Morning workout or Night workout? what do you do?

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  • RollTideHusker
    RollTideHusker Posts: 231 Member
    Morning workout for me. I get up 4:30/4:45 and workout at home doing T25. I could wake up later, but after I have to sit for a while to get a bit more coherent- drink coffee, watch the news.
    I’ve tried working out after work but once I get home I get really lazy and just want to unwind. :)
  • BNY721
    BNY721 Posts: 125 Member
    I do it when I can. I prefer mid-afternoon, but again just when I can.
  • Marykaylady2010
    Marykaylady2010 Posts: 69 Member
    I workout at night once my son goes to bed. I am not a morning person and right now have to be at work by 830. No matter how many times I try to get up earlier to workout I always end up snoozing. It works well for me most nights I have a 5 workout a week goal. I am generally arriving at the gym at 9pm and working out for 45 mins. I also prefer to shower/ take a bath at night I have always used it to help me relax and I like to go to bed clean so this works for me
  • Rebecca9048
    Rebecca9048 Posts: 14 Member
    At night after the kids are in bed. Once my 2-year-old stops getting up at 4:30 am, then I hope to switch to mornings. I’m either minding him at that hour or my husband is and is letting me sleep. Weekends I’ll do a longer afternoon session.
  • THeADHDTurnip
    THeADHDTurnip Posts: 413 Member
    4 AM.

    I get a workout just from re-racking the weights from the lazy night lifters.
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Mostly I work out mornings, after I get the kids off to school. Sometimes I manage to fit in a class in the evening...or I'll hop on the elliptical machine and/or get in some sort of home workout in after the kids get to bed. But the kids' activities usually keep me busy in the afternoons and evenings.

    When I worked full-time, I would always go to the gym on my way home from the office.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    I'd need to be in the gym by 4:30 am to do it in the morning. I go at night.
  • Gould118
    Gould118 Posts: 544 Member
    Whenever I have time. Mostly the morning but some times I go after work at like 2am.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I am NOT a morning person. I guess if I want to do something outdoors, it's got to be before the sun goes down - so late afternoon, typically. Otherwise, if I going to the gym, it's late at night usually. I've got the place all to myself...
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    Both. I get up 5.45, cup of tea then just a 20 min (from Davina 7 minute fit, or a Rosemary Conley DVD). Then when I get home from work 30-4045 minutes either Zumba, more Davina or another fitness/aerobic/dance DVD. Once a week I have a double class - 45 mins each clubbercise and Zumba - and that day I don't do my am or pm workout.
  • DEBOO7
    DEBOO7 Posts: 245 Member
    Both... gym in a morning, crossfit evening or sometimes morning, swim either/or... no rhythm to it just whatever fits with my day. However... I find that do a swim first thing is more of an effort - seems to be easier later in the day.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    4am!, love my mornings!
  • MinaMinaNYC
    MinaMinaNYC Posts: 3 Member
    During the week I workout around 8pm. I have a long commute and leave house at 6:15am and get home between 6:30-7. It's tough going so late but plus is gym is not crowded. When I move closer to work I will go around 6pm. I may try mornings but in past i found I can't get in a full good workout becsuse Im rushing. Also, I need a good 15-20 to warm my body up so I need about an hour & a half workout time
  • deputy_randolph
    deputy_randolph Posts: 940 Member
    Twice during the week, I get up at 530am, at gym by 6, at work (at elementary school) by 830. I'm generally asleep by 915pm most nights.

    I've tried to go after work around 430-5pm...gym is too crowded, and I'm too tired for heavy lifts.
  • 18sacrifices
    18sacrifices Posts: 11 Member
    I float back and forth between early workouts and evening workouts. I don't like to stick to a set way of doing things for too long. I like to switch up my algorithms from time to time. That said my preference would be smack bang in the middle of the day however that's not possible with my schedule. I will say morning workouts has it's perks, one being you've accomplished the hardest probable task you're likely to encounter for the day before most people have even showered. That should make you a pleasant person to be around at work.
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    Morning!
  • Jasp03
    Jasp03 Posts: 54 Member
    When the weather isn't all snowy and frozen out, I like to take the dog for a walk at around 6am. I then work out of my home office, so I usually use half of my lunch hour to do a quick 30 minutes in my home gym I've put together. Lastly, I do another 60-90 minutes at around 8 or 9 in the evening, depending on what I have going on at the time. I try to never get in a situation where I'd have to start later than 9pm.
  • don9992
    don9992 Posts: 49 Member
    I greatly prefer a morning workout. It's not always easy to drag myself out of bed stupid early but, after a good workout and 10 minutes in the steam room, I'm starting my day in a very nice place.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    Up at 4:45, working out by 5:30 for about 90 minutes, then i get ready for work and workout is done for the day. I tried night/evening workouts and it just doesn't work. Always a thousand reasons not to get it done. In the mornings nobody has piled anything on me yet and it's quiet and I can concentrate and have a great workout. I work out at home or by running/walking so no need to spend time commuting to the gym. If I had to switch back to evening workouts I'd probably get none of it done. I've recently dropped to 4 workouts a week from 5, and will probably go back up to 5 time permitting in the summer, but it means that only 3 days a week do I have to get up that early as long as one of my workouts is on the weekend.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Mon-Thurs: both. Fri-Sun: morning.
  • taratheblokette
    taratheblokette Posts: 2 Member
    It really depends on the season for me. Weekday morning workouts during winter just seem too harsh. Often I’ll do a lunch workout and one after work if I split them out. Otherwise early evening workouts. In summer am workouts I don’t mind.
  • KateGifford
    KateGifford Posts: 2,511 Member
    I wake up at 4 in the morning to get to work by 530, so morning workouts just plain aren't feasible for me. I normally work out when I get home from work (normal people's lunch time)
  • After dinner on weekdays or during the afternoon on weekends.
  • Tmountainmom
    Tmountainmom Posts: 16 Member
    Mornings at home before work but if I miss for some reason or think it wasn't a very strong workout, I will go to the gym after work.
  • aokoye
    aokoye Posts: 3,495 Member
    Swimming: morning
    Biking inside on the trainer: late afternoon or evening
    Biking outside: morning going into the afternoon depending on how long I'm riding for

    The swimming thing is primarily an issue of scheduling and preference. When do I have time and when am I the least likely to have to share my lane. Biking inside is more an issue of habit and and to an extent how tired I am. As much as I would like to think that I can easily force myself out of bed and on to the bike, that is frequently not the case. In terms of timing, biking outside is dependent on how hot it's supposed to be, where I'm biking, how many people I expect will be out riding, etc.
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  • YogaBoxer79
    YogaBoxer79 Posts: 14 Member
    On weekdays I work out after work, which ends up somewhere between 5-7pm. On the weekends it's usually late morning between 9-11am.
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    Walk in the morning and hit the gym on the way home from work.
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  • PetiteHabanero
    PetiteHabanero Posts: 44 Member
    I plan ahead and workout when it fits in best, morning, afternoon, or night. However when I get to choose I prefer late afternoon/early evening. It is my favorite way to decompress after working and some of my best thinking occurs.
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