Does anyone workout in the MORNING????

It depends on my day what time I work out, but it is always in the morning. If I have something planned in the morning I will get up around 5:30 to workout....if I don't I will wait till my daughter gets picked up for preschool and then workout around 8:30. What made it easy for me is having everything in my basement. I know if I actually had to drive to the gym, it would take more motivation. I like getting my workouts over with first thing, that way I don't have to stress to find time to fit them in if I get too busy.

Up at 4:45, workout starts by 5 or 5:10. It is difficult to get up, but I just make myself do it. Once I'm dressed and the workout starts, I'm usually fine - the hardest part is getting your feet on the floor. I have little kids and a busy job, and I would never get it done at night. I used to feel like I needed to eat beforehand, but now I prefer doing it before I eat. If you feel like you don't have enough energy to get through fasted, you could try having a small snack beforehand. When I was much younger (before husband and kids), I used to meet some friends at the gym at 7:30 every evening and work out then. It would never work for me now, though. The most important thing is that you find something that works for you (i.e. something you will do every day).

i used to workout at night until i posted here about preferences on am or pm excersise.

i really changed my thinking and now i workout in the morning. i'm up at 6am, have a quick coffee and then i workout at home. i'm usually done by 7:15am and it's set me up for the day ahead of work.

if you can try switching for a few weeks, you soon adjust to it.

i much prefer getting it out of the way rather than having to find time after a days work, sorting kids and dinner etc.

I work out only in the morning. When I was in the military, I found it great to work out in the morning because you can literally be 1/2 asleep for a lot of it and not even realize you are doing it. I usually get up early, have 2 cups of coffee, one sipped, one with some ice and chugged, take care of business and head out for a run or the gym. Go to bed early, get up early. No snooze!! Get up! Most important part is going to bed early so you get enough sleep.

After you do it for a while, it will become second nature and you will miss not working out in the mornings. You don't spend all day dreading the gym, or the run, either. The work is all done by the time you get to your job and you can feel like you have already accomplished a lot before you even start work.

I get up between 3:30 and 4 am and I am at the gym between 4 and 4:15. I know myself, if I don't go in the morning, I don't go at all. It used to be because I frequently had a migraine by the end of my work day, but now it is because I know how busy the gym will be and how ineffective my workout will be with that many people. I go on an empty stomach and eat when I get back, then I get ready for work and I am at my job by 7 am. In the summer, once it is light/warm enough, I like to ride my bike in the morning, that way I don't really have to warm up before I start my workout.
In order to get up at 3:30, I do go to bed between 7 and 8 pm, although sometimes I stay up later and still wake up fine. It is amazing how quickly I got used to being up at 3:30, now I often wake up before my alarm. It just takes a little push for a few days and knowing how much sleep your body requires. I don't drink coffee before I go, I just take my electrolyte powder in water with me so that I stay well hydrated. Also, if you have problems getting out of bed after the alarm goes off, I find that the more water I drink within an hour or so of going to bed, the more urgently I need to get out of bed when I wake up in the morning. Just a tip.

Yup! Up at 4:15 am for 5am classes M-F! Once you're in the routine, you're good and your body aligns very well. I also make sure I'm in bed with lights and tv off at 9:15 pm to get full 7 hours sleep. I don't know how people workout at night; I just want to go home!

PatanjaliTwist wrote: »

Every day for 2-wks, I've been to bed earlier & woken up at 2:30am on my own (first time ever sans alarm), so exercise is 3-4am.

That is not so much working out in the morning as it is working out in the middle of the night. What do you do at 4, go back to sleep?

I don't workout in the sense of going to the gym or doing weight exercises or the like, aside from bodyweight exercises occasionally. When I exercise, though, I prefer to do it in the morning. I don't have a specific time right now, as I'm not working all that often, & so my days have been fairly flexible. I go for walks or ride my bike, & I find morning the best time. If I do activity too late in the day, then I have too much energy later on & don't go to bed early enough for me. I like to go to bed around 10 PM, 11 at the latest. Any later, & my sleep isn't that great. I often wake up between 5:30 & 7:30, especially now that the days are longer. I wake up leisurely when I don't have to be anywhere first thing in the morning. Then when I'm ready to go & have had breakfast (I always have to eat something before I eat, usually fruit & yogurt or cereal & milk, before I exercise), then I'll go outside & walk or ride my bike or the like. If the weather's bad, then I'll put on some music & dance around my home, building up a good sweat & going for at least half an hour or so. Any of the exercises I do make me feel good, & I feel as if I'd started my day off right.

If I know that I have a day of a lot of heavy cleaning or other stuff that's physical & will burn a lot of exercise, I don't always go for a walk or bike ride - I'm getting over some physical issues that overdoing would exacerbate, & my energy levels don't always allow me to do as much as I'd like. Thankfully I'm getting better, though!!

I usually work out in the morning, anywhere between 8 am and 9 am. I get up early, have breakfast (low carb pita with nut butter of some kind, plus strong coffee with 2% milk), travel to the gym, which takes me about an hour by city bus, more coffee, then I'm ready to go. Mornings suit me better for several reasons already cited by others: 1) if I don't exercise first thing, I won't do it; 2) even if inclined to work out later in the day, my day often won't let me; 3) my energy level is higher in the morning; 4) working out in the evening aggravates my sleep problems.