Question for those who exercise in the morning!

I am not real sure what made me start getting up at 450am but I cant seem to not do it now. I am at the gym by 510 and work out till 610. I think mine is I am starting to see more definition in my arms, legs and dare I say abs. It drives me to see more. To the point that I even go back to the gym in the evenings for another hour. ADDICTED!!!!!!!!

GET PLENTY OF REST ITS SO MUCH HARDER WHEN YOU HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF SLEEP

I get up at 5am every morning to get to my six am yoga class which is about 25 minutes away! Here are my tips for sanity:
1) Go to bed at a decent hour.
2) Take a hot shower right when you get up to help wake yourself up!
3) Have a clementine or tiny glass of OJ or something else for a quick boost.
4) Get out that door!
5) Have fun!

I also use my seat warmers in my car to help warm me up on the way to class... tough to be bendy at 6am.

I haven't been a morning person for a long time, but now I just do it. There are days I don't want to but I like how I feel after I've gotten my workout done. When I run it's best if I'm meeting someone then it holds me accountable.

My trick (and I have no idea if this would work for anyone else) is to keep my sports bra right next to the bed. So I just have to convince myself to sit up and put it on then it's like I have no choice after that point. I've already committed.

I drive rush hour about once every two months and it reminds me why I workout at 4:30-5. LOL.

Only trick I have is to put the alarm clock far enough away from you that you have to get out of bed to turn it off.

I am the OPPOSITE of a morning person but its really the only time I have to work out. I've found its much easier if you:
1) Pack your gym bag and clothes for the next day the night before, even better if you do it as soon as you get home from work.
2) Make a to-do list (I use my iphone) of things I have to do before I leave the house (ie: grab lunch from fridge, let the dog out etc so your sleepy brain doesnt have to think quite so much).
3) Plan your workout the night before- even after a good 10 minute warm up, sometimes I'm still tired, so its good to have goals set before you even get to the gym!

Good luck. I hope this helps!

sometimes i work out in the morning, sometimes mid day sometimes afternoon. i dont really mind doingit, i think if its doen in the morning i have the rest of the day to do what i want wether it be napping or shopping

I've heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Keep at it and hopefully it wil become natural for you to get up at that hour.

With that said, i'm still thrown off by daylight savings. Struggling with that 5AM wake up call, but should be fine in another week or so.

You just have to do it once then you can keep getting up at that time. The first morning I got up at 5am I was so tired that night I went to bed at 8pm! Since the first day I got up at 5am I haven't missed it since (except the weekends when I get up at 7 instead). Just push yourself to get up and it'll be much easier the next morning.

As hard as it is to get myself out of bed sometimes, my morning workouts are my favorite because nothing gets in the way except my own will power. The evenings are too difficult, always something comes up, or I'm tired at the end of the day and I talk myself out of it. Even if you only do 2-3 morning workouts a week you'll find that you start to look forward to it. No easy way to get in the habit, just discipline yourself to do it. I swim two mornings a week, and I love it! Then usually I do a beach body video one other morning, and then I workout at lunch time at work the other two days. Weekends are going to start being more consistent soon with biking and running to get ready for my 5th triathalon.

I have 2 kiddos 2 whom are not school age so I am up already but I still get up on weekends or spring break (which is now and they are at my parents) and excerise it's a routine now and I just push myself I guess I am way more motivated then I have ever been.

I am a horrible morning person but I know if I don't get up and exercise in the morning, I will never find the time afterwork. Plus if I exercise in the morning it sets the tone for the rest of the day. I feel so much better during the day and I make healthier decisions.

When I started a couple of years ago, I knew it would be tough as I'm a night owl. Being able to get enough sleep has helped, and I also now know that, once I'm at the gym or warmed up, I'm good.

Getting going is still really tough. Three techniques have made a big difference:

1. Telling myself that no single part of it will necessarily be fun or horrible, just to not expect anything more than each part of the process being somewhat irritating. I'm easy prey to wimping out if I don't feel inspired and this helped get past that.

2. Breaking down the steps between my alarm going off and getting to the car into really tiny manageable steps (which can be deal with using #1 above). These were as tiny as "Step 1 - sit up, Step 2 - turn off alarm, Step 3 - put feet on floor...." I originally had about 15 steps to this process, one of which (blessedly) was getting some coffee which brews on a timer and is waiting for me. Thinking about the whole picture (get going, get inspired, work hard, be on the way to work on time, etc.) is far too much to face at an obscene hour of the morning. Babysteps are manageable.

3. Keeping moving. This should actually be "keeping barely moving." If I can putter along rather than stopping, sitting down or (worst of all) lying down on the couch to "check the ***** on my phone" (i.e. look for an excuse to say I'm not feeling like working out) I can make it out the door in good time.

Hope these help.

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