Workouts per week
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nckfitheart2009
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workout frequency
Wearing workout clothes in bed hmmm
I understand the purpose, as soon as I wake up the first thought i would have is GET ON WITH IT!
I found it difficult to eat at 5:00... it is easier for me to make a quick shake. My time of working out early in the morning on a fast basis are long gone! lifting weight I know I need fuel! Working out early is the best way of happily and efficiently managing time! This has helped consistently committed to my fitness lifestyle.
Buneknek, I am 100% with you about sleeping hard. I need to go back to this good habit! Well done! Nice arms BTW
Thanks for sharing
Wearing workout clothes in bed hmmm
I understand the purpose, as soon as I wake up the first thought i would have is GET ON WITH IT!
I found it difficult to eat at 5:00... it is easier for me to make a quick shake. My time of working out early in the morning on a fast basis are long gone! lifting weight I know I need fuel! Working out early is the best way of happily and efficiently managing time! This has helped consistently committed to my fitness lifestyle.
Buneknek, I am 100% with you about sleeping hard. I need to go back to this good habit! Well done! Nice arms BTW
Thanks for sharing
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nckfitheart2009
Cathlete
workout frequency
I agree with Jengolf on this...With all good intention for our health and commitment, we still need to keep a healthy balance. Spending time with loved ones is all part of time management! 2:30 I am still in the "sleeping hard" process lol.
Waking up at 4:30- 5:00 am is still do-able considering any other commitment. At the moment I am fine as I have no children nor partner interference, not that I would mind having to adjust.
I agree with Jengolf on this...With all good intention for our health and commitment, we still need to keep a healthy balance. Spending time with loved ones is all part of time management! 2:30 I am still in the "sleeping hard" process lol.
Waking up at 4:30- 5:00 am is still do-able considering any other commitment. At the moment I am fine as I have no children nor partner interference, not that I would mind having to adjust.
jengollf
Cathlete
I am in bed between 9:30pm and 10pm Sunday through Thursday night. My husband does not like it either--he stays up until midnight every night. But I have been doing this since before I met him, and there is no way I will stop. I have been doing it for more than 10 years. Every single day--except when we go on vacation. For me it is an intrinsic habit. I think that is the key. Make it a habit so ingrained that everything feels very, very wrong if you miss your workout. So I never miss my workout.
I will even add, that several years ago I was in a very bad accident and had a long recovery. I still got up at 4:30am (when I was able to walk again, that is) and worked out every morning (very modified workouts, btw, till I regained my strength). It just felt so very wrong not to.
RapidBreath
Cathlete
I workout 4 to 5 days a week if I haven't hurt myself.
Alisha
Alisha
complik8td
Cathlete
Precisely!
I've alway's been an early riser, no alarm needed! Before I had kids I just to workout between 4:30 and 5am, and still after the first one and the 2nd one came I still manage to get up at 4:30-5, but once the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th it became more dificult to get a workout in, so when I use to nurse my babies and the babies would go back to sleep, I would just stay up and workout. If I'm lucky I will try to get to bed no later than 9pm, but with 6 children that aint possible. With me no matter how late I go to sleep even if it's pass 11:30 I still get up aotomacally, no alarm needed!! I love waking up early, but I also realize that I should really try and get some more sleep. If I'm busy I don't get tired, but once my day is over and I sit down to watch tv it's very likely that I will nod off here and there.
JeanneMarie
Cathlete
I work out every day of the week. I do a DVD workout of some sort (strength, circuit, abs, AWT, etc.) every day along with a 3 mile run. Depending on the time of year, I either do both first thing in the morning because it's too hot to run late in the day, or do the DVD first thing and run later.
Those of you who work out during the night time (2am and 4am are night time to me!), just be sure you are getting enough sleep. I know people differ on the amounts they need, but for me I need at least 7-8 hours. Lack of sleep affects your health and your weight. On average, I get about 9 hours a night. It has served me well as I've gotten older.
As for rest days, I do take them, but not planned ones. I prefer to wait until something comes along in my schedule that requires that I miss a day. I take a long weekend or at least a couple of days off every 6 to 8 weeks.
Those of you who work out during the night time (2am and 4am are night time to me!), just be sure you are getting enough sleep. I know people differ on the amounts they need, but for me I need at least 7-8 hours. Lack of sleep affects your health and your weight. On average, I get about 9 hours a night. It has served me well as I've gotten older.
As for rest days, I do take them, but not planned ones. I prefer to wait until something comes along in my schedule that requires that I miss a day. I take a long weekend or at least a couple of days off every 6 to 8 weeks.
labnick
Cathlete
I work out 6 days a week. I get up at 4:50AM and I am working out by 5:00AM. 8:00am on weekends. I usually work out for about an hour. Then in the evenings I take my 110 lb yellow lab for a 2.5 mile walk wearing Cathe's weighted vest. Love walking with this vest. Really adds intensity to our walks!