re: Morning workout

Never got used to it and unless I was required to do morning workouts like when I ran track & CC, I never workout in the morning. My body works way better at night.....most of my best races were run at night.....maybe only 1 morning race did I ever run a great race.

i've been a morning guy for about 6 years now. i don't like it, and i set multiple alarms to try and get up before 5:30. i used to be a 4 AM kinda guy, but that ship has sailed.

i notice a significant drop in weight if i don't get good sleep or am too sluggish in the mornings, despite pre-workout.

for me, lunch isn't really an option and i'm not taking away family time for a 1.5 hour gym session in the night. i usually feel great right afterwards, but i'll never get used to getting up before 6.

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If not for having 3 young kids, I'd rather sleep in and workout in the afternoon.

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if not for kids, i'd probably run every morning and hit the gym after work for 1.5 -2 hours every single day.

as it is now, i get 1-1.5 hour workouts/runs in 4-5 times a week before 7 AM.

i do wake up at 5:30 on Saturdays to do a 2 hour trail run, but i'm usually back before anybody's awake most days.

family life. what are you going to do?

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I need to do that and just get up everyday early and get it done. How do y'all handle off days? Sleep in? Does that mess you up?

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I have been doing mornings for about 6 years now.

1. Alarms. Set them. Get up. Go. It sucks.

2. off days I sleep in, but that now constitutes 6:30 or 7.

3. Doesnt mess me up. I stil lhate waking at 5 for the gym.

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How do y'all handle off days? Sleep in? Does that mess you up?

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I "sleep in" (to 6 am ) on Tuesday and Thursday because I meet my wife after work to work out with her

it doesn't really mess me up, in fact, its just as hard to wake up at 6 am as it is to wake up at 4:45 am MWF to me

on the weekends I can't sleep past 7