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Not morning people - how do you work out in the morning?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I'm not a morning person...I don't workout in the morning. At most I might drag my *kitten* out of bed a little earlier than normal to take the dog for a walk, but I'm not getting in the power rack at 'o dark 30 in the morning. I have tried...I do not "crush" my workouts at 'o dark 30 in the morning...I do however rock the **** out of a power rack at around 6 in the evening.

    Exercise is best performed when you are at your peak and can crush it...anything else is half assed.
  • sandyfp4h
    sandyfp4h Posts: 14 Member
    Along with getting to bed early, it also helps to have a workout buddy that you're going to meet at the gym. A friend and I meet M-F at 5am. Although we know we're going to meet up, we still text each other the night before. I also make sure everything is ready for the morning...towel, water, keys. I hate having to wake so early, but I feel great after.
  • CynthiaT60
    CynthiaT60 Posts: 1,280 Member
    I don't. Late afternoon for me.
  • RoseTears143
    RoseTears143 Posts: 1,121 Member
    I can't stand getting up in the morning, and I have to be to work at 7am >_<. But recently my schedule got changed to 12 hr shifts (6 days a week) for the next month and knowing myself if I don't force myself to get up earlier and workout before, I won't get my workout in because all I want to do when I get home is relax and decompress from the day because I'm exhausted.

    I set my alarm at 4 and make myself get up, no snoozing. It helps that I upped my water intake because by the time my alarm goes off I have to get up to pee anyway, so now I'm up and have to change into workout gear and get to work sweatin! hahaha. I'm also in bed between 8-9:30.
  • ALNoog
    ALNoog Posts: 413 Member
    I struggle with sleep so much and I am not a morning person at all!
    I workout out twice a day. Once in the afternoon and once in the evening. 20-30 minutes each time.
    It works for me and I fall asleep faster now but I just don't stay asleep or get a deep sleep.. So morning time is not my friend!
  • kill3rtofu
    kill3rtofu Posts: 169 Member
    just do it and thank yourself later
  • carla113
    carla113 Posts: 27 Member
    Also not a big morning person. I have to:

    - Put my alarm clock (cell phone) somewhere so that I physically remove myself from the bed to turn it off.
    - Lay all of my stuff in one place (clothes, keys, earbuds, etc.) so that I don't have to work any more than necessary to get out the door.
    - I use the Advocare energy drink Spark sometimes. (It's not for everyone.)
    - Take a short nap (15-20 min) some days during my lunch hour.
    - Go to bed earlier so that I get at least 8 hours.
    - Eat a high protein breakfast or pre-workout snack so that I'm not tired by the time I go to work.

    I also usually have 1-2 cups of coffee per day. The caffeine gives me a boost if I feel like I need one.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I'm not a morning person...I don't workout in the morning. At most I might drag my *kitten* out of bed a little earlier than normal to take the dog for a walk, but I'm not getting in the power rack at 'o dark 30 in the morning. I have tried...I do not "crush" my workouts at 'o dark 30 in the morning...I do however rock the **** out of a power rack at around 6 in the evening.

    Exercise is best performed when you are at your peak and can crush it...anything else is half assed.

    yeah- this is pretty much me- I like being there at 9 PM. so that's when I go.

    Once in a blue moon I tell myself I'm going to get up early and go- but it never happens. because I suck.

    And the only way I don't suck is to do it when I don't have to get up out of bed to make it happen.
  • jos05
    jos05 Posts: 263 Member
    I really eased into my 4:30am wake up...
    I started by getting up at 5:30... worked out for 30-45 mins...
    started realizing I needed more time... got up at 5:00 am... worked out for at least an hour and half.
    Realized I was seeing the results I wanted, made some friends with some serious people at the gym, and realized I am doing this for me... I usually spring out of bed at 4:30... I always eat breakfast after my workout... usually take a banana with me and eat it on the drive home.

    I was a serious night owl... but I would consider myself to be a morning person... these days!! **It just takes time...

    Good Luck!
  • titus21114
    titus21114 Posts: 13 Member
    I head out at 4am, do or die.
    hubs thinks i am nuts.
    I AM!
    I feel so so great afterwards.
    JUST DO IT!
    Its incredible the amount of people i meet out there too.

    I head out at 5:15am for the gym and people think I'm crazy all the time. To me it is just a scheduled part of my day just like going to work is. It's something I know I need and I am so happy I went afterwards. The biggest reason that I like going in the morning is that when I am faced with a hard decision about whether to eat something not so good for me I look back at the hard work I did that morning and realized I don't want to waste all that hard work.

    It really is just a matter of wanting it! Also it takes 21 days to make a habit so just buck up and do it and then it will become habit eventually.
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