I’m a big coffee drinker (it’s usually the first thing I reach for) but I can exercise before having coffee. It’s really nice to work out, come back, then shower and look forward to that first sip. Heavenly actually.

Once I’m moving In not feeling a desperate need for coffee or particularly groggy. It’s just those first 10 minutes of motivating to get out of bed and moving that are hard. If I can push through that, the rest is fine. Typically I can only make myself push through if I’ve committed to someone/something (Reserved a pool spot, made plans to meet up with friends, etc). So that’s been key for me.

Been there, done that, but now I get in my ninety minutes of daily exercise at four or thereabouts onwards in the late afternoon. I eat less, sleep more soundly and get more of my quality work done before my mind is polluted.

What everyone else has said. It needs to become part of your routine and your lifestyle. Have been doing this forever and I feel sluggish if I don’t get the workout in first thing in the morning. The good thing about going early is that by the time I really wake up, I am halfway through the workout.

Anonymous wrote:NP. People say immediately, but like do you brush your teeth? Put contacts in? The whole roll out of bed and go thing never quite seems as easy as when people say it.

I get out of bed, pee, brush my teeth, put on my walking clothes, and go. My exercise is just brisk walking, so maybe not quite as legit as others. But, it’s what I do.
When I return home I drink water and read the paper while I dry out a bit— stop sweating, then shower and start work.

Anonymous wrote:NP. People say immediately, but like do you brush your teeth? Put contacts in? The whole roll out of bed and go thing never quite seems as easy as when people say it.

I'm the PP who drinks coffee after working out. I also brush my teeth afterward (we have a home gym, so I don't leave the house; if I were leaving the house, I'd brush my teeth first). I don't wear contacts.

Yeah, you just force yourself through it. I started doing it early Covid. It still isn’t quite natural or easy— I would much prefer to ease into the day for a bit and then exercise, but I know if it doesn’t happen first thing, it won’t happen. So I push, and far more often than not my body follows. And it is great when it’s done to know one positive thing has happened each day. Helps make it through the crap.

NP. People say immediately, but like do you brush your teeth? Put contacts in? The whole roll out of bed and go thing never quite seems as easy as when people say it.

I drink my coffee after I finish working out.

So if I do this for running, apprx how many days do you think this will take to get used to? I run 4 days a week, coming back from a serious injury so my mileage is still on the lower side - 3-5 miles each run.

I set up the coffee maker the night before. So I just have to hit the button in the morning. Drink it as I’m getting ready.

Then I buy bottled cold brew coffee so I can have something cold when I’m finished.

On weekdays I get out of bed and run immediately, before the workday. You can’t think too much about it. Just do it. And it helps if you have a partner to meet for accountability. On weekends I’ll run after drinking coffee, but before eating anything.

DH does this. He joined a class so he feels obligated to go. He wakes up and has some preworkout drink and then comes home and makes his coffee and breakfast.

I drink a cup of coffee, use the bathroom, then go for a run. I need to do all three of those things to feel awake.

Basically you just decide and then do it. I prepare coffee the night before so I can take a cup with me to the gym and I often sleep in my gym clothes.

How did you start doing this? Especially if you are a coffee drinker?