Getting up for early morning workouts?

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  • rides4sanity
    rides4sanity Posts: 1,269 Member
    I am not a morning person at all. However, I work late, life gets busy, and I know I won't follow through and exercise in the evening. The choice for me is be a stagnant sloth and lay in my warm bed a little longer or get up and just get it over with. I always feel accomplished after I haul myself out of bed. It really comes down to making a choice. If you really want to exercise, you really need to get your butt out of bed when the alarm goes off.

    I think I needed this little kick in the rump. Glad for the post and the reply. Thanks y'all!
  • kschmi24
    kschmi24 Posts: 59 Member
    If I ever have to do ANYTHING in the morning, I make sure it is something I like and want to do (that is why I take a fun class in the morning, not statistics or chemistry or something).

    That said, the only way I can motivate myself to get my butt out of bed in the morning is by doing a work out that I really enjoy, like Zumba or riding my bike. If I had to get up and lift weights, run, do p90x, or something that I like a lot less, there would be no way I would get up and do it.

    I've started sleeping in my workout clothes to help with the morning workouts. Then I cut out an extra step and can sleep another two minutes ;)
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    i do the brainless zombie method.

    Sleep in my workout clothes if i have to. Slide out of bed and make like a brainless undead hot chick. Moan and groan and ***** and whine all I want, as long as my feet move forward and I embrace the Goddess of Zombies - Nike (aka Dont think - Just Do It) If I need to- I get mad and scream at my brain to butt the hell out of my body's business.

    Usually by the time Im awake, Im on the sidewalk.
  • RNmomto4
    RNmomto4 Posts: 143
    I am in the same boat...I've been really good lately, but when I first came back to work from maternity leave it took some getting used to.

    I was so used to working out during nap time, or taking all 4 kids downstairs to play...I got reaaaaal used to that!

    But after about a good week I was into a routine...I think about if I miss my workout, how bad I might feel during the day :)
  • chemically_imbalanzed
    chemically_imbalanzed Posts: 13
    i've been setting my alarm for an hour and a half earlier... then when my alarm goes off, I reset it for an extra hour.. then when it goes off again.. im completely annoyed cuz I just went back to sleep.. not only am I completely annoyed but I now have no chance but to get up because time is running out.. then i work out and rush rush rush to make it to get showered and ready for work.. (see, I burn more calories rushing ha!) lol

    Sometimes I can't fall back asleep so after a few minutes of laying there, I just get it over with.
  • JenChis22
    JenChis22 Posts: 25
    I wish I could help you, but I can't find it in me to workout before my day starts. I have just come to terms with it and exercise at night after my kids go to bed. LOL.

    hahahahahaha this is what I do!! I have an air raid siren and I HATE it!!! LOL I FLY out of bed to turn it off
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    The zombies motivate me to get up @ 5:30 to run. Otherwise, I'll get eaten.
  • kmbhoya2000
    kmbhoya2000 Posts: 174 Member
    I get up around 5:30, it's the only quiet time where I can really concentrate on what I'm doing. Also, it's the best way to get my stiff sore body going for the day. If I left it til evening I would be too stiff & sore, & I would not get it done, or if I did I would be too wired to sleep, too sore, etc... I also have little ones, sometimes they are my alarm clock! I also have a puppy who had been the alarm clock theses past couple of weeks...

    Careful with the water thing, I don't know if it's my medicine or what, but I drink a glass at night, and I always wake up once if not twice to go to the bathroom...
  • kao1114
    kao1114 Posts: 51
    Get cats. Then get them used to being fed at 5 AM. At exactly 4:58 AM daily, religiously, they will cry and jump on your head until you get up and feed them. They are better than any alarm clock. Best of luck!
  • bioniclemonade
    bioniclemonade Posts: 45
    I wear my workout clothes to bed.

    This is what I do sometimes too. Then I only have to throw on my tennis shoes.
  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    I'm in the same boat. I just started taking a later train to allow me a little more time in the morning, but so far that has only allowed me to sleep longer!

    Once I start doing it, I generally get into a routine of doing it and it's not so bad, but once I've taken some time off? Whew. Also in order to save on heating oil costs and do my part to save the environment (ok, not really, I'm just cheap) we keep our home at about 52-56F at night so it's BRISK baby in the morning which makes it easier to stay up once you get up, but much more daunting to get there.

    This is all just whining for me really. The only way to do it, I feel, is to just do it.

    We'll see if I just do it tomorrow morning. Lately to make up for my late sleeping I've been walking from my office in Battery Park to Grand Central Terminal before taking my evening train back to the sticks. I keep hoping that it'll motivate me to get up so I can have more time for me at night, lol.
  • jogglesngoggles
    jogglesngoggles Posts: 362 Member
    Thanks everyone! I love the water idea. I think a combination of having my alarm clock across the room and REALLY having to pee will get my butt out of bed. Like some of you have said, once I get up and start working out I feel great.. it's just the getting there that's the hard part!

    I'm SO going to try both of these...I slept through my workout this morning and I have been pissed at myself all day for not doing it!!
  • Beccababe01
    Beccababe01 Posts: 41
    I have the same issue. Altho i walk all day at work and i need to workout when i get home and i just can't i am too tired . Then all that is left is to get up early ... but i just can't do that either.. I wish i could help ya.. i wish i could help myself and wish i wasn't the way i am right now.
  • trysha1231
    trysha1231 Posts: 163 Member
    The zombies motivate me to get up @ 5:30 to run. Otherwise, I'll get eaten.

    Yup....Cardio and remembering to Double Tap.
  • MelissR75
    MelissR75 Posts: 735 Member
    I've been having the same problem. The snooze button has been my friend!! lol

    So, what I did was move my alarm clock across our room so I am forced to get up and turn it off as I know my husband won't budge! Then Im up and have no excuses :)
  • tamuaggie2007
    tamuaggie2007 Posts: 9 Member
    Waking up early for working out sucks. I try to remind myself why I'm doing it. Some days I give into the temptation to stay in bed, but I try to limit those as much as possible.
  • monicaroozo
    monicaroozo Posts: 200
    I set my alarm to go off 30 min before. On the second alarm I turn a light on. One the 3rd I get out of bed. Its TOUGH. But I do have a husband who also works out and my motivation is to make sure he does not out do me!

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