Should you still do your early morning work out even when you're not able to snooze for the golden 6-8 hours/night?
Not sure I have the perfect answer for this but let me first start off by stating that I know everyone is different and before you can begin to answer this question for yourself you have to know what YOUR ideal sleep time is. For me, it's 8 hours. However, I function perfectly well with only 7. Any less than that and I'm either a zombie or witch (Halloween references of course) by 3pm that day.
Lately, I have been trying to do my workouts early morning at 6am. Which means I have got to be up by 5:30am, which means I have to be asleep no later 10:30pm. For myself I have decided that if I can't be asleep by then I have to find a time later in the day to do my workout so I can ensure my body enough shut eye but I would much rather have my workout done with in the morning by 7:30 than do it after a long day of work. So it makes it a tricky task to get enough sleep but you just have to get in the habit of early to bed early to rise. Once you're there even a "not a morning person" will end up loving the mornings after you are done with your workout.
It really is an awesome feeling. Try it for a week... I dare you!
Here is a list of Ten Reasons to do early morning workouts. Enjoy!
Happy Fitnessing!
This is the story of my life!! I discovered this week that I actually do better squeezing in a quick intense 20 min. am workout than I do with a 45 min. evening workout. I feel better, eat less and am less stressed. Plus, half of the time, something comes up which prevents me from working out later in the day.
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