Morning workout or Night workout? what do you do?

raven56706
raven56706 Posts: 918 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What time of day do you workout? after months of having hardships of sleeping, i finally got around a solution to help me sleep longer. But with that, i have now had to change my schedule from working out in the morning to at night.

Curious how everyones schedule is like and works best for you.
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  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    I workout whenever I can. Sometimes that's in the morning, sometimes it's on my lunch break, sometimes it's in the afternoon, or after work, or in the evening. Hell, sometimes it's in the middle of the night when I can't sleep.
  • Lammerchops
    Lammerchops Posts: 68 Member
    I do late afternoon at work if I have a quiet pocket where I can slip away for 1 hour, otherwise I workout at nite.
    I wish I was one of those ppl who could wake up at 6am, workout and have the whole day ahead. I've tried many times, but when my alarm goes off at that insane hour, I'm just like NOPE. When it's happened, it's because I made plans with a friend to do it so I had to follow thru!
  • Back_2_Fit
    Back_2_Fit Posts: 33 Member
    I am thankful to have a gym onsite at work. I get up at 530am and do a cardio workout when I get to work every morning (M-F). Then 4-5 days a week I go with my husband in the evenings he isn't working and on weekends for an hour weight lifting session.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Morning.

    I prefer to get it done first thing so I know nothing can interfere with it, I like the way it feels to exercise early, and I enjoy having the late afternoon/evenings free for my other hobbies and time with my husband.
  • JMcGee2018
    JMcGee2018 Posts: 275 Member
    I go after I get home from work (4-4:30pm). In the summer, when I typically start work later and work later into the evening, I'll go in the morning before work, but right now I already have to get up at 5:30 in the morning for work; there's no way I'm going to get up at 4:30 to fit a workout in.

    Also, I hate blow drying my hair, so showering at night after a workout works better for me than having to shower in the morning and deal with wet hair. But that's just me being weird.
  • busyPK
    busyPK Posts: 3,788 Member
    During the work week I go around 5pm (right after work). Saturday and/or Sunday around 11am. With my kids and work schedule it works the best.
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    I work at 7am and I'm already so not a morning person so if I had to do a workout before work someone would die horribly in an accident involving, a stapler, paper shredder, photocopier, glue, and an office plant.

    I do mine around 7pm, which is probably the worst possible time but that's the only time I can fit in normally.
  • BattyKnitter
    BattyKnitter Posts: 503 Member
    I would so love to be able to do it in the morning! I can't get up that early plus I have to eat before I workout or I feel too faint and can't give it my all, but I'm incapable of eating first thing in the morning. So I workout in the evenings about 30-60 minutes after I've eaten supper.
  • PhotogirlTX
    PhotogirlTX Posts: 85 Member
    I have started using our indoor bike trainer in the morning at 5:30.. I am NOT a morning person, but since I've started.. my body has been waking up naturally between 5:00 an 5:30. I go and do 30 minutes. I feel it gets my blood pumping and heart rate going.. and I feel great by the time I get to work at 8. I am lucky, we have a small fitness area at work that is open to employees at lunch four times a week. So at lunch I will go and do another quick 30 minutes on various machines. One day it could be the treadmill, another the elliptical or the seated stair machine. There is a rower that I am working my nerve up to use. In the evenings.. this is time I get to spend with my husband, and we will get on the treadmill or elliptical and watch an episode of The Americans.. and that is about 45 minutes. Whatever works for you and your lifestyle.. I think as long as you are moving some during the day, you are a winner!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    depends on the season. In the summer I ride in the AM to beat the heat. In spring and fall, late afternoon/early evening rides are where it's at. In the winter it's just whenever because I'm usually on my indoor trainer save for nice weekend afternoons.

    for lifting, I usually lift on Friday evening and Sunday morning.
  • MsArriabella
    MsArriabella Posts: 469 Member
    I do it right after work as part of my going home routine. I tried working out in the morning but I found that having to go to bed early enough to do so wasn't working for me or my family.
  • Fitwithsci
    Fitwithsci Posts: 69 Member
    I prefer right away in the morning, its a great way to wake up. That being said I do feel like I can workout harder when I go later in the day, say mid afternoon.
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    I work out mid afternoon when I have the most energy. When I work I do evenings or lunch break, because there is no chance I'm setting my alarm one minute earlier.
  • Mellykay88
    Mellykay88 Posts: 307 Member
    Started my gym routine a little over a month ago and I’m there at 5:15 M-F and 7:30ish on Sat and Sun. I didn’t think I was a morning person, but now I don’t even need an alarm. It works for me! If I were to go after work I just know I’d talk myself out of it.
  • KrystinaMTL
    KrystinaMTL Posts: 1,338 Member
    I work out after work when it's a work day and in the morning after my coffee and a little down time when I am off work.
    I plan the week ahead and write it down (in a group here) and that keeps me accountable and keeps my head in the game :)
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,069 Member
    First thing in the morning. Alarm goes off at 4:30, I'm at the gym when they open at 5.

