Getting Up Early

[Verx]

I can't do it. Everytime I get up early to do some tabata squats (*shudders*), I go back to sleep. It's really annoying. I just can't motivate myself enough to get out of bed. SO how do you guys get up early. Oh; and the first one to post get an alarm clock and/or go to bed early will get a slap. :yeleyes: :woo: :p

[CosmicFish]

Motivation.

I have an alarm clock to get me out of bed on work days. It's set to go off half an hour earlier than I need to get up and I still get into work 15 minutes late every day. However, when I was playing ogame and I needed to be up on time to manage my fleets I never had any problem. I suspect that subconsciously you really don't want to do your Tabata squats. ;)

Now, how you go about getting that motivation is another matter . . .

[TheCount]

Put your alarm clock across the other side of the room so you have to get up to turn it off.

As mentioned just get motivated. The mood you are in before you go to sleep often imparts on your morning mood. Feel motivated when you go to bed, get up and be motivated.

[Verx]

I suspect that subconsciously you really don't want to do your Tabata squats. ;)

Hello? They're tabata squats. I basically die everytime I'm finished doing them. Oh, that reminds me, have to do some in the next hour to make up for this morning.

[Ad McG]

Don't train in the morning :D

Seriously, that's what I do. There is no way I can force myself to get up and train, so I just make sure I train later.

[Verx]

Ay, I used to do the same. That was until I got busted doing some tabata at 10:45 in the night. :eek: :D

[slipthejab]

Yeah ya know I can't be asked to get up early for anything I'm not interested in. Somehow I've managed to fool myself that I'm immensely interested in roadwork and skipping rope.... :p

I've noticed a pattern. In bed by 11:00pm means I get up automatically at between 5:30 and 6:00am.

then...

If right then and there I jump out of bed and stumble over to the espresso machine... then all is good and well in the universe...

If I don't quite make it... well... the missus usually brings my espresso the kitchen hallway where I've curled up on the floor to go back to sleep. :D

[CosmicFish]

Hello? They're tabata squats. I basically die evrytime I'm finished doing them. Oh, that reminds me, have to do some in the next hour to make up for this morning.
Heh, I know, I've done them. It took me four mins to do them, and another four to stuff my lungs back in at the end.

[Verx]

Heh, I know, I've done them. It took me four mins to do them, and another four to stuff my lungs back in at the end.

Tabata> Human capability :p

[Jang Bong]

Put your alarm clock across the other side of the room so you have to get up to turn it off.

I can find and correctly turn off 3 alarm clocks at various points in the room without waking up - that's if the sound actually gets through to me and isn't converted into a reasonable dreamscape sound. :p

I'm a night owl. My natural waking time is about 11am, but I'm bright as a button between 10pm and 2am. Unfortunately this does not sit well with a 9-5 office day. :rolleyes:

[TheCount]

Wire in your alarm clock to a 90Dcb sound system with a death metal CD prepared. See if it wakes you up

[SiAiS]

Book a holiday, to somewhere exotic and alluring, and get an early flight = you're sure to succeed.

Other than that, I've no idea, I don't bother... sometimes I sleep for 2 days!

[Sparkle]

It's all motivation and discipline. There are times where I set my alarm clock later then what I meant to (instead of setting it to 3 - 4 A.M. I set it to 5 which is too late to prepare food for work and exercise and prepare breakfast) but was so motivated for the next day that I woke up around the time I needed to. It's all where you set your sights at.

Waking up to do tabata isn't the easiest of all things either. I find it much easier to wake up for rope skipping and bag work at the gym (a whole whopping 4 people go to the town gym at 2- 3 in the morning : P) then it is to do my tabata routine. Tabata sucks and it's just going to be how bad you want to reach your goal and what you're willing to put up for it. Hell, it may even take weeks to a month or two for you to get your mind set right to be able to get to the point where you can have that type of motivation.

