I’d love to be one of those folks that gets up at 6 a.m. and works out before the day begins. But it’s so difficult!
My alarm will go off at 6am, and I just find it so hard, and even on days when I do feel awake, I just think ‘last thing I want to do is work out first thing’.
How do you manage it? Do you simply push yourself till it becomes a habit?
Nothing will make you go to bed earlier than pushing yourself to get up early and perform your workout. After doing this for a few days, you’ll be so exhausted that you’ll automatically fall asleep earlier.
Don’t force it, or you’ll detest going and decide not to go at all. If you want to go later in the day, then go later. I mix and match. If I get up and want to go for an early workout, I will; otherwise, I will go later in the day and appreciate the experience more. The key is to go to the gym for a workout rather than the time you go, in my opinion. Continue to work hard.
Get a tiny child. On the good side, you’ll wake up between 5 and 6 a.m. On the flipside, you will not have the time or energy to exercise.
I’ve been wondering about this for quite some time. Especially because I wake up at 03:45 every day and go to bed at 21:00.
For me I just have anxiety, wouldn’t recommend maybe set an alarm
I have to get up at 6 a.m. for work, and I just do my workout afterwards.
I get up at 4 a.m. just because I have to for work, and I HATE it. I’ve been doing this job for over a year and I’m still not used to it.
I’ve been getting up at 4:30 every weekday for nearly 15 years, and it doesn’t get any easier. When I was trying to work out in the morning, I would wake up at 3:45. I couldn’t keep that timetable.
Years ago, when I did this, I felt better and more productive throughout the day. I’d be in bed by 10 p.m. and asleep by 11, so waking up at 6 a.m. still gave me my 7 hours of sleep.
Now, I wake up later and am more lethargic.
Go to bed around 6 p.m. That will provide your body with the 8 hours it need, as well as additional time before 6 a.m. if necessary. When you look at people like The Rock or Mark Wahlberg, they always go to bed early so they can get up early.
I tell myself ‘I am someone that gets up at 6’ or ‘I want to be a person that gets up at 6’ It works four out of five times and reduces dozing significantly. But gosh, it’s hard.
Get up at 5 a.m. and put up the coffee maker the night before. Drink coffee, get up, drop a deuce, then hit the 6 button to begin training. Set your alarm clock across the room and get your clothing and shoes ready to go. Get dressed before you notice what’s going on.
People used to claim that if you drink a lot of water before bed, when your alarm clock wakes you up, you have to use the loo and can’t sleep again.
But I think that’s asking for a pee in your sleep scenario, so I wouldn’t do it if I were you.