When is the best time to exersize
 

When is the best time for you to exersize?

• The Earlier the Better
• Afternoon or Evening is Good for Me
• It makes no difference, I'll find any reason to skip it
• It makes no differrrence, I always do my best to get it in

Sorry - this is the first poll I have ever tried to make and it's a bit duplicated :daze:

I like exercising in the morning but since Curves does not open at 5am I go in the evening (6pm) and that is a-ok with me. So anytime is the right time when you find the time :)

I much prefer to exercise first thing in the AM even though that means I've got to get out of bed at 4:30!! It's worth it though...I get to go through the whole day feeling great about myself and don't have to worry about how I'm going to fit it in when I've got so many other things to do in the evening.

:) Thats how I feel Georgia, and it gets to be a habit to be about the first thing I do - sometimes I have coffee or a shower first but I do best if it's almost the first thing I do. Even though it's very important to me, I'm likely to put it aside to do something else so doing it first thing is much safer.

HI
 

I also like exercising before work. It clears my mind and makes me work even better... at least I think so. It calms my hyperactivity as well. I usually eat after at work, just no time before to eat, not with kids going to school and all :rolleyes:

For me, it's all about consistency - my day can get unpredictable very quickly, so I rely on the fact that no matter what else happens I can exercise in the morning. :D

-Jinkster :wave:

I just switched to going to CURVES in the a.m. and boy does it energize me - no more after work unless I can't make it in a.m. I definitely think Morning workouts are better - now.

Morning for me
 

My wife and I arise early anyway, and we're mentally if not physically tired when we get home, so we work out twice a week at 4:30 am.

We recently reconsidered that plan because the Slow Burn workout leaves us a bit tired all day, but we're sticking with it because it fits the rest of our lives.

I work a 3 shift system over six days and then get 4 days off, so I can't exercise at the same time each day. I have found that whatever time I exercise though, it's better on an empty stomach. I suppose if I'm on nights and go down to the gym when I get up, that would be the same as someone elses morning workout!

I find morning to be the best time to workout. It really jump-starts your metabolism and I feel have more energy for the rest of the day.

I feel the morning is the best time for me. If I dont do it then, I will probably find something to do that is not as important and then I run out of time. Also, it kick starts my day, and I feel full of energy!!!

Shannon :rose:

i work out in the evenings - 5 days a week at the gym doing intense cardio and weight training. i would love to wrok out in the morning but i have a 3 year old and no place to leave him when i go. in the evenings, daddy watches him.

cetacean,

You're SO lucky that DH watches the kids so you can go to the gym. My DH is the best, but when he gets home from a long days work and an hour and a half commute, he plays with the kids (4 mths and 32 mths), but no way would he survive if I left him alone with them :lol:

But while he is playing with them, I can usually slip down to the basement and do my workout. Not the same as the gym, but on days I can't make it to the gym, at least I have this option :rolleyes:

I long for the day when I can leave my 2 kids with my DH :eek:

I either go before work or at noon
depending on what is going on in my life at the time

I like to work out in the mornings before the machines are all soggy with sweat, before it gets too hot cuz the gym isn't air conditioned, and before I'm too hungry. It also helps to just get it outta my way so I can go on with my day. I've also noticed that in the evenings the gym becomes more of a meat market atmosphere :rolleyes: and that really makes me uncomfortable... I work out in the mornings when I have no makeup on :o and bed head hair! hahaha!~

I picked the earlier the better which is my prefference.

If I go to the gym, I have to wait untill 9pm because it's the most convienent time. Besides, it's dead and machines are available.

Someone mentioned the SlowBurn plan, what is that?

I feel morning is better. Anytime time of day is fine. I am just too tired at the end of the day to do it

I agree with jinkster. Regardless of what time you go I didn't see results until I became consistent. I worked out early mornings 4 times a week and had lost 17 lbs. Of course that is before I gained 8 back and am starting over. This time I am excercising with atkins. Last time I ate whatever I want.

first thing in the morning for me as soon as i,ve had my 2 cups of tea.i like to get it over with before the work day begins.if i don,t get my morning exercise i feel sluggish all day.

