5am Workouts?

This is going to sound silly... but I can sort of 'sleep' through my workout when I do it early in the morning.
Obviously I'll get tired and sweaty, but all of a sudden I'm done, lol. I can even elliptical for a few seconds with my eyes closed and catch a couple of zzz's hahaha.
Okay, maybe I have a problem ;-)

I also am up at 4;45 to exercise. I'm not a morning person either! One thing that REALLY helped me get out of bed/not talk myself out of it was to have an accountability partner...I email them every day with my exercise report. When I am tempted to sleep in, I just think about my accountability partner and having to tell them I was too lazy to get up!
good luck...once you get used to it, you will love the morning work outs - time to your self - its done for the day (no late night exercising - unless you so choose!)

Just had my FIRST 5 am work out this morning. It was awesome. Gym wasnt busy..and when I got home I was bouncing around getting ready for work and it helped making good decisions throughout the day.

Nice to know too tonight I can just relax

I get up at 4 to go to boot camp at 445

I despise mornings and have been a night owl my WHOLE life (even as a child!), but if I wait to go to the gym until after work it's way overcrowded and I'm hungry. I started forcing myself to wake up earlier... but I still snooze. And snooze. And snooze. Finally my darling rolls me (literally... pushes and rolls) out of bed because he has to get up anyway and I mutter and grumble my way to the kitchen. lol

Yeah, you've just gotta force yourself to do it. Or have someone who's willing to put up with your sh** in the morning and able to push you out from under the warm snuggly covers.

Working out first thing in the morning helps me stay on target. It makes me think about what I will eat for the day. Will I grab that apple or a bag of chips. I didnt wake up and put all that energy on the treadmill or elliptical to throw it away on a bad food choice. Plus it helps me with 4 kids and a husband to be home in the evening. At 5 AM everyone is still sleep. I think I have even had more energy, my kids get hot breakfast at home at least 3x a week.... its a lot of added bonuses. When I first started, I would sleep in my workout clothes to cut time. Hope this Helps!

i get up every morning at 4:45 am to workout. the first couple weeks were killer as i am definitely NOT a morning person, but now i do it every day no problem. i just have to remind myself that it is one step closer to my goals every time i do it.

alarm goes off, i roll outta bed, take care of the AM necessity while getting workout clothes on, bottle of water & get on elliptical. by the time i'm done with my workout, i'm fully awake. the payoff is your body's endorphins kick in early & it makes your WHOLE day great! good luck on your challenge :happy:

The only way is to just do it. You will get use it. If you're not a morning person, you might not be happy for the first week or so, but youl will get use to it. Good luck! Morning workouts are the best!

Love my morning workouts - feel off when I miss them!

I've been working out in the morning all of my adult life. I think it started off playing racquetball at 6 am because we never had to worry about reserving a court. I've always belonged to a gym/fitness facility that had a full locker room with showers so that I am able to wake up, work out, and go to work. My Gold’s Gym is my morning bathroom 6 days a week so their monthly fee seems cheap since I use everything in the facility.

Tips:

Organize everything the night before – Around 9 PM I am organizing workout gear, what I am to wear to work, and my breakfast & lunch I take to work also. Everything is put next to the garage door so I can grab and go. Some guys I know even put it all in their vehicle the night before. I don’t eat before I workout in the morning but I drink a lot of water during.

Go to sleep early - Your body will not like the lack of sleep and there has been proven studies that lack of sleep causes weight gain. As soon as I am done organizing I am in bed.

Here are my tips:
1) Set your alarm so it's very loud and in another room so you have to physically get out of bed to turn it off (otherwise, I turn it off in my sleep). I use the alarm on my cell phone, and keep it charging in the kitchen. Those first few groggy steps I'm convincing myself I'll go back to bed, but once I reach my alarm, turn it off, and turn on the lights, I've accepted the fact that I'm up and going to run/head to the gym.
2) Give yourself time. It took me about 2 months to get into the routine of waking up and exercising before work. Morning runs used to feel so difficult and tiring, but now it's the opposite. When I try to run after work or in the evening, I feel like I have no energy anymore. This is coming from the person who swore up and down that they couldn't exercise in the morning on an empty stomach. Give it a chance, it gets so much easier after the first month or so!
3) On days I'm really dragging getting myself out of bed (or out the door for a dark winter morning run in Wisconsin, brr!), I think about how great it will feel to come home after a long day of work and have all thisextra free time! Some days, I even promise myself a cat nap after work! And others, I work out in the evening, too, for a bonus workout.

Now it's become so ingrained that I even get up early on weekends. I love starting my morning off with a long run or weightlifting class at Gold's Gym, it gives me focus and energy for the rest of the day.

I am definitely not a morning person either and always tired. Lately I have gotten into the habit of really early workouts though and love it. I just get in a pre-workout snack and my pre-workout supplement/drink while playing some fast paced music. Works like a charm. ....I do crash an hour after my workout is over though which is a problem with classes..

I set an alarm to one of my favorite songs to assist me in the process. I was grouchy at first, but I'm use to it now. I think the earlier I do it, the better. When I come home from work, I'm busy cooking and usually don't have time to keep a scheduled afternoon workout. I kept making excuses. Now that I do it in the morning, I have NO EXCUSE! I just get up and workout. I just did it this morning.

I started waking up at 6am for a 7am spin class. It's not THAT early, but it's been a challenge for me.

The first week was really easy for some reason. Maybe because I was excited about a new class and a new schedule. The 2nd and 3rd weeks have been far more challenging. *sigh* I discovered that I need about an hour to wake up with some coffee in the morning, and then I'm good to go.

I feel energized if I fuel my body properly, and I'm dead on my feet if I don't. So if I fuel properly then I have energy throughout the day and then crash hard at bedtime.

I always find that it's easier to wake up and exercise if I'm organized for it the night before. This includes having my water bottle in the fridge for a quick grab, my workout clothes out, and my IPOD charged. I also mentally prepare for it by reminding myself how good I'll feel once it's complete. Set your clock 5 minutes earlier than you need to actually get out of bed so you can remind yourself in the morning of the benefits and allow yourself not to feel rushed... It's also great to be accountable to someone, whether it's on here or a work out partner that you're exercising with. Hope you find it gets easier!