Early morning work-outs
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2008-03-13 1:15 PM |
Expert 1288 Hatboro, PA | Subject: Early morning work-outs I am registered for a HIM this summer and need to start doing 2 work-outs per day. The problem is that my body resists every effort to wake up in the morning. I usually go to sleep around 9 pm, and wake up at 6:45 am for work. I have been trying to set my alarm for 5:30 am, but I just get up and change the alarm time to a later time. I just can't seem to find the willpower to get out of bed when it is dark outside. So, how do you do it? |
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2008-03-13 1:20 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs This may sound strange, but I set my alarm for 4:30am and then a second one to go off at 4:50 if I keep hitting snooze. By the time the 2nd one goes off, I'm so annoyed, I just wake up anyhow. That has helped me get used to 2x per week 5:00 am workouts for the past 6 months and makes the other 3x per week 6:00am swims seem like sleeping in! Just my experience. Kim |
2008-03-13 1:22 PM in reply to: #1270105 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I still can't do it, and I have tried (not very hard though). I have few obligations other than work, so I just get one in during lunch, and the second and longer one in after work. |
2008-03-13 1:22 PM in reply to: #1270105 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs You got double whammied by the time change ..... it won't take long before you are acclimated to getting up early. I usually don't get to bed until 10 or 11-ish and wake up at 5 on my longer run days. |
2008-03-13 1:24 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Pro 4277 Parker, CO | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs some people struggle with this more than others. I like getting my workout in before work...it just won't happen if I come home and try to get my running stuff on. I've been doing morning workouts for a number of years and it wasn't easy to get in a routine at first. I found if I made a commitment to meet someone early morning I made a point to show up. Over time it becomes easier and now I rarely meet up with anyone early mornings. |
2008-03-13 1:28 PM in reply to: #1270135 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs Thought about it a little more. Getting up early is not THAT hard for me. I just don't need to do it - so I don't try. However, whenever there is a need (like plans after work or something the prevents me) I set the alarm about 15 mintues before I need to get up, have everything all ready packed and in the car, coffee maker set on auto, then think about my Half Ironman and how I want to do well in it. That gets me up. |
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2008-03-13 1:36 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Extreme Veteran 305 Lewisville | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I was somewhat consistent last season training in the morning, but it's very tough. Especially having 3 kids and not getting to bed until 10:00. I'm usually not asleep until 11:00, and getting up at 4:30 just doesn't give me enough sleep. I can usually make it a few days like this, but around 2:00pm I'm pretty dead. So I'm trying to avoid morning training sessions this season by not training until 8:00pm. I'm up late, but at least I can get 6-7 hours of sleep if I'm asleep my midnight |
2008-03-13 1:37 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Elite 2673 Muskego, WI | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I consider myself a morning person to some degree, but I would still place this in the category of "how bad do you want it"? as well as "how bad do you NEED the AM workout to happen"? I have kids and a family. It's AM or nothing. I need to be at work early, therefore it's UBER-AM or nothing. I've got no choice, it's the way it is. It will become a routine after a while, but on some level you gotta want it. A wife helps too. Mine is a medium-light sleeper. If I've dampened her deep sleep with the alarm, she's cool. However, out of courtesy I then can't be farting around, snoozing, re-setting, or being a dink. The alarm goes off, I need to be getting up and outta there. And, get ye to bed early. |
2008-03-13 1:41 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Expert 939 Tulsa | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs You need a training partner that is going at the same time as you. I've been doing it for 6-8 months now and i still hate it every single time. Probably 2-3 times a month i really want to re-set the alarm and sleep in, but i know my training partner will be there. And i bring the workout so.... |
2008-03-13 1:46 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Regular 67 Troy, MI | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I've never considered myself a morning person at all. But once I started training for tris I found I had to do some workouts in the morning (2 kids under 3 and wife and I working = little extra time). I started getting up an hour earlier than usual (6 instead of 7). This may sound crazy but I just forced myself to do it and after a month it became routine and less and less painful. There are still mornings I would love to lay in bed but it seems to get easier with time. Once I'm out of the bed the workout actually gets me going and feeling good for the day. Plus I feel better starting the day with a workout under the belt, kind of like having a head start on the day. |
2008-03-13 1:48 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Master 1655 NJ | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs it's not too bad once you get used to it, especially if at say 8pm you think to yourself. "self, how happy am I now knowing that I don't have to go workout. I can just relax." for 2 a days, early am is my reality and boy am I happy when after the kiddies are in bed I can just veg out reading or watching tv. PLUS, think about all the extra calories you burn since your metabolism is up so high first thing in the day! |
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2008-03-13 1:51 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Master 2571 Tiger's Den | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you just have to do it. I am the same way. The only time I allow myself to sleep in is if I'm sick, or if I can rearrange my schedule later in the day to accomodate the workout. Sometimes this means doing a run and a swim on a Friday night. That's how bad I hate to get up. But it comes down to just forcing yourself to do it. Some tricks like those mentioned above may do it, but it all boils down to how bad do you want to make it happen? |
2008-03-13 1:54 PM in reply to: #1270214 |
Master 1402 Cumming, Georgia | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I always say that I'm going to start waking up early and working out but I agree with some of the others, how bad do you want it? I've been working from home the last 6 months and I just can't get up before 7 AM anymore. Mostly because I simply don't have to. I have the good fortune of being able to pretty much workout when I want which ends up being around 10:30 AM or so. My body really likes the 8 hours of sleep I have routinely got the past 6 months and I am going to enjoy it for as long as I can. For what its worth, set two alarms and just get up. After a week or two it should get easier. |
2008-03-13 1:56 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Veteran 928 Columbus, Ohio | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs Having a morning paper route for 9 years as a youngster sure does help. Heck, I can't even sleep in on the weekends. |
2008-03-13 1:59 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Master 1303 Mishicot, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs Ditto to everyone that has written before. I am a college students and most college students are night owls...everyone goes out at night...except me. I am in bed by 11 if not earlier every night so I can get up and make it to the gym before I have to go to class and then either do my second workout middle of the day or after my afternoon classes. I hate going to bed early and watching everyone else go out...but I also know that I LOVE triathlons more than I love going out. It is a choice you have to make. Good luck! |
2008-03-13 2:05 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Champion 10154 Alabama | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs Drink a bunch of water before you go to bed. Then when your alarm clock goes off at o'dark:thirty, you will wake up and have to pee really bad and will have to get out of bed to go to the bathroom!
