Any of you do late night workouts? What's that like if you do?
I have all the equipment I need at home. The problem is, our schedule is fucking bonkers. I work 7:30ish to 4, I take my oldest into school and take her home since I work at the school. My SO isn't home until 4:30, we pick the other kiddo up at 5. Dinner at six, bedtime at 7:30, kids are out by 8ish. Oldest has dance on Mondays till 6. SO has class on Tuesday till 8. She has homework and readings to do every week as a result. Weekends got swim class, dance for the little guy, library, groceries, naps, plans with the kids or friends or family.
I'm doing all this math on every hour of the week and I'm coming to the conclusion that I could get a solid hour every day if I wanted after everyone goes to bed. From 10 to 11. My ADHD keeps me up anyway, I likely won't make much noise, the living room already has those foam padding jigsaw tiles on the floor to keep the kids from tumbling on the hard floor. It's in the basement, the kids sleep soundly, my SO isn't a night owl like I am.
This seems like a no brainer and that usually means I'm overlooking something. The one thing keeping me from working out at home was privacy, and this gets me that because people will be passed the fuck out anyway. Obviously this is like a twice a week and eventually a three day a week thing.
How fucked up are my mornings going to be? Weekdays we're up at six to get the day on schedule. Am I going to be totally fucked those mornings?
the only discipline i have ever managed to keep was waking up earlier and working out first thing. literally, go peepee, take morning pills, hit the mat. it's become part of my morning autopilot, where all i am doing is putting one foot in front of the other because i'm locked into a schedule and can't dawdle.
personally, my theory is that the general vibe of how mornings are a grumpy time is the cortisol / stress hormone, literally spikes as you're waking up. the body is dumping it to get you up, alert, and in gear, so i figure why not ride that wave. once i'm through, i hit the shower and the rest of my day begins with me being awake as fuck, loose, and fully in my body and feel like i'm coasting. that feeling is a total positive feedback loop. i'm at work by 7:45am and feeling groovy.
i've tried working out at night, but it kind of wakes me up and i lose some sleep time waiting to get settled again. not to mention, i'm good at putting it off until it gets so late i'm just like, "fuk it im tired."
i don't think i've said any reason others can't do it, but for the life of me, mornings are my jam. i am rocking 5 days a week, every week, and have held that pattern literally for nearly 24 months.
i also don't do caffeine in the morning anymore and have been transitioning to less and less warm showers in the a.m., so i probably seem totally nuts to most people lol. i'm not quite there to a cold shower, but have done some cool ones and i tell you what, i am firing on all cylinders when i do that. i have friends that wake up, put on a pot of coffee, and sit quietly in a chair in their PJs for the first 30 minutes of their day. they think i must be a serial killer when i describe my routine.
Somehow I do both. First thing cup of coffee. Next thing to gym and workout full body. Next shower and work. Yet always feels relaxed. 5 days a week atleast.