If you workout before work

[Deleted]

What time do you get up and what time do you need to be at work?

I'm thinking about running in the mornings but I can't decide how early I'd need to wake up. I have to be at work at 7:30.

[tigress]

I used to back when I had to be at work at 8. I think I woke at 6 and then worked out and then showed and ate.

Ever since I've worked at 7 I haven't been able to drag myself out of bed to do it. I've tried here and there but its too too early.

[schitzengiggles]

I get up at 4:45 to run about 3 miles at 5:00. Home around 5:30ish give or take, an hour to shower/get ready/get the kids ready.

I leave at 6:30 to drop the kids off (takes 10 minutes) and I get to work a little after 7:00.

[madringal]

I get up at 5:15, leave my house at 7:30, be at work at 8.

[iammalcolmx]

I get up at 6:30, hit snooze and usually start working out at around 6:50. I do T25 so the whole thing ( including the after workout stretch) takes around 28 minutes. I am at work at around 8, but I have a 10 mile commute with no traffic whatsoever.

[iamgrace]

Before kids I ran before work everyday. Up at 4:50, run 5 - 6 or 6:15. Work by 8 am.

[snipsnsnails]

I'm up btw. 5:45 & 6:15 most days. Work out at 6:30 (T25). "Work" by 7:45.

[jeekerbeeker]

i have to be at work at 630 and leave my house by 550 so i get up at 4 and work out until 5.

[wambam]

If I for some reason HAD to workout before work, I'd be a very different person.

[meganew]

How do you all make it through the day getting up before 5? Holy cow.

I'm planning on running before H leaves for work, but I only have to be back by 8-8:30 for him to leave, and even that I'm like "ehhhhhhh we'll see"

[Deleted]

I'm hoping I wouldn't have to get up earlier than 5:30. My commute is about 20 minutes in the morning so that would leave an hour and a half for me to do a 3 mile run and still shower etc.

[kath16]

how far are you running and what time do you usually leave?

now, to go to the gym, shower (at the gym) and be at work by 8 i just have to be out the door by 6. this gives me 30-45 minutes to work out and get in the shower, and sometimes enough time to blow dry my hair. for me, an added benefit of going to the gym is that my commute is faster because it's earlier in the rush hour and traffic isn't as bad.

when i was marathon training, it was much earlier since my midweek runs were typically an hour or more.

[ax2]

My plan is to be up at 5:30, roll out to the gym from 6-6:45, come home (I'm only 3 mins from the gym), be out of the house by 7:30 and to work by 8. It's an optimistic plan.

[FishChicks]

I'm up between 4:45 and 5:15. I sleep in my gym clothes and the gym's at work, so I go straight out the door. I have a 30 minute drive, plus time to reach the gym, so I usually work out 5:45 to 6:50, then get ready and am at my desk by 7:15.

I go to bed embarrassingly early to do this.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't need to drive to the gym since I live near a bunch of walking paths and I see a lot of people running on the street in the morning.

I would only run 3 miles during the week, so about 30 minutes (I'm slow).

[my4girls]

up at 6, workout for 45- hour then get showered and ready leave the house at 7.30 to be at work at 8

[jaylea]

I got up at 5:15 this morning. I run 3 miles, get home, get me and kids ready and out the door by 7:45.

I don't do this everyday because I am not a morning person.

[Deleted]

I get up between 5:45 and 6:15. I cannot function without a cup of coffee so I usually head out by 6:45. I'm home by 7:30 at the latest and I get to work by 9. (my DS HATES mornings so getting him up at 7:30 and out the door is always a challenge)

[megstoo]

I do bootcamp. It starts at 5:45 and is 1 hour. I leave my house at 5:20, get home at 7:15 and leave my house at 8:10 to be at work by 9. I find that when I work out in the morning before work I tend to eat better during the day and don't snack on crap.

[Deleted]

When I was commuting from the old house I had to leave at 545, so that wasn't happening.

Now that I don't have to leave for work until 620, I'm hoping I can fit in a half hour 3 mile run. Wake at 445, out running by 5, then an hour twenty to shower/eat/dress.

[jennysmitten]

I have a follow up question: How do you stay energized after working out in the morning? It kills me.

[kath16]

Jul 24, 2014 16:04:18 GMT -5 jennysmitten said:

I have a follow up question: How do you stay energized after working out in the morning? It kills me.

haha I'm usually good until about lunch time ... the afternoon is a crap shoot and every once in a while i'll grab an afternoon coffee

[1confused1]

I get up at 5am to run for 45 minutes(treadmill in my garage), leave my house to drop off my kids by 7:30

I'm usually exhausted by 3, so I have a coffee

[Deleted]

Hmmm. Maybe I should look into switching my hours. 8:00-4:30 or something.

[irishbride2]

I have to be there at 730 but generally am here by 7. When I run I get up at 455

[Deleted]

I have to be to work at 7:30 also. I generally get up between 5:00 and 5:30 depending on what I intend to do at the gym that day. I live about 5 miles away from the gym and work is about a mile away from the gym.

[pantsparty]

Jul 24, 2014 14:22:06 GMT -5 meganew said:

How do you all make it through the day getting up before 5? Holy cow.

I'm planning on running before H leaves for work, but I only have to be back by 8-8:30 for him to leave, and even that I'm like "ehhhhhhh we'll see"

Caffeine! 

I get up between 5:00 - 5:30, depending on if it's a hair-washing day (LOL). 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

I get up at 4:45 and need to leave by 5:25 to make my 6 am class. I get ready at the studio and I have to be at work at 7:30am.

[Deleted]

One of the few perks (or maybe the only perk) of my job is I can basically pick whatever hours I want to work (7:30-4:00, 8:30-5:00 etc.)

[juliagoulia]

I wake up at 4:45, gym by 5:30, leave at 7:30 to be home & start work at 8.