, out of 4 to be challenging.
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    I stagger downstairs around 4:30

    This sounds ridiculous but I am convinced I don't really wake up until halfway through a 40 minute workout, which thereby qualifies as sleeping until 5:15... problem solved ;)

    This is an awesome concept. Unfortunately for me, I'm awake, when I get out of bed, so I'm fully conscious while I'm on the stairclimber in the morning. But, the thought of 'sleep-exercise....' wouldn't that just be the best? You wake up to find that you did an entire workout in your sleep?

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  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    I stagger downstairs around 4:30

    This sounds ridiculous but I am convinced I don't really wake up until halfway through a 40 minute workout, which thereby qualifies as sleeping until 5:15... problem solved ;)

    This is an awesome concept. Unfortunately for me, I'm awake, when I get out of bed, so I'm fully conscious while I'm on the stairclimber in the morning. But, the thought of 'sleep-exercise....' wouldn't that just be the best? You wake up to find that you did an entire workout in your sleep?

    n8treadmill.jpg


    Works for me :laugh:
  • dezb64
    dezb64 Posts: 109 Member
    My alarm is set for 4:30am but I am usually up by 4. In the colder months my goal is to be at the gym by 5am (when they open). When it's not so cold I will go for a 30 min bike ride with my hubby at around 4:15 and then off to the gym by 5. I find that my am workouts are much better than if I go after work.
  • _Giselle_
    _Giselle_ Posts: 68
    I don't have to be at work until 10am if I want to so not too early. I can get up at 7.15am and make it just fine.
  • sdkyne
    sdkyne Posts: 77 Member
    Up at 5am, and working out by 5:15 with a Jillian Michael workout in the living room.
  • ktsmom430
    ktsmom430 Posts: 1,100 Member
    M-F I am up by 2 am. Out the door by 3 am. 40 minute commute to work and I am in the gym at work by 3:45. Work out for an hour and begin my day by 5:30 am.

    Weekends, I walk, usually 1-1/2 to 2 hours. I get up by 5 am even on weekends.

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