Workout in before work

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  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I usually up around 4:40am and at the gym by 5am. I do strong lifts so I'm there 3x a week. It was rough the first couple weeks trying to get up that early but once I got into the routine its just second nature. I can think of 101 reasons why I can't go to the gym after work, but very rarely have I missed an early morning work out.
  • BowHunter1967
    BowHunter1967 Posts: 56 Member
    Every Day for me now that I've started getting fit again.
    I love 'cause it gives you an edge on the day.
  • AMW47
    AMW47 Posts: 23 Member
    I started getting up at 4:45 to go to the gym three days a week a couple of months ago. I hated it for the two weeks and then it just became natural. I pack EVERYTHING I need the night before so I literally just need to roll out of bed, go to the bathroom and put on my workout gear and I'm out the door. I'm actually starting to wake up significantly earlier than my alarm on the two days I don't go to the gym early, so I wouldn't be surprised if I start going 5 days a week in a month or two.
  • jpapp13
    jpapp13 Posts: 73 Member
    I used to go after work when I first got back to the gym but getting home at 8:30/9 to make dinner just wasn't flying for me.
    I've been doing mornings for quite a bit, at first it was awful and some mornings I'll admit it's hard to crawl out of bed.
    I'm generally up by 4:30 at the gym a little after 5 and done by 6 / 6:30 , this gives me a chance to get home, get a shower and make a proper breakfast before heading out the door to work.

    I go to cross fit twice a week in the evenings but it's so close to home that I'm back by 7:30, can eat and relax before having to head to bed.

    Also the transition made early morning races more bearable ..
  • Chaskavitch
    Chaskavitch Posts: 172 Member
    I am at work by six am one week, seven am the next (it switches every week), so trying to wake up early enough to lift before that is just not going to happen. My husband would hate me. However, it means that I'm off work by 2:30 / 3:30 pm, so I just go straight across the street to the gym and lift with my sister. If I went home between work and the gym I would definitely get stuck and not go, so I do understand just getting it out of the way. It helps that we don't have kids yet, too.

    Kudos to all of you who wake up at like 4, I could never get myself to do that. Good job getting your workout in no matter what.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I workout before work 3-4 days a week. Usually I'm up between 5:15 and 5:30. One of those days I run and the other days I strength train. We just joined a gym so tomorrow I'm going there before work. It opens at 6 so I plan to be there when they open the doors. I can only leave the house to exercise a couple of days a week before work due to my husband's work schedule and childcare issues so I mostly workout at home. Two nights a week I run .
  • stevesilk
    stevesilk Posts: 204 Member
    I hate getting up early but I LOVE WORKING OUT IN THE MORNING! Weights on MWF (5:15-6:30 AM) - Stronglifts 5 x 5 - and tennis on Saturdays (7 AM). A part I enjoy is having my workout out of the way. The second is that I love the endorphins from the workout. The gym is less crowded, and people then are much more "workout" oriented and less chatty. But everyone needs to find their own time. Tennis is just a love affair for me. I would play 7 days a week if I could.
  • chin9776
    chin9776 Posts: 2
    Thanks everyone for your experience sharing. Really helpful and at least I know I'm not alone. :happy:
    Well, I'm going to start my morning workout on tomorrow.
  • stuffinmuffin
    stuffinmuffin Posts: 985 Member
    When I've worked out before work one of the key things to help me is to have all my workout stuff laid out ready, so I literally crawl out of bed get straight into workout gear and then there's no turning back from that.
  • FR89
    FR89 Posts: 186 Member
    all depends on when you need to start work i guess...

    For me, i've decided to do early morning workout again (i've done it before and it felt great) but then i changed jobs..

    I start work at 9:30am so i wake up at 6:30am and either attend a class in the morning like spinning, HIIT, bodypump which lasts an hour or do a random working on my own with 30min cardio and 30 min weight exercises. leave gym at 8 and have 45mins to get ready and leave for work by 9am (miss little bit of traffic time too)

    Not going to lie, it's hard to get out of bed and takes some serious dedication, but its so worth it!..
  • johnrossmckay
    johnrossmckay Posts: 66 Member
    I do Wendler's 5/3/1 before work. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

    It takes about half an hour or less.

    I also workout at other times but faithfully do that program on those days. So up at 6:30, workout til 7. Shower. Off to work for 8

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