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Weight lifting at 3am?

islandprincessmfp
islandprincessmfp Posts: 12 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok so my schedule only allows me to get up at 3am walk to the gym 45 minutes away. So by the time I get there it’s 4:30 am I workout an hour walk back home for 7am to get little one ready for school. Then I head to work for 20am. I go to bed 7-8pm every night. I’ve done this for past two weeks I make myself an overnight oats and eat it before I head for the walk. My question is I’m I over working my body? I live this schedule.

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  • islandprincessmfp
    islandprincessmfp Posts: 12 Member
    Me
  • h1udd
    h1udd Posts: 623 Member
    nothing wrong with that schedule as long as you are making progress, still have energy and not getting ill .

    you are going to be early so getting up at 3am is no biggy .. I get up at 4am and go to bed at 10pm ... so you get more sleep than me
  • Davidsdottir
    Davidsdottir Posts: 1,285 Member
    h1udd wrote: »
    nothing wrong with that schedule as long as you are making progress, still have energy and not getting ill .

    you are going to be early so getting up at 3am is no biggy .. I get up at 4am and go to bed at 10pm ... so you get more sleep than me

    Agreed. I go to bed at 9:30 and am up at 4:20 for the gym.

    OP, why do you think this would be over working your body?
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    You could be overworking your body if you're doing this every day, depending on what you're doing in the gym and your starting activity level - this is true for anyone with any schedule who overtrains. You're getting enough sleep, so you should be fine if you're not overtraining.
  • Stockholm_Andy
    Stockholm_Andy Posts: 803 Member
    As long as you get adequate sleep and your making progress (as others have said) you'll be fine.

    I've been getting up as 4:30am for the past 18 months or so 5 days a week to hit the Gym at 5am for the same reasons as you. I'm usually in bed by 21-22:00 any later than that and I start to struggle the next morning.

    Saturdays I'm up at 5am as the gym doesn't open until 6am and Sundays I get to lie in until 6am as it opens at 7am.

    Listen to your body and if you need a rest day then rest.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    IF you're getting enough sleep, your body doesn't actually know/care what time the clock says.

    That being said, make sure that your training program has appropriate rest cycles built in or is programmed properly for an every day program.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    What is 20am?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I get up at 3:45, at the gym by 4:30, workout til 6:00, at work by 7:00. Work til 3:30, back to the gym to finish workout. Home whenever, dinner, in bed by 7:45. Five days a week.

    I'm not overworking my body. I have two rest days a week, and I deload my weights when I start to feel too rundown at the gym.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    What is 20am?

    I assumed
    islandprincessmfp wrote: »
    Ok so my schedule only allows me to get up at 3am walk to the gym 45 minutes away. So by the time I get there it’s 4:30 am I workout an hour walk back home for 7am to get little one ready for school. Then I head to work for 20am. I go to bed 7-8pm every night. I’ve done this for past two weeks I make myself an overnight oats and eat it before I head for the walk. My question is I’m I over working my body? I live this schedule.
    lorrpb wrote: »
    What is 20am?

    Just to clarify the timeline

    3am wakeup.
    45 minute walk
    4:30 arrival

    there's 45 minutes missing. Really closer to 30, because I get eat/dress time

    hour workout
    5:30 depart

    7am arrive-Again, there's time missing here.

  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    As long as you're getting adequate sleep, working out a 3AM is fine. I used to work nights and on "days" off I would end up at the gym around midnight.
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