I want to hear from all you who workout first thing in the morning.
I'm talking straight from your bed to your workout. Do not stop for coffee,
, do not eat breakfast first, do not "wake up" for a bit, do not pass go, lol...just directly to working out.
I have found, that truth be told, I do not fit in my workout unless I set my alarm for like 5 am (weekdays) and get it done. If I even wait until 6am, its too late, since I have to get myself showered and dressed, my 3 years old ready for preschool, and the baby gets up and starts crying, everyone needs breakfast, and the day just starts and demands my time, and my to do list is waiting...
But 5am....ugh!! I'm tired and sluggish. And I can not go to bed any earlier! All I want to do is go back to sleep. If I don't do a proper warm up I actually get dizzy, and I can't seem to get the same intense or really good work out I get if I've been up for a few hours first. It feels like my workout is dragging. And I go to bed between 8 - 8:30pm so I make sure to get enough sleep. But I have NO time at night after the kids go to bed. I want to stay up for a few hours after the kids go to sleep just to have some down time. But then I over sleep for my workout in the morning, and miss it.
Even on weekend mornings that I'm not rushing out (like today, Saturday) I didn't get up early enough, and I only got in a 19 minute workout, because the baby will only sit so long in his crib and play with toys in the morning before he starts crying to get out, my 3 year old wants breakfast and I had to take him to karate.
Also, I'm one of those people, if I put off my workout for later in the day, it never happens. Is anyone else like that?
Who else has to workout first thing in the morning? How do you do it? How long to you warm up and what kind of exercise do you do? Do you have to set your alarm and get up
even earlier to workout, than you would have to if you didn't exercise? What time do you get up? What time do you go to sleep? What if you stay up late? Do you give yourself a break the next day or just get up and work out without enough sleep?
Please share your routine, advice, suggestions,
anything that might help me!! Thank you!!