Early for me
 

I exercise at 6:45 in the a.m. I never used to, but I learned that if I wait until after work, I won't do it.
So, early to rise, go for 45 minutes, then I'm finished for the day. If the spirit moves me and I want to take another walk or something, then all the better!
:yay:

Morning is the best time for me. By the time I get home from work I'm wiped out.

It's Early Or Nothin'
 

I excercise early in the morning so i can get a head start on the day...

Also, it raises the metabolism in the morning, so i not droggy eyed but the time i get to college...

I'm not a morning person and work evenings so I exercise whenever I can. Usally late morning early afternoon. but often at night after work Midnightt - 3 AM. It is about all I can do to get up and get the kids off to school in the AM. Plus it is too cold to ride my bike. I love walking in the late night when everyone else is asleep and the roads are quite. I think I will do a lot of my bike riding then next summer. I've always been a night owl.
Rod

Hey HotRod - I'm so glad to hear that there's another Non Morning Person out there! All these bright eyed and bushy tailed folks are making me ill. :)
My beloved has been springing out of bed at 0530 to do PT (that's Physical Training for the non military) for twenty years. Personally, I think that somewhere in the Geneva Convention there's a mention of that being a violation...
I, on the other hand, like to work out in the afternoon. I've decided that it's an even trade-off. Being rather coordination-challenged at the best of times, I figure if I go to the gym bleary eyed and half asleep, I'll probably trip over a weight bench, break my neck, and end up in a body cast for six months.
I'll take the metabolic trade-off any day!

After moving to this particular hellhole, I joined a gym which immediately was sold. Conditions went down the toilet; the place was gross. Almost a year passed with no dedicated workout time.
Husband finally convinced me that the gym at his installation was quite good. And, guess what, he's right!

Currently, I'm doing six days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday are a combo of 1 hour weight lifting and 45 minutes of cardio.
Sunday and Wednesday are about 90 minutes of cardio.
Cardio for me isn't what it is for others, but I'm maxing out my heart rate, and that's all that counts.

I've found, over the years, that if I don't buss a**, nothing gets accomplished. Not only am I non-morning, but my body's a putz.

I have worked out off and on for the past 10 years but have always had the problem of something coming up that interferes with my schedule. Most recently, our new baby had been waking me up at 4 am like clockwork. My wife feeds him before bed so I have always taken the middle of the night feeding. After giving him his bottle and putting him back to bed, I would hit the gym by 4:30 or 5 and be back in time to get my 7 year old daughter up for school. My wife is so not a morning person. I find it is safer to just handle the kids in the morning rather than trying to wake her up.

Now, however, we just moved into a new house and he has decided that he is never again going to wake up at the same time twice. This has completely screwed my routine and I have been out of the gym for the last few months. Now I either oversleep and don't have time to go or he oversleeps and will surely wake up the second I step out the door. And I don't want to face that wrath when I return.

I am really missing the energizing feeling I had after an early morning workout. I hope he gets some consistancy to his schedule soon.

From an article in Muscle & Fitness it says that the best time to exercise is when you wake up and before you put anything in your stomach.

Also says to keep the metabolism going is to do cardio and weightlifting on different days.

And they showed a study that said you burn more fat calories by when exercising to do the hard part first and then the easy part.

Example: Say you do hard jogging for 15 minutes and then 15 minutes of fast-walking will burn more fat calories than by doing the easy and then the hard.

My routine...
 

I prefer to exercise in the evenings. 7:00 P.M. till around 7:30 P.M. works very well, I can prepare for the following morning and relax and know there is no rush to get to any place. So I would have to say that evenings are best...

I generally try to work out after my classes are done in the afternoon. I usually head to they gym after my 2:00 Calculus class and I'm there from 3:15-4:30 doing something. That gets me back just in time for dinner!