Squats are also a difficult exercises, especially for tabata. Instead of doing a movement that gets so intense try doing something else in tabata form like running, skipping rope, mountain climbers, box jumps, hitting a tire with a sledge hammer, slamming a medicine ball on the ground; all things which I've done which get the heart rate skyrocketing and weren't as difficult as squats (I've tried doing tabata squat jumps, had to stop because I knew I would be too sore to go to work the next day). Now of course when I say "not as difficult" . . . anyone who has done tabata knows that this is not really the case. You're still going to be drenched in sweat with any exercise you do in tabata form if you're doing it right. Squats I would think to be a very intense tabata exercise to do and you may not be ready to fully do them as they are supposed to be done, which could be your lack of motivation as well. Try something different and see if that works.

An alarm clock and going to sleep early also help you transition into a routine : P.

[Sgt_Major]

I can find and correctly turn off 3 alarm clocks at various points in the room without waking up - that's if the sound actually gets through to me and isn't converted into a reasonable dreamscape sound. :p

I'm a night owl. My natural waking time is about 11am, but I'm bright as a button between 10pm and 2am. Unfortunately this does not sit well with a 9-5 office day. :rolleyes:

Im EXACTLY the same mate - its a REEEEAL struggle getting up to be in work at 8am

[CosmicFish]

Im EXACTLY the same mate - its a REEEEAL struggle getting up to be in work at 8am
Ha! I can't even get in for 9:30. Good thing I have a boss who can't either. :D

[Sgt_Major]

My boss is in before me everyday - he has to deactivate the alarm... but he goes before me every day too....

[ment to live]

I'm friends with most of my bosses so i get away with alot, im late almost everyday due to sleep. and ya i do any workout stuff late in the day and i usually don't wake up until 2pm unless i have work. i find it much easier later in the day.

[Shadow_of_Evil]

Disclipline. That's all there is to it. Oh and I use my mobile phone as an alarm. Not only is the alarm painfully annoying but I put it at the other side of the bedroom...it forces me to get up out of bed to turn it off.
Then I realise, 'Hey, seeing as I'm up...'.
But really, it all comes to down to will power and discipline.

[Incredible Bulk]

i see my exericse as something to look forward too and can get quite cranky if i miss workouts.
you need to assess how you think about your training and why you hate certain factors.... then weigh them up with your goals

[Su lin]

I'm on flexi time,meaning that I tend to not be very motivated as I can roll in when I want,but then again I hate having to stay late to make the time up! I find now I drive to work I am far less strict on myself as I can organise my time myself.
I get too confused and nowty when I get up too early :D

[slipthejab]

I'm on flexi time,meaning that I tend to not be very motivated as I can roll in when I want,but then again I hate having to stay late to make the time up! I find now I drive to work I am far less strict on myself as I can organise my time myself.
I get too confused and nowty when I get up too early :D

LOL!
Sigged. :p

(that's two times in a row I've sigged your hawtness.):eek:

[Su lin]

Wow!!!!

I don't know what to say Slip :D

I shall endeavour to keep coming up with sig worthy quotes for you :D

[SimonW]

Getting the train to work does pretty much dictate the time you have to get up, and I always make sure I get to the station with plenty of time to spare...

[Su lin]

Lol! That's not what I heard Simon, I thought your daily run for the train was your early morning exercise :D

[SimonW]

Sad but true :rolleyes:

[SiAiS]

I found a new method. This morning I was awoken by the sound of an exploding juice bottle. I left a bottle of Carrot and Orange juice on my kitchen side on Saturday evening, this morning it was all over the walls and ceiling. Conjealed Carot juice, very nice indeed. If you want one the time is approximately 40 hours till blast off.

[narcsarge]

Im EXACTLY the same mate - its a REEEEAL struggle getting up to be in work at 8am


Now you all know why I prefer working nights! While the rest of the world is asleep, I work. While they are at work, I play. Nobody bothers me at either time. No crowds, no bosses, no fuss.

