JOY OF MORNING WORKOUTS

Due to a super short workout that was posted on Bodyrock.tv yesterday, I decided to make one of my plans become reality. I always admired people who were working out in the morning. And I was so jealous that they can do it and I can't. Monday to friday getting up at 5:45 am, I didn't feel like waking up an hour earlier just to kill myself for the rest of the day :D

If you follow Bodyrock workouts for some time, you may notice that immediatelly after a workout you are totally exhausted. But 10-15 minutes later you can experience enormous boost of energy, that can last for many many hours. That is why in the past I was going to bed at 8-9pm and lately I am not able to close my eyes before 11pm. I do my workout after work, usually around 6:30-7:30pm. I work from 7am to 3:30pm, I am home by 4pm, eat something healthy, wait for 60-90 minutes, do my workout, shower eat something healthy again and then I try to sleep. I usually end up reading my Kindle till eleven or so. I was wondering WHY am I unable to have a good sleep at night and why do my legs move like crazy all night, waking my husband and myself in the middle of the night. So I started flirting with an idea of working out before work. But I guess I was always just too lazy to cut ONE hour of peacefull sleep of my night...

I don't know what it is, but something is just giving me energy like crazy last few days (I think my Mental Twin is kinda responsible for that in a weird way, I just feel somehow happier since I know him, lol). And when the 4 minute workout appeared yesterday, I told myself: YOU CAN DO IT! You can get up an hour earlier and DO IT!!! I started to plan it all in my head. I am gonna need some time to warm up, let's say 10 minutes with a jumprope. The workout itself takes just 4minutes, quick streching will take 10 minutes... plus some time in a bathroom and then about 15 minutes in shower. I decided to set my alarm on 4:30 and went to bed.

One thing you DON'T wanna do when working out in the morning is THINKING ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT!!! I was so looking forward to do my first early morning workout, that I was not able to sleep :D I was waking myself up all night and thinking about how will it go in the morning and how many reps I can possibly do. Madness :D I had to read for an hour to redirect my thoughts (Clive Barker CAN do these things!).

4:30, my alarm started to ring.... Snoozed it for 5. Snoozed for another 5. A little voice in my head was telling me: No! Do not give up! You have to do it, you have to prove it to YOURSELF!!! In 4:45 I really jumped of the bed, splashed some cold water on my face, put my workout clothes on and started. 10 minutes of interval skipping was over so quickly, and I was very impressed with my pace! It was much better than my usual skipping in the evening. I was so full of energy! After 10 minutes I did not wait and immediatelly started the 4 minutes of HELL. 

My legs never burned that bad. It was sooooo painful, but so good at the same time! Four minutes were over in a heartbeat, all I had to do is cool down and strech. After that shower, putting some work face on my normal face, clothes and I was ready to go! AND I still had like 20 minutes to spare! Which showed me that I can actually do regular longer workouts in the morning without all those "I have no time in the morning" excuses!

So!

From this day on, I decided to workout in the morning everytime my husband is at work. He works 2 days and has 2 days off. So every day he is already or still at work, I can do my morning workout :) Other days I will just stick to my previous habits and workout after work. On weekends I already got used to workout before lunch (depends on when I get up, sometimes it is 8am, sometimes 10...)

Besides starting bodyrock as a whole, this is the BEST decision I could make :D Wish me luck, I want to stick to this new plan for as long as possible :)

I arranged a pros and cons list in my head for morning workouts, and I realized, that I will miss evening workouts, because these were the one thing I was looking forward to do after work, and my day usually passes by quite quickly, but then I got home, had to eat first, then wait, then workout and then it was late and I had to go to bed even though I had energy like a squirrel from Over the Hedge movie. I love the "high" I get after a workout, and I could never enjoy it at night. By working out in the morning, she energy boost will last me all day (it did today!), I will not have to do a workout after work, which gives me FREE EVENING to do other things (I still wanna do some interval skipping), and I will earn my carbs without even waking up completely :D 

Plus, my Mental Twin told me that fat is easier to burn in the morning, so I am happy about that. And I will still have a few days a week to workout in the afternoon, so I will never get bored, haha.

If you can, try it, you're gonna love it. I do :)