I have always been an early riser. I don’t enjoy sleeping in – I want to be up as early as possible so I can start my day.
But when my alarm goes off at 4:30 am each morning, I want to throw it out the window.
At that time, I hate everything around me. Including working out.
Some mornings, I hit snooze until my finger goes numb. But I know that I just won’t feel complete without a workout first thing. It starts my day off right and makes me feel great. It sets the tone of the day for me.
Even a quick 20 minutes of moving around gets me up and going on those days I sleep in. I usually do a mini workout at home, since I don’t have time to get to the gym and back. It makes me feel positive about the day ahead and clears my mind.
Get-Your-Butt-Out-Of-Bed-Workout
1 min jumping jacks
30 seconds high knees
20 forward lunges
1 min simulated jump rope
20 squats
10 burpees
1 min jumping jacks
15 squat jumps
20 pushups
1 min high knees
30 second mountain climbers
90 second plank hold
REPEAT
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I love this mini-workout!
A lot of these exercises are things my trainer & I would do for warmups. I’m definitely going to give this a try & see if it wakes my butt up.
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i will do said work out… i just need you to haul me out of bed first.
i think there needs to be a blogger phone chain or somthin’. homegirl needs her butt dragged out of bed.
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Sometimes a mini-workout like this is just what the doctor ordered- straight ahead, old-school ass whipper. Love it.
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Wow! Waking up at 4:30 to do that workout is impressive!
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i totally agree about working out first thing in the morning!! my alarm goes off at 415 and I watn to throw it out too! but after a few hours and haing my workout done by 7am feels awesome!
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You posted this for me, right? ;)
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Burpees in the morning are the devil. I’m all for an AM workout… but for some reason burpees are not ok before noon for me.
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Why are you up out of bed at 4:30am?!
That seems insane- I hate getting up any earlier then 6, but this month I’ve had to push it back to 5:45am..
What time does work start for you!?
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Jessica — June 29th, 2010 @ 6:16 am
I probably could start my day at 5:30, but I HATE being rushed. I like to ‘ease’ into my morning and take my time.
It roughly goes like this:
5 – 615: workout
630: shower/dry hair
6:50 – blog
720: get ready, prepare food for the day if I haven’t the night before, make and eat breakfast, clean up kitchen
8: leave for work
I also had always trained clients starting at 5am, so I was up at 430 for the past 5 years. I’m used to it!
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Ooh I’m totally bookmarking this for when I’m on the road this weekend!!
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You know, I think you just inspired me to start working out in the morning. It really does set the day off on the right foot!!
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4:30 in the morning!!!!!!!!!?? Wow!!! How do you do it!! I can barely crawl out of bed at 7:30. It is awful.
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Whoa whoa whoa! Not sleeping in? Man! I think a morning wake-up workout is definitely a great idea. Bookmarked! :)
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I love that this follows an amazing Chocolate & PB Cookie recipe.. my kinda girl! :) .. and jump roping in between leg work.. my fave!
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I wake up at 4:30 too! I still exercise in the afternoon though.
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That looks really hard. But not as hard as just THINKING about getting up at 4:30 in the morning. Ugh!
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I’m an early riser too, but 4:30am isn’t early, that’s still nighttime!
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LOVE working out in the morning!! Even if I sleep in I’ll try to do at least 20 minutes!
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I am so with you on this! I am out of bed every morning by 4:15. Some mornings are harder than others, but I ALWAYS feel so much better after it’s done. Morning workouts are great but definitely require conditioning your body to get use to it.
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Thank you for this post. I am trying to train for a half marathon and am completely out of shape. I have to work out in the morning, but my work schedule changes almost everyday. I am 100% going to try this tomorrow morning, even though I will be getting up at 6 am I will be pushing myself because of you and your readers. Thank you everyone!
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