    If I don't do it first thing like that, then it's too easy for me to skip or talk myself out of going after a long day at work. I also prefer the morning crowd at the gym.

    I HATE getting up in the am, and I am one of those that needs my 8-9 hours of sleep a night, so this basically means I have no life during the week LOL as I have to be in bed early enough to get up on time. Yes, it kind of sucks, but making the workouts happen is far more important to me.

    That being said, my current workout plan has one "light" week where my workouts are about half as long as they normally are, so I do get a week of "rest" and a little break off the strict schedule. My normal workouts are now pretty dang intense, so I figured that rest week would be important as I move forward in my training.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Both, usually. Up at 3:45, at the gym by 4:30. If I don't get my entire lifting program done in the morning, I then hit the gym again in the evening to finish it off, and add some cardio.
  • DevilsFan1
    DevilsFan1 Posts: 342 Member
    Whatever works. I woke up early yesterday intending to lift but was just too sore to get out of bed. By 8:00PM last night, I was fine and got in my workout.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    edited January 2018
    M-F I run in the early AM, around 4:30. On Saturdays, I do a long run mid-morning or afternoon depending on the temp and weather. Sundays, I rest. No other reason for the timing except that's when it fits my schedule.
  • ZRunner5Lulaica
    ZRunner5Lulaica Posts: 168 Member
    I prefer morning workouts, but unless I work 8 or later, it becomes impractical for me to get a session in and still get ready on time. Right now, I'm running in the mornings (2 miles with a goal of stretching to 3 when my pace gets better) and doing everything else in the evenings after work.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited January 2018
    I go after work, so around 4:45-5pm. I was waking up early for a while but I require a lot of sleep so I would have to go to bed at like 9 and it just wasn’t working for me. My husband always wants to hang out with me in the evenings after our kids go to bed lol. He gets so upset when I want to go to bed early.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    I do both. I work both days and nights so my schedule is changing week to week.
  • Ms_Natalie
    Ms_Natalie Posts: 1,030 Member
    Spin classes in the morning after dropping my son off to school (only twice a week as I work the other mornings).

    Kettlecise/cardio in the evenings when my children are in bed.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Whenever my toddler goes down for a nap. If there is no nap I reschedule to later or do band work/cardio/yoga with him in the living room
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    I prefer the morning after the kids get on the school bus. But if something blows up at work or I have meetings first thing, I just fit it in when I can in the afternoon.
  • wryone4
    wryone4 Posts: 118 Member
    Generally, I wake at 5:30 and meet a friend in the gym at 6:00 AM. I live and work at a school and what starts as a free afternoon/evening always gets booked up. If I go first thing in the AM, I can't make excuses not to go, I feel like I have accomplished something no matter what happens in the day, and it helps set me in a healthy mindset for the day. Sometimes I will also go in the evening if I have the time and inclination.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    The right answer is that whenever you are able to exercise is the right time to exercise. I can add a personal vote for first thing in the mornings, although I would note that this really depends on my getting enough sleep. I like first thing for a lot of the reasons already listed: harder to make excuses to skip, fewer distractions, more energy during the rest of the day, and starting off my day with a sense of accomplishment. I’ve had to switch to an after work schedule this week and it’s fine, but I feel like I’m fighting myself a lot more to get it done.
  • amyf2000
    amyf2000 Posts: 44 Member
    I initially only worked out after work, then only worked out at noon, and lately primarily work out in the morning. I'm so way not a morning person and need to get up at 530 in order to leave the house at 7. But it's just such a better time to work out. I can get the equipment I need for weights, and when I ice skate in the morning the ice is way better and there are fewer people. I also need 8-9 hours of sleep a night so I'm usually asleep by 9pm. It's a nutty schedule but it has been satisfying.
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