Do you work out if your tired?

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  • MomTo3Lovez
    MomTo3Lovez Posts: 800 Member
    Unless I feel like complete crap because I am sick I work out, it actually helps wake me up a bit if I am dragging during the day.
  • AKNMHunt
    AKNMHunt Posts: 168 Member
    I have two sick angry kids and had an upset stomach last night. I could have, and should have, done my work-out, but I needed (another) mental health day.
  • HaibaneReki
    HaibaneReki Posts: 373 Member
    Good warm up + good playlist = no excuses (for me, anyway :smile: )

    I'm tired a lot, but I never regret working out.
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  • JonnyQwest
    JonnyQwest Posts: 174 Member
    Most of the times my best workouts are the ones I don't feel like doing because I'm too tired.
    Not only I surprise myself during the workout but then I feel so much better afterwards!
    Just take it a bit easier and be ready to accept that your body is not at 100% and you'll be fine.
    Took the words out of my mouth, some of my best workout are when I thought I didn't have it in me but I pulled from down deep and worked out anyway-about halfway through you realize you can do anything you put your mind to....the feeling of accomplishment after is awesome! If you are genuinely sick or know that you have been pushing your body too much then rest....I get this way when I have worked out 9 days in a row without a rest day.....your body needs about a day a week off from STRENUOUS workouts. Strenuous = pushing your body to its absolute limits for an hour or more at a time.
  • JonnyQwest
    JonnyQwest Posts: 174 Member
    I will work out BECAUSE I'm tired. Five minutes in, you wonder what you were being such a lil' bisch about.
    HA! Love that.
  • spicy618
    spicy618 Posts: 2,114 Member
    I always do my workout. Even if I got my period I workout (in this case I try something less intense for my body )

    Even If I'm not motivated, I put on my fitness outfit, then I feel pretty and motivated to rule the world lol.
    When I start my workout, I end up saying myself "You're a warrior, you came to class" lol !

    Good luck !


    ^^^ This!

    Yes, go!!!

    I know this post was yesterday, but this is exactly what I went through. I hadn't slept well and didn't feel I had the energy to workout. I put on my gym clothes before leaving work and told myself, I might go. On the way, I told myself "i'll go for 20 minutes". When I got there, did my entire workout and felt PROUD of myself as I walked out, sweating.

    I'm glad I did, and so will you.

    Well, Did you go? I haven't read the entire thread :embarassed:
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    :) If I didn't work out when I was tired, I would never work out.

    this.

    Makes me laugh when people ask if I'm tired... I'm ALWAYS tired- it's a perpetual state of being for me.

    If I only worked out when I felt like it- it might be once a week tops.

    Success does not depend on emotions- it depends on consistency and the "grind" of just doing the thing in a routine on a regular basis.

    The battle is half way over when you just show up to do the work- so show up and do the work- no sense showing up and going half *kitten*- you're already "there" might as well go ham!
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    Not directed at anyone, but I think people will find any excuse not to workout.

    I'm just as busy (if not busier) than most and yeah, I'm tired after getting up at 4:45AM and not getting home until 5:15PM. I actually find that as soon as I start working out the tiredness goes away. Working out definitely gives me any adrenaline rush.
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    If a necessary activity can be farmed out like housekeeping and the like, count it. That three hours is countable as your daily workout unless your daily workout is part of an end goal (training for 5k, etc). If I bike over to the grocery store, that ride doesn't burn zero calories just because I needed a carton of eggs.
  • scubasuenc
    scubasuenc Posts: 626 Member
    A friend of mine always says that 80% of life is just showing up. I think that is especially true of workouts. Some days are hard to get started because I'm tired. Usually once I get going things are fine. I ride a stationary bike every morning for 45 minutes, my measure of effort is how far I go during that time. Some mornings I don't go as far as others. But I'm still out there working my heart and burning some calories.

    It is far too easy to let being tired, or busy, or some other excuse stop me from exercising.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    You can always convince yourself that you're "tired." Unless you are severely sleep-deprived or sick, I can think of few activities that should exhaust you to the point of not being able to work out.

    Do your warm-up. If, at that point, you legitimately feel that you are too tired to do your workout with proper form, modify your workout. Most people aren't anywhere near the level of exhaustion that would necessitate a total rest day. Expect more from yourself.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    I get up very early to hit the gym in the morning before work, and when I feel that way, I ask myself this question...."when its done, will I be glad I did it and feel great, or wish I'd slept more instead?"