[Johnno]

Verx,

Don't assume that you are lazy just because you have trouble waking up in the morning. Your age will probably have a lot to do with it!

Teenagers simply need a lot of sleep. So I'm afraid that going to bed earlier really IS the answer - even if it's not the one that you want to hear! :D

[Hiroji]

Everyone is different and some need more sleep than others.

I think it all comes down to your mind set though.

When it comes to getting up early to go to work or do something that deep down i don’t want to do i find it mighty hard to get up.

However, if i have to get up early to go to Alton Towers or its Christmas day or something I’m up without the assistance of any alarm! :D

[Verx]

It's all motivation and discipline. There are times where I set my alarm clock later then what I meant to (instead of setting it to 3 - 4 A.M. I set it to 5 which is too late to prepare food for work and exercise and prepare breakfast) but was so motivated for the next day that I woke up around the time I needed to. It's all where you set your sights at.

Waking up to do tabata isn't the easiest of all things either. I find it much easier to wake up for rope skipping and bag work at the gym (a whole whopping 4 people go to the town gym at 2- 3 in the morning : P) then it is to do my tabata routine. Tabata sucks and it's just going to be how bad you want to reach your goal and what you're willing to put up for it. Hell, it may even take weeks to a month or two for you to get your mind set right to be able to get to the point where you can have that type of motivation.

Squats are also a difficult exercises, especially for tabata. Instead of doing a movement that gets so intense try doing something else in tabata form like running, skipping rope, mountain climbers, box jumps, hitting a tire with a sledge hammer, slamming a medicine ball on the ground; all things which I've done which get the heart rate skyrocketing and weren't as difficult as squats (I've tried doing tabata squat jumps, had to stop because I knew I would be too sore to go to work the next day). Now of course when I say "not as difficult" . . . anyone who has done tabata knows that this is not really the case. You're still going to be drenched in sweat with any exercise you do in tabata form if you're doing it right. Squats I would think to be a very intense tabata exercise to do and you may not be ready to fully do them as they are supposed to be done, which could be your lack of motivation as well. Try something different and see if that works.


I'll take taht on board. Really good post. Cheers mate.


An alarm clock and going to sleep early also help you transition into a routine : P.

You don't want a slap after such a good post now, do you? :p :woo:

[Verx]

Verx,

Don't assume that you are lazy just because you have trouble waking up in the morning. Your age will probably have a lot to do with it!

Teenagers simply need a lot of sleep. So I'm afraid that going to bed earlier really IS the answer - even if it's not the one that you want to hear! :D

Wait @, everyone in this thread was implying I was lazy? :confused: :D

I can't go to bed any earlier than 10.45pm (obv. :D ); sorry but I can't.

[doc97]

It's been said that it takes at least two weeks of doing something consistently before it becomes a habit. Exercise, eating, getting up early, what have you.....

That being said, as a physician I always worry about things like sleep apnea that can cause difficulty in wakening. Do you snore? Do you find it hard to go to sleep at night? Has anyone every told you that you stop breathing in the night? Has your significant other ever given you the elbow in the chest because your snoring too loud? Do you dose off watching T.V. or at a stop sign when driving? All these thing can be attributed to a condition called sleep apnea and it is pretty easily treated with a machine that puts positive pressure in your lungs to keep the airways open. Untreated, it can lead to heart and lung problems, etc.... Anyone I have started on the c-pap machines, usually reported being able to wake up in the morning fairly easily and feel rested ....

Me, I'm just lazy and I hate getting up.... I even did the two weeks straight thinking that it could start a good habit.....Nah.......still can't get up. But I also get the elbow in my chest from my wife, so someday I'm going to be screened for the apnea.....

In the meantime..........lots of caffiene!!!

[Yohan]

Those tabatta squats won't hurt nearly as much if you do 1 day on 2 days off for 2 months.

