What Time Of Day Do You Like To Start Your Workout?
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What time do I "like" to start my workout or what time "do" I start my workout?!?
I always find this interesting for me - I workout so much better if I can do workouts around noon (I have the energy, desire, lucidness, etc.) That is the timeframe I exercised all through school since my schedule allowed it. (Although thinking back, I don't think I actually woke up until 11:59am - haha)
My second preference is in the evening, around 5-6pm. I find I still have energy, a little less desire, lucidness, and I sleep much better). However, I can only do that if I am the only one at home - otherwise I get intruders bugging me or ringing the bell, or phone calls, or chores, or errands, or dinner, etc. I find that although I really want to exercise at the end of the day, there are just too many instances where I don't get to it. I also found that when I had a bad or frustrating day, I was more likely to blow off my workout. And the bad/frustrating days kept happening more and more.
My last preference, is in the morning. However, this is when I exercise. I start between 5am-6am. It is like clockwork for me now and isn't a big deal. The house, phone and doorbell are quiet and I am usually done, sauna'd, showered and fed before any of those distractions start. I also feel accomplished to have finished all of that while others still haven't gotten their day started.
I think when I retire, I am going to shift my workouts back to midday. In the meantime, I workout early and have just lately been incorporating a mini workout before bed since it seems to help me sleep better (10 min yoga, 100 rep challenge, PiYo, stretch, rebound, etc.)
I always find this interesting for me - I workout so much better if I can do workouts around noon (I have the energy, desire, lucidness, etc.) That is the timeframe I exercised all through school since my schedule allowed it. (Although thinking back, I don't think I actually woke up until 11:59am - haha)
My second preference is in the evening, around 5-6pm. I find I still have energy, a little less desire, lucidness, and I sleep much better). However, I can only do that if I am the only one at home - otherwise I get intruders bugging me or ringing the bell, or phone calls, or chores, or errands, or dinner, etc. I find that although I really want to exercise at the end of the day, there are just too many instances where I don't get to it. I also found that when I had a bad or frustrating day, I was more likely to blow off my workout. And the bad/frustrating days kept happening more and more.
My last preference, is in the morning. However, this is when I exercise. I start between 5am-6am. It is like clockwork for me now and isn't a big deal. The house, phone and doorbell are quiet and I am usually done, sauna'd, showered and fed before any of those distractions start. I also feel accomplished to have finished all of that while others still haven't gotten their day started.
I think when I retire, I am going to shift my workouts back to midday. In the meantime, I workout early and have just lately been incorporating a mini workout before bed since it seems to help me sleep better (10 min yoga, 100 rep challenge, PiYo, stretch, rebound, etc.)
I agree with Gobias that I always have more in the tank if I can workout around noon or after. After fasting for 8 hours the last thing my body wants to do is hiit it hard..HOWEVER with life in the way I make time to do it during the week at 6am[emoji30] I manage a great w/o after a cup of caffeine and a banana!! Weekends I always look forward to a pm w/o though!!
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desertambrosia
Cathlete
Glad to see I'm a lot of other early risers like me.
4:30 am weekdays. I have things to do after work. Between 9 and 10 am weekends. Time to sleep in.
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Hannah Faulkner
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Early morning is works best for me 5:30 am on weekdays and between 8-9 am for weekends
JeanneMarie
Cathlete
Very interesting to read what works for everyone.
I work out twice a day, 9am and 5:45pm. I am doing bootcamp at a local gym, so those are the times they hold class. There is also a 6am class that I attend if for some reason I am unable to go to 9am. I find that at 6am it's harder to get my heart rate up. It's like my body is still in sleep mode. I get a lot more out of the 9am class. I don't find much difference between the 5:45pm and 9am.
I work out twice a day, 9am and 5:45pm. I am doing bootcamp at a local gym, so those are the times they hold class. There is also a 6am class that I attend if for some reason I am unable to go to 9am. I find that at 6am it's harder to get my heart rate up. It's like my body is still in sleep mode. I get a lot more out of the 9am class. I don't find much difference between the 5:45pm and 9am.
RapidBreath
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I prefer to workout in the afternoon, but I don't digest my food very well anymore, so I must workout first thing in the morning so that I don't puke.
my food very well anymore, so I must workout first thing in the morning so that I don't puke.
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On the weekdays, I start my exercise between 7:15 and 7:30 (after my husband leaves to take the boys to school). I work from home, so this allows me to get to work between 8:30 and 8:45. On the weekends, I try to get my workouts in early morning, before the family gets up, so aim for about a 6:30 a.m. start.
mince
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I wish I had a regular exercise time, but things get in the way of that. Since I'm an insomniac and my husband works nights, I do some very late night workouts, figuring I'm going to be too tired the next day. My ideal workout times are morning cardio and afternoon resistance workouts, but that doesn't happen all that much.
