How do you get up early to workout...

I am not a morning person but my husband started a new job and had to be to work early. We had just joined the gym so I decided I was going to get up with him and go. Once he began working later, he started going with me and it's just stuck. We get up at 3:30 every morning get dressed, have breakfast and leave for the gym at 4:30. We've have been doing it for a year. Now if I miss my morning workout I feel like I'm not functioning on all cylinders!

wow! my hat off to you!!!

With my crazy schedule I recently started getting to the gym early. I get up around 6:00 a.m. - 6:15 a.m.. I plan on also starting running after the kids settle down at night. What is hard for me is sometimes I go to bed at 1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. because of work so working out on 4 hours of sleep is not cool. After working out though in the early morning makes me feel better during the day and the early morning hot tub/shower visit is really refreshing / wake up call.

I love swimming in the morning also!

As others have stated have stuff ready in the morning. It can be annoying looking for socks etc... and you may wake someone up in the process. My internal clock wakes me up usually but if you set an alarm - set 15 minutes before you get up which is also a prior good suggestion.

I somehow push myself out of bed and just do it LOL Well except this morning I have to do it after work now if I am going to do it

7am during the week and 6am on the weekend. Didn't do it this morning, so I didn't work out. I'm the kind of person who HAS to do it before I'm fully awake, hahah.

I am an early riser so it's not a big deal for me.

I started working out during the day over Christmas vacation last year, which gave me more energy so that I was waking up earlier naturally. Before that I could barely drag myself out of bed to get ready for work.

I started getting up early in order to play wii fit games; it was the only time I could have the wii to myself. So I had something to look forward to. I enjoyed the games and my body enjoyed the exercise, so I was excited to get up. Every six weeks or so I would set the alarm back another five minutes until it was enough time to get a good workout. I added in other workouts, took up running, etc. Wii fit games are still my reward at the end of my workouts several times a week.

Like others have mentioned, I set an alarm, I put out the clothes that I don't sleep in (I work out at home, so I can work out in the sweats and t-shirt I sleep in,) check the weather forecast the night before, etc. I have specific workouts/training planned for each day, with a fall-back if the weather is too bad for a run. Everything is ready, all I have to do is get up and do it. Liking what you do helps!

Pam

I wake up at 6:15 on weekdays, wake my son who has to leave for school at 7:20.

I go for a quick 17 Km Cycle ride in the morning which takes about 44-45 Minutes depending on winds.

In winters you need lot of motivation to wake up and go for a ride! I probably do it to prove a point to myself.

I've found that my entire day is different when I exercise in the morning. You won't regret switching to morning workouts--you'll feel much more vibrant and alive the entire day!

This is SO true! A month ago if you had told me that getting less sleep would result in more energy all day I would have called you crazy. But, a morning workout definitely puts a pep in my step all day and leaves me feeling great.

I totally agree! It's great starting your day knowing you've done your workout! I get up at 5.40 to workout - I go to bed at 10 so I get plenty of sleep and once I'm up it's easy!

the easiest thing.... just start doing it. that's it. just do it. make yourself get up every morning. but don't look at it like a negative.

Totally agree. I am not a morning person, but switched my workout time to the morning at the beginning of the year. Those first few months, I would only allow myself to skip one day a week, and if I skipped, I had to work out later in the day. By forcing myself to be consistent, it has made a world of difference. I still don't like to get up, but once I am up and am at the gym, I feel great. Good luck!!:drinker:

I don't... I can't. I switched to working the day shift 7 years ago and still haven't adjusted to getting up in the morning.

Well I didn't get to bed to early. But I did get my clothes ready. So when the alarm went off I got up and left.
It felt so good. This is going to be my new journey .... but the question is on the weekend do I still get up at 5the or sleep in ....

Depends on your schedule. I am a little later on weekends. On weekends I usually trade an extra hour at night for an extra hour in the morning. I still get up and get it done before I start the rest of my day though.

*sighs* I would LOVE to have a 5am workout. Unfortunately my full schedule will not permit. So I do 4AM. It's realy tough for about the first week or so, and it is never really "easy" ever. You just do it.

I find the going to bed earlier thing easy now.

I have to admit when I was 100+ pounds heavier, I wanted to watch a lot more TV than I do now. Now that I can move, it does not hold the same hold on me it used to have.