4am Risers?

I work from 9:30-5:30 at a highly charged office, I wake up at 4:45, get to the gym by 5:30 workout until 6:40, return home and cook lunch and prep for work. I try and walk to work or at least 2 miles 3 days a week (it's a 3.10 mile walk to work). At lunch I usually do a 3 mile 45/50 min walk. With all that said it is a process of building up to that and still being 'on' all day! I would start with getting up at 6:00 and give that a few weeks, then if you feel up to it you might be able to get up earlier with your husband. Of course you have to balance this by going to bed a little earlier - not really a problem

I love working out in the morning, it gets my day started on a much better note! Once you get in the habit it becomes addictive - mornings are so much better since there are very few distractions.

I'm usually up around 4 or 5am, but only like class workouts, so I usually go to the earliest I can find - around 7 or 8am.

I used to get up at four when I actually WORKED at the gym, and I was the one to open it in the mornings. I was not a zombie in the afternoons, but I am also a caffeine addict and I'm totally down with going to bed early. I really do try to get in eight hours a night.

These days, I'm at the gym when the doors open (mostly) so, I'm up at five thirty. I still have a bedtime like a child or elderly person. But I'm okay with that.

I get up at 4AM every single day, even weekends. I work out for a half hour, then get myself ready. My kids start waking up between 5:30-6:00 and we have breakfast, I get them ready, and we are out the door by 7:30. I take them to the sitter, I teach from 8-4 (give or take a half hour, depending on parent meetings), and I'm usually in bed before 8:30. It's a jam-packed day, but if I don't get out of bed at 4:00, I don't have 2 minutes to myself the rest of the day.

I started a new gym routine last week with a 4:15 wakeup. Its not wonderful, and my body is still adjusting, but I think I'll stick with it. It makes the most sense for me. I have two kids to get up and prep the day for in order for us all to get out of the house by 7:15. I then work 8-5, add in daycare pickup, after school pickup, dinner, other chores, and 1-2x week nightly meetings, 4 am is the only time that works for me. It does have positives though. I can sit at 6 am with a coffee and know my workout is done for the day, and I can eat breakfast without even touching my daily calorie allowance.

The toughest part for now is getting to sleep at a reasonable hour. I'm hoping that will come.

I'm up at 4:22 every morning (was setting alarm one night and it was close enough so left it) to workout. Was out function and running down the street at 5 this morning. It took me a week or two to get used to it, but it is habit now!

I've just started getting up at 4:30 to make it to the gym to workout when the gym opens at 5:00.

I find that I have zero motivation after work (I work an 8-5 job) and just want to go home, hang out with my boyfriend and our dog, and make dinner.

Getting up that early is absolutely taking some adjusting, but I love how empty the gym is at that time of the morning, and I find that I actually have a lot more energy at work when I get up and work out. PLUS, as some of the other posters had mentioned, it's great knowing that my workout is done for the day!

I wake up at 4:30 to work out.
It took a few weeks before it just became second nature.... But it's nice having it DONE and out of the way now!

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I get up about 4 am every day and work out. You can't control your life between say 7 am and bed time. You have to be at work at 8 so from about 7 am you are getting ready and commuting to work. At work you have to work. After work you have to get dinner ready, deal with friends and family and of course you have to watch American voice idol, then you have to go to bed. You control absolutely from bed time to 5 or 6 am. You can chose to fill that time with that little slice of death we call sleep or you can get up and do something with it. Otherwise you are controlled by the tides of life which is chock full of excuses why you can't get things done.

Just get old and you will be waking at 3-4 AM anyway! I like to get out and run before there is traffic, so 4 works for me. I just bought a fitness band and it is pretty fun to have my step goal done before 8 on run days. I work in an office environment and I can stay sharp, just need to get up and stretch once in awhile.

I am working out by 4 am in the gym at my office. I have always been a morning person though. I love getting my exercising out of the way first thing. Down side, I am ready to sleep by 7:30 or 8 p.m. I also have a 45 minute commute, so I am up by 2:00. It does work well for me, but I am old and don't need much sleep.

I am up at 545AM. On the treadmill by 620AM for 40 min---incline at 15, decreasing by 2 every 5 min. Work from home 8-530PM. Bedtime usually between 9-10PM. At lease one night a week I go to bed at 8PM. I LOVE getting my workout over with early.