Early Birds who work out

I'm at the gym at 5:00 a.m. No problem waking up as I generally rise at 3;30.

What time do you dedicated early birds go to bed?? I would love to workout in the morning if only I could get to sleep at a reasonable hour.

9pm almost on the dot. i read for half an hour and then out like a light. up at 430am to the sounds of my automatic coffee pot.

we're on the exact same schedule! Except on my days off I stay in bed till 6:30 ish and it feels like I slept all day.

^this, you are my doppelganger, I too think that 6:30 is sleeping in on my day off. I'm glad there is a certain level of crazy here that mirrors my own;)

What time do you dedicated early birds go to bed?? I would love to workout in the morning if only I could get to sleep at a reasonable hour.

9pm almost on the dot. i read for half an hour and then out like a light. up at 430am to the sounds of my automatic coffee pot.

we're on the exact same schedule! Except on my days off I stay in bed till 6:30 ish and it feels like I slept all day.

^this, you are my doppelganger, I too think that 6:30 is sleeping in on my day off. I'm glad there is a certain level of crazy here that mirrors my own;)

occasionally i wake up at 6am because the pool doesn't open until 7 and i'm just completely thrown off.

Im usually up by 7am but wait until 8:30 to give myself time to wake up before my workout

I'm up at 5:30am and at crossfit by 5:55am. I don't eat or drink anything before, but I sip water during the workout. I also drink a ton of water during the rest of the day so I'm not dehydrated in the morning.

Music - during warmups I love Explosions in the Sky, or some Marley During the workout I need something upbeat - we do a lot of dubstep, but also mix in classic rock.

What time do you dedicated early birds go to bed?? I would love to workout in the morning if only I could get to sleep at a reasonable hour.

Anywhere from 9:00 to 11:00 depending on what is happening in my house.

My alarm goes off at 4am. I usually hit snooze at least once, but I'm up by 4:20. I take some meds that have to be on an empty stomach with nothing but water for at least an hour after, so I down those with a bottle of water and hit the bricks. I run or cycle for 40-50 minutes then come home and put the coffee on. While that's brewing, I feed the dog, down another bottle of water and hit the shower. By the time I'm out, coffee's ready and so am I!

I usually have a handful of almonds with coffee before work but don't eat breakfast till about 9 or 10.

And I am almost always in bed by 9:30...10 at the latest.

I get up at 4:10 every morning - sometimes on the weekend I'll hit the snooze once or twice.
Drink some water and take the dogs for a walk - this helps to wake me up and loosen stiff muscles.
Drop them off and then head back out for a run.
I listen to different stuff - sometimes a running playlist I created, sometimes an audio book or a podcast.
I also head to bed at 9 and am usually asleep within 30-45 minute.

I go to bed around 9 and fall asleep between 9:30 and 10 pm (if I stay up later, I have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning).

I am up between 5 and 5:30 on work out days and out the door within 15 minutes. I always have water before I work out - but not too much.

If I am going for a walk or run of ~30 minutes, I do not eat. When I get home, I have an egg-and-egg white omelette and get ready for work.

If I am going to boot camp, I will have a hard boiled egg or granola bar and 1/2 cup red gatorade before I leave. Maybe it is in my head, but the gatorade helps. After I work out, I drive straight to my office and get ready at our on-site gym (boot camp has no locker room, and it is halfway between home and office, so this makes sense for me from a fuel-and-mileage perspective). After I workout I have another hard boiled egg and piece of fruit - usually while in the car, because I am ravenous by this point.

To those who mentioned it -- I was not always a morning person. I stayed up late, and slept late and really struggled getting out of bed. I would hit the snooze button 10 times. But my work schedule makes p.m. workouts difficult, so I forced myself up early one day. I had a hard workout and was exhausted that night. After about a week of hard workouts, my body just adjusted to waking up earlier and going to sleep earlier. I actually wake up before my alarm now. Also, no caffeine after 3 or 4 helps me, too.

Edited to mention music: I have what I call a "wake up, feel good mix" that i listen to on early morning walks/runs. The first song is kind of uplifting and motivating, and it gets progressively more upbeat and the tempo increases with each song. When I work out in the afternoons (say on a weekend) I listen to something completely different. At boot camp, I do not get to pick the music. They usually play Gaga or something similar.

My early workouts are running in the street so I go to bed around 10.30pm and my alarm goes off at 6am. I give myself ten minutes to fully come round and then I'm up, dressed, teeth brushed, a banana eaten and out the door for 6.20am.

I listen to anything that's on my phone but at the moment I'm favouring Bastille, and Ed Sheeran's new album. Bouncy and non-offensive stuff for that time of the day! I save the likes of System of a Down for the evening haha.

I run outside in the morning. I don't run with music for the reason that it seems too loud that early. (I also have to be aware of critters where I run).

Up at 0430. I get out of bed, step on the scale, get dressed, grab my workout bag, and head to the gym. I dink water on my drive/during workout.

I have massive playlists that I use depending on what I'm doing.

Lifting? Lots of metal.
Bike/Walk? I have playlists set at the speeds I want to go. I normally use a 100bpm for the bike and a 115-117 bpm for walks. The music on those is a mix of everything: Rock, EDM, Pop, Rap. The only thing missing is Country. Yuck.

Wake up at 4:45 have some coffee, get dressed, brush teeth, and out the door by 5:20. I walk the 10min to the gym to help wake me up and watch the sunrise. I usually just plug the headphones in and watch the news. The staff was slacking today and didn't turn on the tv's or music til 6am. That was boring.

Just got back at it this year but my current routine is out of bed at 5:30, dress for my run, pack lunches & make hubby's breakfast (yes, I spoil the man!), make coffee but don't drink it yet. Hit the door by 6:15 with Pandora on a mix of genres and a bottle of water, which I drink during my walking intervals. A couple of times a week, I do a few sets of weights when I get back home. I guess because I do a few things before I head out, the music doesn't bother me as I'm wide awake by then. It's also easy right now with it being daylight in the morning, not sure what I'm going to do when darkness hits again. I'm a bit of a chicken being out alone in the dark. Lol.

My current routine is, up at 5-530 (depending on hubby's schedule) to Pandora's Pitbull station. I either ride the exercise bike, or rebound, for 30 mins - 1hr (before I realize I'm awake), then dance in the shower. I don't drink/eat anything until after I'm done, since our bedroom is upstairs... not to mention, rebounding with water in your stomach makes you feel all sloshy. I then eat at around 7-730 with the kids.

I currently go to bed at around 9 or 10. That may get later when I start school up again, depending on classes.