Work out time??

The important thing is incorporating activity that you enjoy into your lifestyle.

After that, it is all details that are a matter of personal preference and/or how to best meet your individual goals. It can be confusing because the media publishes conflicting information that they say is based on scientific research, but many times they are preliminary studies, the results are insignificant to the average person, and/or the headlines are misleading.

There may be a very few situations where the timing of exercise makes some small difference. For most of us, it matters mostly that we do exercise, and very little when that exercise takes place.

I used to workout during the day when I could find time around everyones schedules. That didn't work for me because it would be 9pm and I'm yawning as I am trying to get ready for a workout.

Now I workout every morning between 5 and 6. I run every other day and do a full body strength workout with weights on alternate days If I get up tired and feeling crappy sometimes I skip a day but not often. On a side note my wife bought me a fitbit and you can see the improvement in my sleep after I started this plan about 6 weeks ago.

When will you get it done? That's the best time for you to do it.

Plus, I work a lot of evenings and my gym closes earlier. If I trained at night after work, I'd have to find a new space which either would be an insane commute or I'd be relearning how to behave at a commercial gym

I go before work because I like to exercise on an empty stomach, and I also like to have the evenings free to socialize or whatever. Do whatever works for you! Some people don't have the self control to get out of bed at 5:30am, but if they go in the afternoon, then that's fine!

I used to do it in the morning, before work. But, since I joined a semi-private gym a month or so ago that doesn't have showers, I go after work.

It's all personal preference/convenience. I do it when I can..doesn't matter when..just that I get it done.

jrodriguez865 wrote: »

When do you work out? Started going to gym just not sure if it's best early or after work?

It's largely personal preference...the best time is when you can and will do it because doing it is the most important part.

I'm awake here in Wisconsin at 3am to head to the gym. Unfortunately I got downstairs and my neighbors car was blocking the driveway. They're new so I don't want to start anything between us.

I have been working out late- between 8 and 10:30 pm! I like ending my day by showering off the sweat from the gym and climbing into bed. I am a teacher, so I am not having to wake up super early right now, so it works for me.

People differ for reasons no one completely understands. Experiment with morning, midday, and late afternoon or evening training. For strength and muscular development goals, you absolutely should try to find a way to workout at the time at which you personally are strongest. The heavier the weight, the better the adaptations. It is that simple. (I personally am at least 10% weaker in the early morning than late afternoon - and I know others, including some world champions who have trained at my facility, who are at their best at hours so early that I have barely woken up - its a distinctly individual and subjective pheomenon - just go with what works best for you and your life's schedule.) The most important thing is that you accomplish the best workouts possible consistently over several years - that's when the dramatic transformations manifest.