Early morning work-outs (Page 2)

This would be me.  I usually start working out with a run or a swim at 8:30 or 9:00pm and go until 10 or 10:30.  I have tried to do early morning runs in the past but they just ruin my attitude for the whole day.  My body and mind don't wake up until an hour or so after I get out of bed. 

I leave for work at 6:30 am so I don't see the kids but for a few minutes in the morning anyway  and for a couple of hours after I get home.  Thus the late workouts.  By the time I get in and cool down, a shower and a shave become a relaxing ritual and I am asleep by 11 or 11:30 and then sleep till 5:45.  It works for me.

Once the alarm goes off, and if I stir, the dog claims her snuggle time (I'm single and that's all the action I get ). If I don't move, the dog won't. I think that I need to change my alarm clock to the annoying buzzer instead of the radio to get me moving.

I also need to stick to the same sleep pattern to get up in the morning, workout or not. Sleeping in is a pleasure that I allow myself once a week. 

Almost 10 HOURS (from 9:00-6:45)!!!  I know everyone is different, but even if you get up at 5am that is still 8 hours sleep with 1h45m to train.  I work 2p-10p and don't usually fall asleep until midnight and with 2 kids, it's 5am or nothing for me.  Most days it sucks fiercely, but my other option is not to do it at all.  How about joining a team challenge come April 1?  This month I am in a biking challenge and it's one thing to let myself down, but I will never let my team down..and this has been the singular reason I've gotten out of bed on some days.  (And I'm sure to tell them how much they suck...in a loving way) Good Luck.

p.s. Although not applicable to this question, try using the logs as it allows others to give you informed opinions/critique about your training.

Usually up by 4:30 here....  always been a morning person.  In the winter, that puts me in the pool a little after 5:00!  Oddly enough, I typically have the whole pool to myself!!??? 

 It works well for me and then when I have 2 a day workouts, lunch or after work for round 2 is easy... I am a 9:30 bedtime guy! 

up at 3:20-4 here. i have to work at 6:30. i have 2 kids, and i hate picking them up from school and taking them directly to day care at the gym. i try to keep it to once a week that they go to the gym with me, then on friday we come home, and they play in the basement while i ride the trainer.

i try to take a 20m nap on my lunch (yes in my car), which really helps. i pack up my lunch and breakfast for the next day while i'm making dinner, usually working in their lunches with that. i pack/iron my clothes AND clean the bathrooms while the kids are showering. i stretch after they go to bed by then it's 10.

the nights my hubby puts them to bed it's better, i can usually get to bed by 9:30! i do have designated "early to bed" nights--fridays and wednesdays. fridays it's like 8 or 8:30, wednesdays it's more like 9 or 9:30.

Interesting. I'd probably get out of bed, too, if I had to share it with a whole group. What size bed do you have? And how many are in your group?

~B

I feel the same as most of you, I'm just not a morning person, and to make matters worse, I have always been a night-owl.  A pretty effective solution for getting out of bed early in the AM has been using my cell phone as an alarm clock.  I use all three of it's alarms, each one getting louder and more annoying.  Also putting it across the room works pretty well to get me out of bed.  I'm also on-call for work 24/7 so if I make my alarm sound like my ringer, I have to get up and see if it's work calling or not.