Motivation for morning exercise...

Ha, I just posted the same question. I am trying to drag my butt out of bed at 5, and it is so difficult, but would help so much. I might even be able to get something else in the evening if I made a habit out of it. We should start a challenge for each other!

For me, I must do my work out first thing in the morning, cause my day goes so far off track that if I do not hit the gym first, I will never get there. What I found that works for me, is I gradually worked into it. I would get up and plan to do 30 minutes at the gym, so I got up 30 minutes earlier, as I adjusted and added more, I kept getting up earlier. I used to be a Night Owl, up until Midnight or 1 am, now I am in bed by 9 or 9:30 so I can get up on time. That is the other key, get to bed and give yourself a good 7 to 8 hours of sleep.

I get up at 5:30 and work out before I get ready for work. It's hard, but once you just MAKE yourself get up and it becomes routine, you'll get used to it and feel like crap if you don't get up. I have my stuff ready to go and give myself about 10-15 to "wake up" with a half-cup of coffee.

I'm going to try working out in the morning but that would mean I would have to wake up at 3 am! :frown:

I get up at 5:45, leaves me a few minutes to lay in bed and debate with myself. I always win the fight, haha! Get the work out done and over with. If you feel like doing something else later in the day, go for it. I usually do the 30 day shred in the morning, and when my boys take my truck for the evening, I will put the xbox on and do zumba for an hour. This has worked for me, that way the gyms or workouts aren't on the brain, and if you miss an evening, no guilt involved.

in the words of nike "just do it". stop complaining, stop making excuses. stop being lazy. i'm not trying to be harsh but sometimes some people just need a kick in the butt. be tough. you CAN do it.

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Same here...I am in the park every morning, no later than 6am....getting i tout the way is the best thing.....and you are able to judge your intake better.....Sometimes its hard letting that bed go that early, but I continuously tell myself.....you go to keep going, can't stop now....having the sun wake you up in the morning is great....

I put my workout clothes on 1st thing & don't take them off until I'm done. Then I put music on that I know will get me moving. I eat something with carbs (peanut butter toast & an orange or banana) & have a beverage (coffee & water). On days when I'm not motivated, I tell myself "It's yours for the taking. You might hate it, but do it. You're one step closer to being done" or I read this quote from Howard Truman: "Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive."

I get up at 530 to do my home workout. I usually hit the alarm (5min delay), and argue with myself about it. I try and keep in the back of my mind a picture of how awesome I'm going to look, but only if I workout. I also have a few motivational posters taped next to the mirror so I see them as I am waking up.
Even though I struggle to get up, still after doing this for a couple of months, I know that my morning is more organized and I feel better after the workout is over.

Get a neighbor to walk/jog with you at a certain time. I go at 6am. It makes you get up and you have no other choice because you don't want to disappoint yourself or your neighbor! I've been doing this for the last three weeks and it is WONDERFUL!!! Once you get the first few days into it, you'll keep going! Add MFP friends, thoughts of summer clothes (because you can't hide in them!) and swim suits = motto! Good Luck!

I am not a morning person and I want to start working out before work, too.But that means getting up at 5AM, which is SO not appealing. I always end up snoozing the alarm & then saying screw it. But I know it would make my days so much easier if I worked out in the morning instead of after work. It would leave me with so much more time to get things done after work and sometimes I'm so tired after work, working out is the last thing I want to do.
So I'm going to attempt it and see how it goes.

Feel free to add me and we can help keep each other accountable.

You have to determine your WHY!! And then whe you are lying in bed at 5am thinking of going back to sleep think of it and then get up! I actually used to have a hard time getting up early but now it's just part of my routine. I also know that there is no other time of the day that I can workout so if it doesn't get done first thing it won't get done and I have made that unacceptable for me!

Personally I love mornings and working out early, but after a long day I find later workouts less appealing. Maybe if you can find someone else who works out in the morning too and be workout buddies. You will have to drag your butt out of bed because someone will be waiting for you, and having the social aspect will make things more fun and energizing.

I love the recording the personal alarm idea. I wonder if my phone cando that?

Hi All,

Just wanted to pass along a "Thank You" for sharing so many great ideas and to jennierlynch for starting this thread. I've been trying to get up in the morning also to squeeze a workout in... since as you all say, the evenings can just be so crazy. Morning is the only ME time. It's been a struggle, but I'm up for the challange!.

I'm getting up at 4:30am to get everything in, so all these ideas are excellent! The one that i think will help most is wearing my workout clothes to bed, hahaha! That's a funny picture in my mind. I'll try the personal message also. I'm not very intimitating though so i may have to get someone else to make it for me.

Are all of you working out on an empty stomach then? I try to have an preworkout drink for the boost and then also an Aminomax during my workout.

I dont know how much support i will be since im in the early stages of being an official morning workout person, but feel free to add me as a friend, and just mention Early Morning Workout Crew

Edwin