Workout in before work

cant wait to see the responses to this. I too, like the sound of an early workout but hate the sound of an early alarm clock. Plus, I love love love my memory foam mattress. Thanks for opening up this topid

Always! I know I will skip my workout 75% of the time if I wait until after work! I get up at 445 and am at the gym or running by 530! I am home by 645 and leave for work at 745! It's not easy, but you make it a priority! I don't have to worry about getting anyone else ready but myself, so that helps!

I like to lift weights first thing in the morning. It's what I do when I'm not at work, and I do it on the days I do too. I roll out of bed around 6am (or earlier if I need to leave before 8), lift weights in my pajamas, stretch, then I'm done by 7am and start to get ready for the day. Sometimes I'll have a 10min run if the mood takes me.
I'm really not a fan of working out in the evening and force myself to do it if I miss my morning work out, so I keep that mind when my alarm goes!

To go to the gym before work I need to be there at 4am :yawn: so I just work out at home.

My alarm goes off at 05:00 and I'm usually up either running or lifting by 05:30. Then I get to work feeling smug and virtuous

Admittedly this is a lot easier during the summer when the morning is bright and also the coolest part of the day - it's so humid at the moment that even the thought of working out later in the day is exhausting! Hopefully I'll be able to maintain this routine when the mornings are dark and gloomy...

Just got done. Up at 2 a.m. M-F.
At the gym at work by 3:30, I have it all to myself and watch movies while I work out.
Mostly elliptical or treadmill.
I go for walks after work and on weekends, up and down the hills of our woods with wrist and ankle weights.

I wake up 3 hours before work , this gives me the time I need to workout, get ready, prepare and eat a healthy meal then drive to work. Doing my workout before work keeps me consistent. I feel better at work and think more clearly. The pros out ways the cons in getting the workout done before work. To put it simply I feel awesome when my workout is done before work. Plus I can fit in a second workout with my fiance when I get home from work before he goes off to work. Workout Bonus points for me.

It helps to plan a head of time which workout you are going to do and commit to it. Have your workout outfit ready to go when you wake up. In the past I would waste too much time just trying to decide last minute if I should go run, pilates or kettlebells. So I just wrote a schedule and check it off.

I work out as soon as I get off work. On my days off I go at 5am. I work 11p-7a though, so I guess it's easier for me.

What's the saying? "Get up and get to the gym before you have a chance to realise what's happening".

It's a great feeling to be starting the working day with that post-exercise buzzy feeling.

I am an early workout guy mostly because I never really know when I will get out of the office in the evening and I do not want to delay any evening activities. I also found that when I workout late I have a more difficult time getting to sleep at a normal time. I am up and at the gym by 330 (thanks Planet Fitness!) and generally done by 5 Monday through Friday. This allows me to recover, relax, eat breakfast and get into the office by 7 every day. On the weekends I generally get into the gym around 8 unless I have something planned early.

Best of luck!

I'm in office at 6am so working out early is not for me.

However, my buddy works out in the am. He sleeps in his workout gear; sneakers & banana at his bedside and just starts his morning workout ( he workouts at home ). He also preps his smoothie ingredients in a little bag so it's just to dump and blend.

I do exercise before work quiet often, usually only do Cardio and abs. Then do weights after work.

I started working out in the morning approximately 3 months ago. I love my bed too. I started out getting up 5 minutes before time to do stretches. Eventually, the time increased and my exercises changed. I am now jogging 1 mile, in place, 20 minutes before my normal wake up time. I workout to Leslie Sansone's dvds. I wake up at 4:45am to be finished by 5:05am. Mentally...a little is a lot....don't think it's not. I also have to be in the bed by 10pm on the dot or I will not want to wake up at 4:45am. I hope this helps. I truly love doing it in the morning.

Early morning workouts are the worst thing in the world... until you do them for about 2 weeks and then everything changes.

I'm lucky in that I work kind of an irregular job (contract to contract) so while I'm typically working 5 days a week, I get periods (like the last month) where I've been off for an extended period of time (usually 2-3 weeks). What's been really important for me has been finding a workout schedule that works for me, whether I'm working that day or not.

Because my job primarily takes places at malls and festivals (I'm a face-to-face fundraiser), I often don't have to be in until 9/9:30, so I get up anytime between 6-7 and workout depending on how far I have to drive to get to work. If I'm not working that day or start later on, I'll do longer workouts (45-60min), but if I work I try to keep it under a half hour, enough to wake me up, put me in a good mood, but not enough to make it impossible for me to go into work and stand/walk for 8+ hours and chat with people.

If you're looking to start morning workouts, I'd really recommend starting with something that's only going to force you out of bed less than a half hour earlier than you currently get up, like a short run. As you get more comfortable with that wake-up time and notice you have more even energy throughout the day from working out, you should be able to lengthen it to get in a complete workout before you have to head in without feeling like you're losing sleep.

Well, I don't "work" a regular job, but there are days when I have to be somewhere by 9am, and I drive my kid to school between 7-7:30am during the school year, and I get my workout done before that or it doesn't happen.

It was tough to get up super early at first, but the feeling of regret later in the day for not having done it outweighed the feeling of dragging myself out of bed at 4:45am. Plus, after a few days of getting up that early, bed time started happening earlier and the sleep balanced out.

Generally I'm up by 4:45, working out in the living room by 5:00, done by 6:00. In the summer I have a bit more flexibility since there's no school, but I still get it done early to beat the heat and be done before the rest of the fam is up.

Part of what helps is just getting the right mindset - I resolved that I was going to do it, so I did! I lay my workout clothes out the night before, have my workout all ready to go (DVD, online vid or whatever), so all I have to do is roll out of bed, into my workout gear, grab the dumbbells and press play.

I've been keeping this schedule for over two years now and I love it - getting the workout done first thing is a great start to my day.

^^ I do my workout in the early morning too. It is the only time I will be able to get it done. I have gotten use to it and love my routine

I work Monday-Friday 5am-2pm and i get up ( or at least try to) everyday at 3, give myself 15-30 minutes to wake up before I start exercising. I try to get 30-45 min in each morning usually cardio with some weights. I also try to do 45-60 min every night before bed with just weights/bodyweight. Unfortunately that doesn't normally happen until 9 or 10 at night though..