Morning Workout People

[Anonymous]

My morning workout was borne from insomnia. I pretty much can't sleep past 4:30/5am. I've always been an "early bird", but this is ridiculous. If you are a night owl and want to work out in the early morning, you have to go to bed earlier. Not only that, you have to start winding your body down earlier, too. I eat dinner at 5 and I'm aslpeep by 9pm.

[Anonymous]

I need 30-40 minutes before I wakeup.

So I wakeup, check emails/texts, make coffee, feed the cats, make the bed.

I poop within 5 minutes of waking up. Often have a 2nd poop 20-30 minutes later. That's when I know it's time to workout.

No breakfast - I can't workout with food in my stomach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do OTF at 5am. My alarm goes off at 4:30. I'm out the door by 4:45. I don't have time to think in the morning. Get out of bed, brush teeth, put on clothes, and in the car. As far as being awake, I'm just doing what I'm told until about 5:45--that's when I'm fully awake and by then class is just about over. I do what I'm told, don't think, and by the time I realize what's going on, I've done my workout for the day.

This. It's not about motivation. Motivation will ebb and flow. It's about routine. When working out in the morning becomes routine, you do it regardless of whether you feel "motivated" or not. Also, focus on how good you will feel afterwards, not how you feel when your alarm goes off.

[Anonymous]

When I worked in the office, I would wake up at 4:30 (on my own), brush teeth, bathroom, drink some water, and out the door. I'd be in my office gym by 5:30am. Workout until 6:30 or so. Shower. At my desk by 7:15 and leave at 3pm. I did this because (1) I was awake anyway (2) beat HOV on 66 and (3) had kids that needed help after school. I did this every day for years. Since Covid, I work from home. I created a home gym and I now wake up at the same time but work and then do my work out around 9:30am after wife and kids are off for the day. I don't workout super early to avoid making noise. I'm with the otehrs that say it's all about routine and it's easier to work out outside of the house super early I think. Get up go and you have no other choice but to workout. Now that I work out from home...I'm much more inconsistent unfortunately....but still staying in shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I workout in the morning after kids are dropped off at school. I don’t have the energy to workout at the end of the day, unless it’s a dance class.

Kids come with me to gym on weekends and days they have off.

I think OP has a job to go to after school drop off.

I mean school drop off is so late, that’s barely morning.

[Anonymous]

Why is no one mentioning when they go to bed? That’s a huge part of it. Many of these 5am wake ups are heading to bed at 9pm; meanwhile some of us are just having dinner at 9pm!

[Anonymous]

I go to bed around 10 and my alarm goes off at 5:30. I get up, immediately use the bathroom and get dressed to work out (I leave my workout clothes in the bathroom). I don’t eat or drink before my weekday workouts (weekend mornings are a bit lazier). I do feed the dogs before I workout, otherwise they stare at me the whole time like they’re starving lol.

I actually just finished my workout, walking the dogs, shower, and breakfast and now I’m headed to work (my office is only 12 minutes from my house).

[Anonymous]

I sleep in my workout clothes and get up seven minutes before I have to be out the door, which is usually 5:30. Water bottle and keys are ready on the kitchen table. The most important step for me it to get one foot out of bed and on the floor. Once I do that, I just move and get it done. So I focus on getting a foot on the ground and don’t think about what’s next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have another question for morning workout people! When do you poop??

That’s why you get up 20 min early for a cup of coffee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is no one mentioning when they go to bed? That’s a huge part of it. Many of these 5am wake ups are heading to bed at 9pm; meanwhile some of us are just having dinner at 9pm!

Lights out by 10 pm at the latest. Ideally 9:30. I’m up at 5:15 every day. Kid has 6am football so I have to be up anyway. Might as well workout.

[Anonymous]

Don’t ever hit the snooze button. Just get up the first time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do OTF at 5am. My alarm goes off at 4:30. I'm out the door by 4:45. I don't have time to think in the morning. Get out of bed, brush teeth, put on clothes, and in the car. As far as being awake, I'm just doing what I'm told until about 5:45--that's when I'm fully awake and by then class is just about over. I do what I'm told, don't think, and by the time I realize what's going on, I've done my workout for the day.

I’m exactly the same. I’m up at 5, brush teeth and out the door by 5:10 (no coffee or food first), at the gym by 5:20. The trick is to work out before you wake up enough to realize you don’t want to be doing that. I do group classes for the same reason - I don’t want to have to think, I just want to mindlessly follow.

[Anonymous]

I'm in kind of a luxurious spot right now: Kids are in high school and I work from home.

I get up around when they do (6:30), and I eat something light -- half a banana, a graham cracker, etc. -- and have a cup of coffee. They leave around 7:15, and I either head out for a run or drive to the gym.

I start my job around 8:30 or 9 if no early meetings.

As I age, I need that time of puttering around the house to loosen up my muscles. When they were little, and I HAD to work out before they got up, it was easier because I was young enough to bounce out of bed and start running.

Bathroom -- IDEALLY it happens before I start, but I've never been able to fully control that.

[Anonymous]

I run in the early AM if it's really hot. I get myself excited the night before. I look up on my app what run I have planned. I have found that it takes much longer to wake up and get ready if I'm not excited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is no one mentioning when they go to bed? That’s a huge part of it. Many of these 5am wake ups are heading to bed at 9pm; meanwhile some of us are just having dinner at 9pm!

Lights out by 10 pm at the latest. Ideally 9:30. I’m up at 5:15 every day. Kid has 6am football so I have to be up anyway. Might as well workout.

Eh,, the sun wakes me up early so I just take a 30 minute nap if I'm really tired in the afternoon.