How early do you get up to exercise?
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I'm a night owl. Sometimes I'm at the gym well after midnight, but that's the END of my day, not the beginning...I don't think you could pay me enough to get up and work out early in the morning. If I'm out for a run, that's usually after noon, which is like morning to me.2
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Preferably wake up 08:00, back and knees then wake up by about 10:00 and I'm ready to go about 11:00.
In the summer cycling season I'm frequently on my way out as the majority of riders are their way back home.
Afternoon and onto the evening are my best times for performance and motivation.
Kudos to those getting up at "silly o'clock" in the morning to their workouts done but it's not for me thanks.0 -
I am no gym bunny, but I definitely wouldn't go to the gym if it was 2 hrs away! I'm up at 5:30 for my morning run.0
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Up circa 5:30AM, coffee, workout at home so 30 mins cardio/HIIT then get school lunches, breakfasts etc. ready.
Go to work, home by 5:15PM and, if it's a strength day, do another 30-45mins before main meal.
I love rest days :-)0 -
rightoncommander wrote: »I am no gym bunny, but I definitely wouldn't go to the gym if it was 2 hrs away! I'm up at 5:30 for my morning run.0
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I'm up at 5:15 twice a week, to be at the gym for 6. It's the only time I have on those days. So used to it now it's just normal.0
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I used to get up at 4:10 to be at the gym by 4:30, but my gym was getting way to crazy in the morning and have started going around 8:30-9 at night. It's to the point where there could be north of 15 people at that little gym in the morning (taking over communal areas for classes, etc...) where I may have the place to myself by 9 at night.0
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Depends on a whole bunch of things... but the earliest I'm up regularly is 5am. That has me lifting by 5:30 and done by 6:30 with plenty of time to get my kids up, lunches made, etc etc etc.0
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No way I could work out in the morning. I gym anytime between 4-6 pm1
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Up at 4:40 to get to the gym by 5:30. Sometimes (like this morning), I'll be lazy & sleep in, but I'm going to leave work early so I can get to the gym anyway.0
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I workout at home ....I get up at 4am M-F to workout before home schooling my daughter0
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up at 4:30 - at the gym at 5ish. I do 20-25 minutes of cardio and then take a 45 minute class. I've always been an early riser so don't have a problem getting up early. I've been doing it so long now I can't sleep in anymore.....0
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I wake up at 5 a.m., have a light pre-workout breakfast and relax for a bit (watch tv, read, mediate, light chores) all while I digest and then I make my way to the gym for 7 a.m.
On days where I want to sleep a little longer, I wake up at 6 a.m. and just have a lighter snack like a banana.0 -
S3r3knitty wrote: »Hi guys.
I'm wondering when you stand up to go to the gym. I restarted going and want to do some classes before work. The way the gym schedule is set up in combination with my trains I would have to stand up at 5am to get to the class at 7am. I am trying to convince myself that I can do that and that i would be good because i dont loose time. When do you stand up? How do you do it?
I don't. I exercise at home at night and have a big bowl of recovery popcorn with a movie before bed.0 -
I don't go to the gym, I work out at home. But I get up at 4:45am 3 days during the week, drink coffee and/or a pre-workout, and work out starting at 5:30am and go until 7am. Then I take a shower, get ready for work, eat breakfast, and go to work by 8am. I work out on both days of the weekend but I don't bother getting up early those days for obvious reasons. If I know I will have to take a weekend day off, I'll simply work out an extra day during the week but I try not to do that. Weekends I always have more time being off work, so there's no excuse not to work out at some point each day.1
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4:30 am.. It hurts to even type it.1
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Up at 345am to be downstairs on my treadmill for 4am (I run outside when weather allows it lol). I do a 5k run then a 30 minute circuit. I finished around 515am give or take. I start work at 630am.
I look forward to Sunday's when it's my rest day lol1 -
On Saturdays I'm up at 6:30 because you have to arrive at Cabin Creek by 9 am to get a parking spot on the weekends. If I miss out, I don't ski.1
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S3r3knitty wrote: »I am amazed that some stand up so early to excercise at home. Somehow that sounds even more difficult. I don't know if I would have the willpower for it. The bed would be too alluring .
I'll try to stand up tomorrow at 5am for the first time. Wish me luck. It's just a 30mins workout at the gym but I decided I'll go to the sauna afterwards as a reward.
But there's no gold medals for people getting up early to exercise. A 30 minute workout done at 5 am or 5 pm is the same amount of calories!
And some people are early birds, some are night owls. Some people really can't get going at 4 am for a run and that's not anything negative about them. Not everyone can or should be getting up early to exercise. And while it's a praiseworthy thing to work out early, it should not be seen as some sort of character flaw if a person can't or doesn't want to. (Some early bird types get really annoyingly judgemental about this.)6 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »I'm generally not an AM workout guy save for summer riding when I'm up at 5 and on my bike by 5:15.
True for me as well. I am not a morning person. If I get up early for anything I am a grumpy bear all day. To save my family and friends having to deal with that, I choose to exercise later in the day.0
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