Tips/Motivation for Getting Up early to exercise?

I know I'm not answering your question, but I gave up on early morning workouts. I could make myself get up for a week or two, but I'd always go back to sleeping in eventually - NOT a morning person. A month ago, I stopped fighting it and just started doing the workouts after work when I get home. I'm really enjoying it and have no trouble sticking with it, finally! I know morning workouts give that nice kickstart to your metabolism, but if you just hate getting up... I'm feeling good and sleeping better. Everyone is different - just throwing that out there.

I don't have any tips but I get up at 4:30 five days a week to go exercise. I always said I would never be one of those people who get up early in the morning to exercise but I came to realize it was the only time I had to do a good, hard, workout so I just make myself get up and by the end of the workout, I am glad I did. On the days my snooze button wins out, I feel so bad the rest of the day for not getting up. Just make yourself do it and you will be fine. For me, I just had to WANT to change my life in order for me to get up and I did!

I have an extremely hard time getting up in the mornings, and like to sleep through it. The best reason I can give is that exercising makes me SO tired! After the fact I feel like I need a good long night sleep - but instead have to go straight to work. So I've instead started working out during my lunch breaks.

I know it might not be that helpful cause I don't get up in the morning ;d but I just wanted to give my two cents!

Water!!! I am up at 5am six days a week to go to the gym. Most of the time, I have to use the bathroom soooo bad by that time, I can't help but get up!! I drink at least 12 glasses of water each day and up to 16. I am not one to get up in the middle of the night to go, so once 4:30-5:00 rolls around, I can't wait any longer. I have my workout clothes out the night before and grab them on the way to the bathroom. Get dressed and get right out the door. If I stop to do anything else, I will never make it to the gym. (never sit down!) At the beginning though, it was the fact that I hate working out in front of people and there is hardly anyone at the gym that time of morning. Believe it or not, just start doing it and it will get easier! Good luck!

I am an early morning exerciser. I never thought I could do it, but really, once you get into it, it's the best (at least for me)! How did I change my habit? I started by making it much easier for myself to get up and go in the morning. I placed my workout clothes by my bed, got everything I needed ready the night before, so I could sleep as late as possible. It also helped that the gym was really close to my house, so if I didn't want to shower there, I could just go back home. My alarm would go off and I would ask myself, "Fit or fat today?" I would also tell myself how much nicer it is to only have to take one shower a day, one make up application a day, and that in only an hour it would all be over, and the evening would be mine to do whatever I wanted. I had read that it takes 8 weeks to get used to it, and I just accepted it would be hard for awhile. I lost nearly 40 pounds. I did this for 10 years. Then had a baby, life changed, I tried working out when he was asleep, etc. Nothing worked, then I just decided I'm going back to mornings. I've been doing that for about a year. I've lost all baby weight, and am now aiming for my law school weight.

I started going to the gym early morning 6:30am about 2 yrs ago. I pack my gym bag with my work clothes the night before and get my gym clothes ready so thats one less thing i have to do in the AM. whatever you do DON'T hit the snooze button... its very hard to get used too, but once you get into the swing of things and realize you are done your workout for day it makes it so much easier. So after work while other people are rushing to a crowded gym you can say... I'm done my workout for the day!
good luck!

I find that I have the best workouts when I do them first thing in the morning. If I wait all day to workout it more often than not seemed to just not happen. So I started scheduling it my head just like work and everything else that just has to be done. I know I have to go to work at 8am, whether I want to or not. So now I set my alarm for 5am and just attack it like every other scheduled event. Now that I am in the habit that isn't as hard, but it did keep me pushing forward! I also have my alarm clock on the other side of the room, so to shut off that annoying noise I have to get out of bed!! Good luck to you!!

I'm the same way and I also work harder in the morning. It makes my whole day better. Don't think about it, don't linger when the alarm goes off after a few weeks it will become routine you'll start getting up a few minutes before the alarm. Good luck!