Monday, August 8, 2011

Wee-Hour Workout

I'm a recent convert to Team AM - those of us that wake up at ungodly hours to get our sweat on.

I assure you it hasn't always been this way. If you asked me 2 years ago if I wanted to go to a spin class at 5:45 AM I would have laughed in your face and/or struggled to stifle my vomit. Today, I roll myself out of bed at 5 AM to be out the door and on the road by 5:20. So what gives?

Oh Sleep, how I love thee.

Honestly, the only reason I wake up so goddamn early to get to the gym is because the pros so far outweigh the cons. I am not any more of a morning person now than I was 2 years ago, I just have a new found appreciation for getting my workouts done as early as possible.

So what's so great about working out in the AM? I am SO glad you asked!

  1. The gym commute at 5:30 PM: 20 minutes.
    The gym commute at 5:30 AM: 4 minutes.
    There's nothin' sweeter than flying down a street that's usually bumper-to-bumper with tourist traffic during the summer. Oh, and did I mention that every stoplight is green? Yeahhh baby.

  2. The radio is SO much better when it's still dark outside. I don't know about you, but I hate morning shows with a fiery burning passion. I feel like I'm listening to my (imaginary) little brother laughing with his idiot friends about things that aren't funny to anybody but themselves. Plus, I have yet to run into a radio commercial when driving to the gym in the AM.

  3. I am still half asleep until 6:45 or so. This means that I don't feel the full torture of my workout until it's pretty much already over. By the time I come-to, I'm pretty much finished and ready to stretch and hit the showers.

  4. The gym aka Ladies Cigar Club of Monterey
    Source

  5. The locker-room gossip is AMAZING. The most popular water aerobics classes start from 7-8 AM, right around the time that I'm prepping for the day. And let me tell you, these ladies are like their own little senior citizen social club. From Roberta's cruise to the Bahamas to Michelle's son's recent burglary arrest, there is never a dull moment.

  6. No kids in sight. Need I say more?

  7. My day isn't consumed entirely by working and exercising from 8 AM to 8 PM. During a time that I would usually be sleeping, I'm already entirely finished with my workout for the day. That leaves 5 PM to 10 PM to do what I please without feeling guilty for skipping a workout.

  8. I look like a real person for the entire day. If I don't go to the gym in the morning, I snooze my alarm until the last possible moment. When I finally spring out of bed, often yelling profanities, I only have time to throw on some ugly business casual attire and run out the door. Needless to say, I tend to resemble some sort of swamp monster on these days.
Questions:

Are you on Team AM or Team PM? Why?

How was your weekend?? Anything as exciting as mine?
I had to work on a Saturday. Cue the "wah-wahhhhh"


Random Fact #19: I actually liked The Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I pretend it's because I like to stare at James Franco (that too), but it was actually a pretty touching story. Monkeys just hit a soft spot, I guess.

Hi, you're pretty. Call me?

3 comments:

  1. Mayumi and I love to get up at 4:00 a.m. to get to the gym for 5:30 a.m. workouts. We live about 5 minutes from the gym, but it's nice to read the news and have a cup of coffee before we leave.

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  2. Haha!! Number 4 made me laugh :)

    I'm not team anything right now... this summer has totally thrown me off my game with the heat! Hubby and I converted to outside only worker-outers after we cancelled our gym membership in February. We forgot to factor in the Texas HEAT!

    I hope to convert to AM this fall so I can do a little yoga or get in a run before the school day.

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  3. I am definitely Team AM but I still have a problem....I have to be at work by 7:15 at the latest, so without workout, I already get up around 5:30-5:45. If I want to get in a good, hour-long workout, I have to be up by 4-4:30, and that's pushing it for me. Sigh. I do evening workouts, but I hate them!!

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