[Johnno]

I can't go to bed any earlier than 10.45pm (obv. :D ); sorry but I can't.Why not? :confused:

[wynnema]

Don't train in the morning :D

Seriously, that's what I do. There is no way I can force myself to get up and train, so I just make sure I train later.

i think that's pretty much the best advice. I eventually got into the habit of getting up every morning to train but never really got used to it and I ended up hating it. Much happier now I do it later in the day.

[cheesypeas]

Why not? :confused:

Cos he's a big girls blouse. :p :love:

[Frodocious]

Don't train in the morning :D

Seriously, that's what I do. There is no way I can force myself to get up and train, so I just make sure I train later.

I agree totally with Adam.

I've tried numerous times to get up and train (even just dynamic stretching), but I'm really not a morning person and find it so difficult to do it. I find that I end up missing sessions, getting depressed or annoyed at myself and then missing more sessions. I love training in the afternoon or evening so that's when I train. I accept my limitations and work with my body and everything works out!

[Verx]

Cos he's a big girls blouse. :p :love:

You :yeleyes: :D

[Davey Bones]

I'm gonna have to side on the "don't train so early in the morning, then" crowd. If you are forcing yourself to wake up, I have to wonder how productive your workout is going to be, anyway. Do your workout at a time when you are actually motivated to do it. You'll get more out of it that way than turning it into a chore which *must* be done before 6 AM.

Much like wynnema and AdMcG, I did the whole "be at the gym by 5 AM" routine and HATED it. I was sleepy for the rest of the day, it totally threw my body off, and even after a couple of months I just found it miserable, especially when you account for needing an earlier bedtime and miserable east coast weather in the winter.

[Sparkle]

I'm gonna have to side on the "don't train so early in the morning, then" crowd. If you are forcing yourself to wake up, I have to wonder how productive your workout is going to be, anyway. Do your workout at a time when you are actually motivated to do it. You'll get more out of it that way than turning it into a chore which *must* be done before 6 AM.

Much like wynnema and AdMcG, I did the whole "be at the gym by 5 AM" routine and HATED it. I was sleepy for the rest of the day, it totally threw my body off, and even after a couple of months I just found it miserable, especially when you account for needing an earlier bedtime and miserable east coast weather in the winter.


I would go with this crow too in a sense actually. My day is rough hanging sheetrock and after eight hours of throwing everything I have into physical labor and then trying to workout after work (especially in the summer time where I sweat out a good two gallons of liquid during the work day) gets really tough. Especially since it's summer time now and my body is so drained by the end of the day from the heat that I would cramp up doing anything from tabata to a light mile jog. That's part of where my motivation for getting up in the morning comes from: if I don't wake up around 2/3 A.M. and get to bed around 6/7 P.M. then I CAN'T workout. There's too many things I want to accomplish both in school, work, fighting, and physical fitness that I want to accomplish and during the summer a schedule where I get up 4/5 hours before work gives me a lot of extra time to do things I wouldn't normally do after work from being so drained.

If you're in a position where you don't have an extremely stressful job or have bad hours for a schedule or any other reason . . . then yeah, I wouldn't wake up in the morning to workout. Although if you are doing tabata you should definitely do it in the morning time if your aim is to boost your metabolism and burn more fat throughout the day. Either that or mid afternoon. Remember, it only takes 4 minutes so you don't need a lot of time to do it.

[Ad McG]

I'm gonna have to side on the "don't train so early in the morning, then" crowd. If you are forcing yourself to wake up, I have to wonder how productive your workout is going to be, anyway. Do your workout at a time when you are actually motivated to do it. You'll get more out of it that way than turning it into a chore which *must* be done before 6 AM.

Much like wynnema and AdMcG, I did the whole "be at the gym by 5 AM" routine and HATED it. I was sleepy for the rest of the day, it totally threw my body off, and even after a couple of months I just found it miserable, especially when you account for needing an earlier bedtime and miserable east coast weather in the winter.

