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Last night was tough, because we're noobs at this, but we felt good afterward (and after a nice stretch).
One thing we're beginning to deal with is heat. Over the winter, we can comfortably work out any time of day. Now, though, it needs to be very early morning (before 7) or after the sun's gone down (after 8). Personally, I'd rather sleep in the morning, and I don't like exercising at night with all three of the day's meals in my belly.
So I'm curious: When do you work out? Or, if you could choose, when would you work out? Do you prefer the quiet early morning hours and don't mind that everyone else is sleeping? Do you squeeze it in on lunch break and brave the heat of the day? Do you prefer evening or late night?
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I'm definitely an evening person. I prefer right around 7pm when there's still light but it's not super hot. It means eating dinner later than I'd like but it's far enough away from lunch that I don't get cramps.
I'm dreading summer too. The humidity is worse for me than the heat. I'll be doing a lot of my running on treadmills :)
I work out in the morning. I wake up early anyway, even before my alarm. While I wish I could sleep in, I figure I may as well make a virtue out of necessity. It's easier to exercise while my son is asleep, and I only have to shower once instead of twice.
I like to work out in the late afternoon. I think its a hangover from when I was teaching and went to the gym after work. It was the perfect time, you get it over before evening festivities but you beat the crowd at the gym.
Morning workouts are usually best for me. But I work later hours, so some days I only finish work at 6. So if we work out in the evening, it's usually right after we get home from work, and then we have to make dinner. But I prefer that to waiting until after dinner and working out late. So, I try to get up early enough to do the workout then instead. Heat usually isn't a problem for me though. Quite the opposite actually. I need to convince myself to get out of my warm, cozy bed, and go down to the cold garage where we have our fitness equipment.
Shaun - That late dinner is part of what I'm trying to avoid. I remember the humidity in Orlando. Bleh.
Sandra - Nice use of time you're awake anyway!
Shelley - Good point about beating the crowd.
Jenn - That reminds me of practicing piano when I was in elementary school. We had an old upright in the basement, which was concrete block-walled and concrete-floored. I don't remember heat. :)
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