~Mike |
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2008-03-13 2:05 PM in reply to: #1270254 |
Extreme Veteran 450 Upstate, SC | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs A trick I learned in college - Place your alarm on the top of your entertainment center across the room. This forces you to at least get up and walk across the room to hit snooze. By that time, you just go ahead and get up. |
2008-03-13 2:27 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Expert 1288 Hatboro, PA | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I know I need to just suck it up and get out of bed. And I love to workout and do feel better after I get started. I just love my bed so much. I am thinking about starting early morning work-outs on Fridays and then working back a day as I adjust. If I start on a Monday, I am afraid that I will end up tired all week. I know I'm making excuses. I just need to get out of bed. |
2008-03-13 2:30 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Master 1678 Olney, MD | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I just think about how much I "want it." I want to make it to the finish line knowing I did everything in my power to do the best I could. Skipping workouts, or sleeping through them, isn't going to help me do that (the little voice in my head just asked me why I haven't been to the pool yet this week.. haha.) For early morning stuff, the night before, I set out the stuff that I'm going to wear and when the alarm goes off, I just get up and go. If you're going to bed at 9 PM and getting up at 5:30 AM that's plenty of sleep Also, maybe try and arrange your schedule so that you can do the workout you look forward to the most in the morning. For me, I like to run, so it's no problem getting up and heading out for that. However, getting up to swim is not my thing. I tried going to the pool in the morning, but realized I wasn't getting it done and switched all swims to after work. Edited by vball03umd 2008-03-13 2:31 PM |
2008-03-13 2:30 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Expert 913 St. Louis | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs WOW! Didn't everybody realize that the OP is getting more than 9 hours of sleep per night. that's absurd! Unless I had an incredibly demanding day job that just completely wiped me out, I can't imagine ever forcing my body to get that much sleep more than once per week. I just don't need it. Really, 8 hours of sleep is plenty. You simply have to either WANT or NEED to get up. I, too, used to have a paper route, so for 2 years, I had to get up at 4am every day. These days, I'm married with a child, so in order for me to train for Ironman (something I WANT to do), I WANT to get up to get my training done so that I reach my goals. *teasing here* I wonder if your next thread will be telling us you do all your long runs at a 5:45 pace and would like some help slowing down. ~B |
2008-03-13 2:40 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Extreme Veteran 594 Austin, TX | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs http://www.hiptechblog.com/2006/03/13/top-10-coolest-alarm-clocks/ Try that jigsaw clock. It sort of "forces" your mind to wake up along with your body. Although knowing me, I'd just throw it out the window and roll back over. |
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2008-03-13 2:45 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Extreme Veteran 877 Pa | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs Here I am wondering how some of you work out in the evening. I can't bring myself to do that. I've always been a morning person, so it is no problem for me to get up at 4am everyday. I do go to bed no later than 10, though, and I'm usually asleep by 9 most nights. One of my workout buddies is NOT a morning person and it took her a while to become one...Having someone to meet her seemed to help her a lot. All of the suggestions seem to be good ones to help out, but I think you have to just do it. Get up, suck it up, and it will eventually become easier, I would think. I love getting my workouts in the morning. It leaves the rest of the day to do whatever or get the second workout in |
2008-03-13 2:49 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Champion 5575 Butler | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I definately prefer to not wake up early but do because of family commitments and the fact that the tri team I swim with has 2 workouts a week and that is the only pool I have access to right now. I either get up at 4:30am or I don't swim one day. |
2008-03-13 3:07 PM in reply to: #1270092 |
Master 1249 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs See my post from earlier today(How's your quality of life?). Most of it is based on not having a lot of non-tri and non-work time. I'm going to try HARD to do 2 AM's a week, but it's definitely a challenge for me too! Adding some morning workouts will hopefully give more time at night to relax or take care of other 'stuff'. I know I just need to suck it up and hopefully adjust before long. I have tried the water before bed trick..it works pretty well too. GOOD LUCK! |
2008-03-13 3:09 PM in reply to: #1270236 |
Extreme Veteran 494 | Subject: RE: Early morning work-outs I'm in the same boat as far as getting up early goes, I hate it. I have gotten better lately. 5am is becoming more regular, and 6am is sleeping in. When april comes, full on IM training begins, so I'm going to have to keep reminding myself that i want to do good and need to get up. |
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