How to get up early to exercise

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  • rosiorama
    rosiorama Posts: 300 Member
    edited February 2019
    Bry_Fitness70 wrote: »
    If you were to list everything that you do in a given weekday, from exercise to work to school to household chores to parenting tasks or whatever other responsibilities you have, how much of that entails being motivated? In my life, pretty much none of it. We recognize that something is important to us, make it a priority, and then find a way to do in as often as necessary.

    This. Especially the bold.
  • emilysusana
    emilysusana Posts: 416 Member
    For me, the coffee maker that could be programmed to brew automatically in the morning was a game changer. When my alarm goes off I can smell the coffee. I love coffee so much that gets me out of bed. I don’t think about the treadmill at that point, only about sitting for 20 minutes reading the digital NYT and that cup of coffee with 2% milk! Running comes after.
  • curlsintherack
    curlsintherack Posts: 465 Member
    When my alarm goes off at 4AM I get up and go like an adult and allow myself 0 excuses.


    Also make friends here an accountability buddy is a good thing.
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    I get up early to exercise because I like the exercise I’m doing.
  • Lizakabibbis
    Lizakabibbis Posts: 370 Member
    I didn't want to go after work. That was my motivation. I go 4x a week at 4am. I've been doing it for a little over 2 years. Once I got started it just became a routine. I'll admit since I'm pregnant it's been hard to get up but I still keep trying!
  • leeannewgeorge
    leeannewgeorge Posts: 92 Member
    I have never been an active person for long stretches of time but for 2 1/2 years I have been getting up at 5:00 to go to the gym. Started off with a personal trainer. My motivation was accountability. I couldn't let myself cancel knowing she had gotten up to be there for me. After a year I added a P90X class on the other 2 days. My motivation on those days are the other people in the class. We have developed a community and I don't want to miss seeing them.
  • carlaringuette
    carlaringuette Posts: 158 Member
    corriepelc wrote: »
    For about the past three years, I've consistently gotten up every weekday morning at 5am to get in my workout before work. I run 3 miles on the treadmill three days a week and the other two I strength train.

    At first it was really hard, but I treated it like a doctor's appointment -- it's not something I could just blow off or skip. I set an alarm with no snooze option and I scheduled every workout on my calendar. The first week was hard, but now my body just normally gets up at 5am.

    And I find on those rare occasions I do skip my 5am workout, I have less energy, I don't make the best food choices, and I just feel ...blah. For me, it helped me take off 60 pounds and keep it off. I also like that it gives me some "me time" before I have to go to work and just do normal life stuff. And I personally feel it gets my metabolism going, which helped me lose weight and keep it off.

    If you really want to start working out at 5am, I urge you to do it and stick with it for at least two weeks before you decide if it's not for you or not. That's how long it took me to create the habit, and once formed, it's just part of my everyday routine now.

    Needed this advice and the previous person who goes to bed at 9:30.

    There is a Spin class that I've been wanting to work into my gym schedule but it's at 5 am which means get up at 4:30 then after gym shower, fix breakfast and bring lunch and get out the door to work by 7:30.

    Sometimes we overthink it or as I am guilty of we have all or nothing thinking.

    There's a class tomorrow. Time to "Just do it"

    Thanks to all for your motivation and inspiration.

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