What time of day do you exercise? Why?

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  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    First thing while fasted.

    Insulin and stuff.
  • ashreynolds09
    ashreynolds09 Posts: 257 Member
    Morning, because the heat started to get too much for the evenings. I am actually really enjoying my morning workouts (run 2-3 times a week and lift opposite days) so I don't know if I'll go back to evenings once it cools down.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    I walk 2 miles every day first thing in the early morning, to knock it out of the way.
    I walk 5 miles every day in the evening, to burn off my dinner.
    On days I go to the gym and lift weights, I'll walk 1 mile before lifting, to loosen things up. This can be mid-morning or early afternoon depending on when I go.
  • lulu3561
    lulu3561 Posts: 85 Member
    During the week when I am working I get to the gym at 8:30 p.m. - If I have a day off I hit the gym around 5am - later at night works for me because there are less people in the gym.
  • carebear7951
    carebear7951 Posts: 404 Member
    First thing. Otherwise I won't do it. :) Also, I read one time a long time ago that if you workout first thing (before eating) you're burning fat that's already there and if you workout after eating you're burning calories consumed. IDK if it's true or not (it was a reputable source) but it just keeps me more motivated to do it first thing.
    Also, I"ve noticed that if I try to do it later I don't have the energy.
    I"m a homeschooling mom of 4 though so when school starts up again....I'm going to have to start getting up a LOT earlier so I don't take up my kids' school time. :/
  • sweetpea7441
    sweetpea7441 Posts: 149 Member
    First thing in the morning, else I will never get round to it. Plus I like to exercise on an empty stomach. I've tried waiting even 2 hours after eating and it still makes me ill.
  • 75Juniper
    75Juniper Posts: 376
    I get up at 4:30am during the week and 6:30am on weekends to exercise. I used to work out in the evenings but I wasn't consistent because there was too much other stuff to do. Plus if I exercise too close to bed I'm wired. I'll also take walks throughout the day as I'm able to get away from my desk.
  • bluebug53
    bluebug53 Posts: 86 Member
    First thing in the morning, well after coffee of course : ). During the summer I am on my bike by 6 or 6:30a, and in the winter I am working out at the gym or home! I just find that if I work out first thing, then I have more energy through out the day, and since my job is pretty physical, I usually won't feel like doing a workout after work.
  • corrinnebrown
    corrinnebrown Posts: 345 Member
    Literally right before bed...I am exhausted from the workout and I sleep so much better...we tried mornings, just hard to get my butt out of bed.
  • RunnerBlonde808
    RunnerBlonde808 Posts: 257 Member
    Depends on what works best for my kids schedule ( i have 4). When school is in session I'm usually running in the evening right after work. During the summer, I get up at 4:30 am for my workout and I absolutely love it. That will be changing soon though as school is going to be back in session. I do feel wonderful when I can get the morning workout in.
  • cwojo
    cwojo Posts: 156 Member
    4:00 a.m. during the week. Love to get out on my bike before all the traffic is out on the road.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I'm amazed at how some of you workout after dinner at night. Never in my life have I ever imagined even trying that. I'm so zonked from the day. I can barely stand up to go wash the dishes from dinner. Lol. Impressive. Maybe I'll try it one of these days just to say I tried. After 7pm, theres just no way. But, I'm going to try it. I actually like the idea of doing that. It solves some time management problems I have if I could do that. 9pm workouts. Lol. Cracks me up.

    Oh, and typically, I workout right after work, around 6:30pm.

    I've done early morning workouts @ 5am. I like it, except that I find I don't quite have the same energy. My workouts are lame and wimpy and I don't really give it my all like I do in the afternoons. I write down my progress during each workout, and when I'm doing mornings, it's way way below my afternoon accomplishments. So, I just stopped doing it in the morning. I feel like it was just a way to get exercise out of the way, but I wasn't really into it at 5am. That's not the way to do it for me. I want to put everything I have into it.
  • helenlp83
    helenlp83 Posts: 67
    About 7pm when my baby has gone to bed. It's the only time I get to do it. She's up at 5.30am and I can't get anything done while she's crawling around the room. I don't get home from work until just after 6pm so no other opportunity v
  • peacheznlace
    peacheznlace Posts: 23 Member
    Most of the time I do cardio at lunch time and then weights when I get home. If I'm having a hectic day at work then I'll do both weights (first) and cardio after work.
  • amanda8o
    amanda8o Posts: 352 Member
    I usually do mine first thing in the morning,I have more energy the rest of the day and really makes my mood that much better cause I feel blahh if I don't get some sort of workout in anymore,plus it's cooler right now and it's the only quiet time till kids go back to school.
  • emrose75
    emrose75 Posts: 1 Member
    I try to wake up at 5:00 AM to walk/run on the treadmill. I find that exercising in the morning boosts my metabolism for the day, makes me feel accomplished and also influences me to opt for better food choices during the day.
  • Moriarty_697
    Moriarty_697 Posts: 226 Member
    It really depends on the day and the work schedule. . . And my level of discipline. Because, some mornings, I wake up raring to go and get my run done with. . . After I check facebook. . . And the news. . . And then it's time for breakfast. . . And the last chapter of a great novel. . . By the time I get out the door I quickly remember why I hate running in the midday heat.

