Early EARLY morning exercise

I’m mostly in bed by 9 watch tv or read till ten then to sleep. Used to be a night owl but I’m older now and prefer to be home in bed, mind you I’m fitter now than I ever was in my younger days!

Was awake early due to clock change and was in the gym for 6.30 - spin done and then drive home and 30 minute walk to work

Same again tomorrow 😅

I'm in bed reading this. Step 1, get used to waking up. Step 2. Do it. Step 3. Bloody do it.

Step 1 today. Tomorrow I'm going to crush it!!!

Trying to get it right, when the time comes for you give it a go. It’s great to be out and about so early on. You will enjoy!

Are you up and at em OP? Enjoy!

Would love to do early morning exercise but v small DC still wake in the small hours. Once they're reliably sleeping later I'll be setting the alarm for 6am.

Well I’m just back from my run, wonderful frosty starry morning and I’m enjoying the coffee that I have been thinking about for the last 20 minutes. I find doing this makes me feel good and I don’t feel tired after doing it. I won’t say it’s exhilarating but for me it jump starts the day. I would much rather do this first thing than be thinking about doing it all day and making plenty of excuses to my self for not doing it!

I have done the odd early morning run in the past, but don't you guys find that you are really knackered for the rest of the day? I feel that I need to rest after exercise, which of course one can't do if one has to head off for a day's work!

Lights off by 10 for me
Asleep 1 minute later!

You’re all brilliant and I needed this today. I’m not exercising at all the moment and I feel awful, I’ve just rejoined the gym - 24hr and

Personal trainer or gym class at 6.30am - done it for years now so it’s (almost) routine.

I have been contemplating this too. May I ask what time you honestly need to be in bed to manage? I am such a night owl, and I have to get up at six already to do DD's food for school (she has v restricted diet due to illnesses, leaves for school at 7).
But I know I can't fit in exercise elsewhere in the day, and i used to he so fit!

Yep, every day I’m up at 5.45, out and on the Train by 6.15 (I need coffee first). Get to the gym at 7, swim for 1000 metres then change and in the office by 8.30 (gym is 5 min walk from office).

I put my costume on at home, with my work clothes over the top. Towel etc are provided by gym and I have a permanently packed wash bag with all my stuff.

I decide what I’m wear & pack appropriate underwear every night when I get in from work.

I LOVE getting it done first thing.

I’m best running on empty as it were, but I do enjoy that coffee when I get back!

Oh I have my lovely coffee before I run

Then another lovely decaf when I get back

I am thinking of the lovely coffee when I’m halfway round. I get to the gate where I turn round to head for home and I swear I can almost smell it.
It’s funny but I really do miss the running when I don’t do it. I go early as I don’t really want to see anybody as I still don’t have a very good self image of my self.
Hope you have had a go today licoricewheel. Let us know how you got on!

@LiquoriceWheel how did you get on?

What I find helps is having the prospect of a lovely coffee before I head out

So alarm at 5.50
I wake
I think of lovely coffee and get myself out of bed.
Half hour later I’m pounding the empty streets. Bliss.

The great thing about this weekend is the clicks go back - but leave you body click on summer time and set your alarm an hour earlier to get to the gym or go for a run before work.

Your body is used to waking at this time anyway and it makes it easier to start the habit now - in three weeks your body and mind will be used to this routine

I am looking forward to Monday morning being a tiny bit lighter but I will still have to have the torch on my head! It’s a bind to go but I do feel so much better after going.

@LiquoriceWheel you're asking on the best weekend of the year!

Because if you want to get up an hour earlier, you just need to get up at the same time as this week after the clocks go back!

I already get up v early but am considering that exact plan for that exact reason!

I use to run at 0600, but now I start my 40 minute commute at 0610 and now rarely exercise because I have no motivation to do it after work.

During the winter I do, spin, swimming or Pilates depending on the day, then shower, make-up and straight to work from the gym. I make coffee before I leave and take with me. Night before everything is ready, clothing, food etc

I am absolutely not a morning person - given that I have to get up before I want to five days a week for work anyway, it makes sense for me to get up even earlier (6.10) so I can have run 5k before I do anything else. I always resent the prospect of doing it, I ALWAYS feel much, much better for having done it. Especially with a hangover.