    ....probably 19 out of 20 times, the answer is to go workout! Sometimes its not my best workout, but in the end, I can at least be glad I did something!
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  • MyDogsLoveMe
    MyDogsLoveMe Posts: 20 Member
    I did it and felt great!!! Thank you. :laugh:
  • jos05
    jos05 Posts: 263 Member
    I did it and felt great!!! Thank you. :laugh:


    Awesome!!!


    I never regret going...even on days when I just stand around and hold up the weights...lol! Some days you just don't feel it; but usually when you get there...you get right into the swing of things!
  • ummlovelovesyou
    ummlovelovesyou Posts: 1,024 Member
    Depends. If you've worked out 6 days in a row and you're exhausted from factors other than fitness, by all means take a break.

    Otherwise...keep on truckin'.



    Glad you went through with the workout and feel better! One always feels better after working out! :flowerforyou:
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    This is exactly why I have to work out first thing in the mornings. Too easy to find reasons not to at the end of the day... Tired, hungry, busy, etc.

    That being said, I probably would've skipped the workout in question and implemented a morning workout routine :smile:
  • k_nicole87
    k_nicole87 Posts: 407 Member
    I'm a probation officer, full time student, and a mom. If I didn't work out when tired, it would never get done!

    But seriously, I didn't want to at all last night but I knew I could not go to the gym tonight because my daughter has things and I have homework so I went. I feel like I half-assed my workout but I got it done and today, I'm happy I went.
  • walkinthedogs
    walkinthedogs Posts: 238 Member
    I also fight fatigue from the minute I drag my tired *kitten* out of bed until I put my tired *kitten* back in bed, so I also always workout when I'm tired. I always feel better and even if I swim at night, I'm out like a light as soon as I hit the pillow. Wish it was different, would love to feel like a human instead of zombie all the time, but I've never regretted my workout.
  • fireytiger
    fireytiger Posts: 236 Member
    It depends. Usually I will go and workout, because I find that once I'm there and doing it, I don't want to stop. But if I go home from work and I am literally physically and mentally drained (and yes, there is definitely a difference between being tired and being drained), then I will skip it. Or rest awhile and see if maybe I feel a little better later, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I don't use being tired as an excuse very often though, no more than once a week at absolute most (I work out 5-6 days a week). Good luck to you! :)
  • CassandraBurgos83
    CassandraBurgos83 Posts: 544 Member
    Lately I have been exhausted with my allergies killing me and decided not to go and I felt even worse. So the past few days I have been equally exhausted(allergies as well) and went anyways...It made a world of difference when I pushed through and worked out. I at least have more energy afterwards :)
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Have a strong black coffee beforehand. :D
  • HolaMonkey
    HolaMonkey Posts: 13 Member
    Yes.
  • AveryDior
    AveryDior Posts: 6
    Some times a light work out gives me some energy, if I am feeling tired I just do a brisk 10 min walk and 10 min on the elliptical and that's enough for me to feel better! It's better than burning no cals sitting on the couch!

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  • lastchance2010
    lastchance2010 Posts: 494 Member
    I have 4 kids work a FT and a PT every day and i'm tired but i still make it happen. For things to change you have to change. For things to get better you have to get better. Make sense? I always feel MORE energy after a work out when I'm tired than when i'm pumped to work out. LOL :noway:
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    hell yes.

    i just try not to yawn between sets.

    or i do this:

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  • Tedebearduff
    Tedebearduff Posts: 1,155 Member
    Yes

    And walking your dogs is for your dogs, not for you.... if your tired or not they still need exercise for 2-3 hours per day.
  • blindedbyawesome
    blindedbyawesome Posts: 56 Member
    If I didn't workout when I was tired, I'd never work out.

    yup
  • anj1030
    anj1030 Posts: 153 Member
    I don't remember the last time I WASN'T tired...usually once I start working out, this magical thing called "endorphin's"...(Similar to unicorns) kick in. Then I just get hungry.
  • johe28
    johe28 Posts: 108 Member
    I am tired right now! But even so I am going to go for a run and usually do even if I am tired. I feel better once I do.

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