I never really did it, even getting up at 7 or 8 to workout in summer holidays was too difficult :D

Seriously though, I simply do not feel like I am fit to train at that time of the morning so I don't do it. My workouts are far more productive later in the day.

[Gary]

I never really did it, even getting up at 7 or 8 to workout in summer holidays was too difficult :D

Seriously though, I simply do not feel like I am fit to train at that time of the morning so I don't do it. My workouts are far more productive later in the day.
Last bank holiday me and cosmic figured we'd get a morning session in to free up the rest of the day, we were lifting at 11AM instead of the usual 7PM and pretty much every lift was down for both of us. Pretty interesting since our last RM day was in the morning, a later session might provide better results.

[Suhosthe]

Last bank holiday me and cosmic figured we'd get a morning session in to free up the rest of the day, we were lifting at 11AM instead of the usual 7PM and pretty much every lift was down for both of us. Pretty interesting since our last RM day was in the morning, a later session might provide better results.
Yep. I find the same thing. I've never been a morning person and I consistently find that my productivity is better in the afternoon. I'm stronger, faster and so much more energetic.

Or rather, less weak, less slow and not so sluggish. ;)

[Sparkle]

Hmm, the only REAL difference I've seen in doing something early in the morning and later in the afternoon is playing Guitar Hero II. I was playing it this morning around 4 A.M. and I was sucking arse on it man! I come back during lunch break and do a quick tabata session and went and played again and was killing it! Fine Motor skills get a + 10 in the afternoon :p

[ap Oweyn]

I can't do it. Everytime I get up early to do some tabata squats (*shudders*), I go back to sleep. It's really annoying. I just can't motivate myself enough to get out of bed. SO how do you guys get up early. Oh; and the first one to post get an alarm clock and/or go to bed early will get a slap. :yeleyes: :woo: :p
Why? That's the most sensible two answers right there. If you want or need to get up early, and you don't want to be at a constant sleep deficit, you go to bed earlier and set an alarm. Common sense really.


Stuart

[Verx]

Why? That's the most sensible two answers right there. If you want or need to get up early, and you don't want to be at a constant sleep deficit, you go to bed earlier and set an alarm. Common sense really.


Stuart

*Slap* :woo: :p

[FortuneFaded]

I can't do it. Everytime I get up early to do some tabata squats (*shudders*), I go back to sleep. It's really annoying. I just can't motivate myself enough to get out of bed. SO how do you guys get up early. Oh; and the first one to post get an alarm clock and/or go to bed early will get a slap. :yeleyes: :woo: :p

Why do you want to do squats?

To get a girl?

Lose the flab?

What?

Think about it and if you really want to achieve that target, you'll muster up the motivation to get out of bed.

[Moosey]

Why do you want to do squats?

To get a girl?

So that's how you get them!

[NaughtyKnight]

I can't do it. Everytime I get up early to do some tabata squats (*shudders*), I go back to sleep. It's really annoying. I just can't motivate myself enough to get out of bed. SO how do you guys get up early. Oh; and the first one to post get an alarm clock and/or go to bed early will get a slap. :yeleyes: :woo: :p

Force yourself to do it for a few days and your body will start to do it naturally.

[HBKirishwarrior]

I can't do it. Everytime I get up early to do some tabata squats (*shudders*), I go back to sleep. It's really annoying. I just can't motivate myself enough to get out of bed. SO how do you guys get up early. Oh; and the first one to post get an alarm clock and/or go to bed early will get a slap. :yeleyes: :woo: :p


i can't get up early to do any workout. i find that jogging during lunchtime or in evening since i got all energy. as waking up to do that, man i would stay in bed.

[Prophet]

I only start to feel like I can workout around noon. I'm not nearly as strong in the mornings it seems.

[Otataral]

I work at 6:30am every morning, and it sure isnt easy getting up, and thats for something I have to do. I do most my working out later on in the day, i cant seem to do it in the morning, even on days i dont work.