Get up early to workout!

When you find the secret please share! I keep setting my alarm for 5:30 to get up and exercise to turn right around and reset it in the morning so I can go back to sleep. I'm not a morning person but that is really the only time that I have and exercising in the late evening isn't good for my insomnia.

Can you walk to school or work?

What worked for me was moving my alarm far enough from the bed that I have to get up to turn it off; putting my exercise clothes right beside the alarm; and allowing myself a 10 minute "awake snooze" time once I was dressed (on the couch sitting, not back in bed)... just to have a chance to at feel at least a bit awake! I also drank some water during the 10 minutes because I usually feel pretty dehydrated when I wake up. It worked quite well considering I am the furthest thing from a morning person anyone can be! Good luck

Can you be successful with so little sleep!? It takes me a while to go to sleep after getting home even if it's late, so I know I wouldn't be able to keep up a routine like that. I like the idea @sclark2017 has.. can you fit it into your day somewhere else like during breaks from class or work? If not, I might just resign myself to the fact that my schedule doesn't allow for working out except on the weekends and Mondays, assuming you're free on weekends and can get good enough sleep to get up so early on Mondays. That'd still be three days a week!

I find the longer I wait to workout, the harder it is to get motivated. Not all of the time, but enough to recognize early workouts are best for me and I am by no means a morning person. As was said previously, going to bed earlier helps. Of course it isn't easy to do right away, but over time ones internal clock will adjust. I've also found the better my workout, the easier it is for me to get to bed early. When I don't workout, I'm up until midnight or longer. When I workout, 9-10 is easy for me.

One of my friends gets up at 4:30, takes the 5:00 am train to get to his gym at 6:00 am. Every day. I'll just applaud.

I wake up at 3:45 (today I snoozed until 415) to workout. It is no longer that difficult because I am in the habit, I go to bed by 9 so I get around 7 hours of sleep (range is 7-9, 7 is not sleep deprived!), my gym clothes and everything I need are laid out the night before, I set a few alarms, I enjoy the gym more than I do sleep and just have to remind myself of that.

Have your workout gear lined up as well as your clothes for the day. I get up at 4:45 for the gym 3 days a week and this really helps keep me on track

I started by waking up by 15 mins earlier each day. I now wake up at 5am, give myself 30 minutes to get ready, and I'm off. I pack my gym bag and breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks for the day in my lunchbag the night before. Use Sunday to prep all your meals for the week, set out gym clothes for the week Sunday night, and put together a gym schedule Sunday and post it to instagram or on here for accountability. When I come home from work, I pack my gym bag and lunchbag for the next day. I also meditate for 30 mins before bed, which helps because I'm a light sleeper. I use the insight app guided meditation for deep sleep. Once the alarm goes off, I allow myself 15 mins to relax before getting out of bed. It also helps that my alarm is across the room instead of next to me so I have to get up to turn it off.

I get a preworkout supplement (orangle juice or coffee or anything with caffeine works too) and put it by the bed (or ready in the frigde). I set my alarm exactly 2 snoozes from when I want up. The first time it goes off I force myself to sit up and take the preworkout/drink the OJ etc. Then I go back to sleep, hitting snooze one more time. By the second snooze, the caffeine has hit me and I am ready to get up. Sometimes I just use two alarms set 30 min apart - first one to take the supplement, second to get up.

Other option - get a spring loaded murphy bed. Put alarm across room, when you get up to turn off alarm, bed gets sucked into closet. Kickstarter?!