    Yup, need to work on the discipline.

    On the plus side, I do commute by bike so the love of money keeps me from procratinating too much in that regard.
  • higgins09cait
    higgins09cait Posts: 16
    I get up every morning at 5am and either run or walk, depending on what my training schedule says (I'm training for the Warrior Dash and the tough Mudder). When I get home from work, ususally between 5-6pm, I eat my dinner or my pre-workout meal. Then I head for the gym to hit the weights so roughly 7pm. After weights, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays, I head to the track right by my house to get some HIIT in, usually sprints.
  • brasskim
    brasskim Posts: 39
    Morning otherwise I'll never do it.
  • Adsnwfld
    Adsnwfld Posts: 262 Member
    First thing in the morning, most of the time around 5 AM
  • sheila569
    sheila569 Posts: 269 Member
    Go to the gym at 4am M-F... 7am S & S. Rarely go at night, but when I do its in addition to the morning. I'm a morning person so have no problem getting up at 3:30.. but by 9:30 I'm in bed like a senior lol
  • thetrishwarp
    thetrishwarp Posts: 838 Member
    Evening, because otherwise I'd have to get up at 4:30 AM to get a sufficient workout + shower + everything for work...I work at 7:30 AM + a half hour commute :| If I exercise in the evening, I shower afterwards, then in the morning I can just get up and go :)

    But...this routine will change in 5 weeks when I'm back at school. I won't start class until 12:30 M/W and have Fridays off, so MWF I will be hitting the gym first thing in the morning :)
  • rychma
    rychma Posts: 47 Member
    I get up at 4:30 in the morning, mess around for a little bit (trying to wake up mostly) and I am running outside or on the treadmill by 5:00 am. I do it at that time because it is the only "free" time I have. I like to spend the evenings with my kids, not work a long day, drag myself home, into workout clothes and outside. Also, my bf works 2nd shift so he is not available at night. I used to run at night, but found that I had a really hard time getting to sleep!
  • ❤B☩❤
    ❤B☩❤ Posts: 634
    In the mornings. Because if I don't do it as soon as I get out of bed, I'll never get it done!

    Same here. I also know at the very beginning of the day how many calories I have to work with for the day.
  • iLose2Gain
    iLose2Gain Posts: 138 Member
    In the mornings. Because if I don't do it as soon as I get out of bed, I'll never get it done!

    ^^^This!! After work will never happen on my on will!!!
  • Fatal1ty2k5
    Fatal1ty2k5 Posts: 333 Member
    MWF in the gym and starting 1st set @ 6am.

    I do it in the morning because the last thing I want to do when I am done at work is be productive haha. Also I think I am pretty much conditioned mentally to do my workouts early in the morning after doing a 5 year stint in the Army.
  • da1128
    da1128 Posts: 212 Member
    Early morning, shortly after I get up. I run 10 miles on the treadmill and it makes me feel great for the rest of the day. If I miss a day, I feel out of sorts. My main goal is to keep my lab numbers in check; cholesterol, triglycerides, etc, although I still have to take Lipitor.
  • tonicandgin
    tonicandgin Posts: 175
    As soon as I get up in the morning at 4:30am, If I didn't do it then it wouldn't get done, I'm too busy and tired at night to do it then
  • 20shan08
    20shan08 Posts: 219 Member
    I do 30 Day Shred around 4:30am, before I get ready for work. And then I use my elliptical after I put my daughter to bed at night. Being a single mom and working full time, I cant really go to the gym and stuff. And when I work out while my daughter is awake, she talks my ear off lol. So that's been working for me
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    since i need something to do during lunch this is when i go to the gym. weekend workout is done during the morning

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