How do they do this?? I need at least an hour or so after waking up just to have my legs feel ready to move
Only started running relatively recently so it’s not first thing in the morning but it’s a habit. I needed a way to “warm up” for the day and be physically active.
Aside from the general hype of “it feels great” “healthy” yada yada, it gets to a point where you feel uneasy not running. Like after training my legs, they want to go for a run and be used.
You need to account for having time (sleeping early and getting up early with naps during the day) and slowly conditioning but the most important thing is consistency. Only evaluating based on your previous efforts rather than comparing to others.
+1 to slowly conditioning. I did not slowly condition and now I have arthritis.
Could you elaborate? How did you ‘incorrectly’ condition. Was it because you took too long breaks in between or did you overexert yourself.
It’s pretty easy to run beyond the point of injury due to adrenaline, etc. I fucked up the joints in my feet without realizing I was doing it, and the chronic pain came long after I actually caused the injury.
I am just home from a run. I just set myself a time by which I’m out of the house and I move fast when clothing up so doubts don’t have time to kick in. I might do a few stretches too once I’m out of the door so my leg muscles aren’t that cold.
I do it because it’s the least worst option available to me. If I hit the gym at lunchtime it’s usually fairly packed and I have a hard time getting the machines I like. But if I go in when the gym opens before work, then I can get in, get my sweat on, then shower+change+etc before work.
I wake up at 6, am dressed and out the door by 630, rolling into the gym parking lot at 655, and waiting by the door when they unlock it at 7.
I don’t enjoy it for intrinsic reasons. I’ve always been a night owl. But I do like the effects of it - in the last year since I started going before work, I have needed a sleep aid fewer than five times.
Do you schedule to sleep at 10? Your cycle seems pretty neat actually.
I attempted similar morning exercise before but I found myself nodding off quite violently to sleep by lunch. Like flat out drooling if I shut my eyes. Maybe the trick is moderating workout intensity.
I get to bed anywhere from 1030 to 11.
And yeah I’m not going hardcore like I’m training for the Olympics or the NFL. I’m just a middle aged dude who doesn’t want to be as fat as I have been recently.
Having normal bodies that probably don’t need Adderall and other medications to function properly.
Sleeping at 9pm.*
I don’t take medications, that’s kinda a weird assumption. Also, 9 am?
Sounds like you should by your assumption lol.
Thanks, edited.
We’ve given morning people far too much power in society. Meanwhile they can’t stay awake past 8 or 9 pm smh /s
And for that, I appreciate night owls. Night shifts killed my health. I would have stayed like that penguin if it wasn’t for lockdown resetting my rythmn and abolishing night shifts.
It’s like diving into cold water… the act of getting there can often be done better when your brain isn’t fully engaged.
So you run before your mind starts making excuses and before your body starts getting too insistent that you’re hungry and tired. And then it just does it and it’s over.
Exactly this. It’s sort of like cheating in that you just get going before your brain is fully awake, and before you know it you’re already done exercising for the day!
Yeah I get up for work at 3:15 not running first
