What is the secret?
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TrishSeren wrote: »Sleep in your gym clothes, prep everything the night before and go to bed earlier.
The hardest part is the getting up, once you're up the battle is pretty much won.
I totally agree with sleeping in your workout clothes. Then all you need to do is force yourself out of the bed, and you are off. This works for me.
Anyone that will workout with you that early? Having a friend really motivates me for early workouts.
No, not really and I actually like working out alone because I talk too much 😂🤦🏼♀️. I like the sleeping in the clothes idea.
My suggestion (and what works for me) is to make dates with others to work out. Then you feel compelled to not miss since others are depending on you being there. For a couple years now I have been setting up runs very early in the morning a couple days a week. It has gotten so routine (and expected) that if I am late getting things setup I get pinged.
It still sucks getting out of bed before the sun rises but it has now become my 'normal'.
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Go to bed early, set an alarm, make yourself leave. It'll suck for a bit and how long "a bit" is will likely depend on whether or not you're a morning person. Eventually you'll get used to that schedule and it will seem more or less normal.
I have to be at the boathouse for rowing at 5am twice a week and if I'm not there I'm not going to get boated. You can bet that as much as I'd sometimes like to sleep in those days (where "sleeping in" is waking up later than 4:20), I push through and get myself there. I typically don't sleep in my clothes in part because I'd be too warm, but I will get everything ready the night before so all I have to do is put on my clothes, make sure I have my keys, cellphone, and wallet, and leave.2 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »Part of it is going to bed earlier. I don't use an alarm clock but I usually roll out of bed between 4:30 and 5:00, have my coffee and either go for a run or whatever my workout is that day. I don't go to a gym though, everything I need is at the house.
Having said that, if you're not a morning person could you hit the gym at lunch or after work? We all have our own internal clocks.
I do go at lunch or at night. Just was really hoping to wake up early and go. My internal clock is set at 6:30am, but that’s about an hour too late.
Set your proverbial internal clock earlier. I mean just think about it, what would end up happening if you moved to a city in a timezone that was an hour or two ahead of yours? You'd have a small amount of jet lag and then get used to the time difference.6 -
I don't do it often but I will get up very early for a sunrise hike or to beat the storm to the top of a peak. Although I'm not a morning person, I get up early because I'm so excited about what I'm doing. I think most of us will wake early for something we are really passionate about.3
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For me? Knowing that my gym is rammed at all other times of the day is motivation enough to get up.4
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What did you expect? There is no secret, other than you have to get into the habit of doing it. And to form a habit, you need to consistently do something. Set your alarm, get your workout stuff ready the night before, set the coffee machine, whatever you need.. You are not all of a sudden going to find a magic secret....YOU just have to do it, that is all....Well that was helpful. Not everyone is a morning person. But thanks for the reply.
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Planning ahead works for me.
The night before I have my workout gear ready to go, water bottle in the fridge and I know what my workout is going to be the next day.
Along with getting proper rest and making fitness a priority, I eventually got used to my new routine and now I look forward to my early morning workouts.6 -
a very loud alarm, plenty of planning, will to want to improve and the trust in the process. you will one hundred percent get there, just gotta believe you can. then ,everything becomes easier1
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Well that was helpful. Not everyone is a morning person. But thanks for the reply.
The thing is that I'm not going to get out of bed for something I don't really, really want to do. I really, really want to get paid, so I get up for work. And I really, really want to run before it gets hot, so I get out of bed for that, but I'm not going to get out of bed at 4:30 for something that doesn't excite me. So find something that excites you and the early hour won't seem so bad.0 -
I've never been able to get up early in the morning, and I don't especially want to :P I'd rather work out later.1
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I am not a morning person - I've managed morning workouts, even fairly consistently for months, but it is very easy for it to fall by the wayside. I would much rather workout later and sleep on my natural sleep rhythm. Unfortunately, where I've lived the past 2 years, evening workouts weren't much of an option - my "apartment" was so cramped I couldn't even lay out a yoga mat without moving several items/tables/etc, and if I left the house after 4:30 pm, there was never any parking to be found anywhere near my house (I've had to park nearly a mile away before)....so, I took up walking as a form of activity when I wasn't making it to the gym.
I'm moving in 3 weeks and I must admit, I can't wait - significantly more room in my own place, PLUS a fitness center both in my complex AND at my "new" office. Oh, and no fighting over parking when I get home if I leave in the evening
BUT to answer your question, I used the 15 minutes earlier method when I was making regular morning workouts - get up 15 minutes earlier than normal for a couple weeks, then another 15 minutes, then maybe 30 minutes, so on and so forth until it wasn't too bad to get up at that time and it became a little easier to fall asleep earlier (still doesn't happen easily for me, but it did improve a little bit).1 -
I really really want to be early riser to get my workouts out of the way and possibly be able to incorporate periodically working out 2x a day.
What is your secret to a 5am out of the house gym workout? How did you get in the habit?
Set your alarm an hour and a half earlier, having it ring every half an hour twice and every 15 minutes twice. Never underestimate your psyche-in songs that are effective enough to rouse and boost your wanna, gonna, gotta, getcha out of the house mentality, if music therapy works for you. Even a cold shower and immediately working through your oral hygiene protocols soon after getting out of bed, will rev you up enough to get out of the house, to get things done. Always revitalising.
Ready your ensemble + your pre-workout bites/drink before winding-down the night before. You'll also have to closely watch the least no.of hours of sleep your body will tolerate, which will not disrupt your need for morning workouts, twice weekly.0
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