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Old 06-17-22, 01:27 PM  
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Night, midday, or morning workout?

I’m a long-time evening exerciser and find I’m most consistent when I do evening workouts. I love just completely throwing myself into the workout, and then after taking a shower I sleep so much better. I’ve tried morning and midday. It just doesn’t work for me. Morning makes me exhausted, my blood sugar is low, and I hate showering in the morning because my hair never dries. Midday? I’ll sweat all day….

When do you prefer to exercise and why?
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Old 06-17-22, 02:09 PM  
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I shower in the morning regardless, so it just makes sense to exercise before that. I work from home, so I don’t have to get up super early to do so. If I had a job outside the home, it might be different.
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Old 06-17-22, 02:14 PM  
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I exercise in the morning right after my coffee then I take a shower. If I don't exercise in the morning, it usually won't get done. I admire the people that go to work and work a full day then come home and exercise at night.
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Old 06-17-22, 02:50 PM  
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[QUOTE=Paine;2969006 I admire the people that go to work and work a full day then come home and exercise at night.[/QUOTE]

Me too! I wouldn't be able to do that.

I exercise early.

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Old 06-17-22, 03:24 PM  
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I have never been a morning person and if I try to exercise then I feel lousy. I was an after work person and even though I am not working I usually exercise in the later afternoon still. Then it's a shower and I am done for the day.
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Old 06-17-22, 03:35 PM  
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I was a morning exerciser when we lived in an apartment on the ground floor. Our living room was far away from the bedroom so I could work out and not wake up my husband. Once we bought our house, I had to change to afternoon workouts. My job started earlier and our living room is next to the bedroom, so I did not want to wake up my husband and the thought of getting up at 4:30 a.m. was just too painful to consider. I've been working out in the late afternoon/evening for many years now. Some days I'm really tired after a busy day, but I usually get a burst of energy after I start a workout and feel really great afterward.

I know some people like to work out on their lunch break, but how do you do that? Don't they get sweaty and have to shower before going back to whatever it was they were doing before? I wouldn't have time to workout and shower, so the thought of a midday workout just confuses me.
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Old 06-20-22, 11:11 PM  
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The time of day hasn't always been evening as such because circumstances have led to interesting schedules, but if I had a consistently conventional schedule, I'd answer "night."

I've tended to be more physically comfortable doing strenuous or intense things "later in the day" (I don't remember a time when I was different), and I've been more consistent with that habit than, I suppose, if I ever tried to "become a morning person." (I cheerfully ignore all such propaganda. ) I've also found that the conventional warning about "not being able to sleep after late exercise" doesn't reflect my own experience.

When a number of uncertainties resolve, I'm considering adding something not long after I wake, but it's likely to be light in exertion, "different," and complementary, and I'm unlikely to shift my "main workout" to this timeslot.
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Old 06-25-22, 09:57 AM  
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I've always exercised in the evenings. My theory is that my body has been nourished all day and I have the most energy. I have always wanted to be an early morning exerciser, and tried to change, but never stuck to it.
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Old 07-01-22, 08:05 AM  
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Depending on the work schedule etc, either late afternoon (after 345), evening or even during the night. I very often go for a walk either outside or to youtube just before 230am.
When my schedule was different, I was attending morning pilates classes and I found I didn't get much out of it. I simply cannot focus during morning time. This may explain why I didn't retain any Math knowledge as those classes were sooo early! Ha.
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