This is the second time this week I’ve written a post and Ecto, my blogging software, has gone and deleted it. Thanks, Ecto.
Just when you’d think I exhausted every single stupid excuse for why I didn’t work out this morning, I have a new one!
I plugged my phone into a different outlet last night (why, I don’t know either), and it turns out that it was an outlet controlled by a light switch, which, of course I’d turned off and my phone died.
I’d reserved a bike for a 6:30 spin class this morning, and I woke up naturally at 6:20 and realized there was no way I could get changed and make it there in 10 minutes…and so I plugged my phone into a different outlet and rolled back over, defeated. I ended up sleeping until almost 8, getting a full nine hours of sleep.
I don’t know if it was too much sleep (that’s not really a thing, is it?), an allergy-induced fog, or a bit of both, but today dragged on and on and on. A trip to a client event to take some photos at mid-day was a nice diversion to wake back up.
Around 4, I realized I needed to come up with a workout plan, so I decided I’d work to get everything done and get out of the office by 7:10 to get to 30/60/90. Per usual, the class was awesome, but I couldn’t help but watch two girls in the front who were in kick-ass shape. I want to be like them when I grow up. How can I be like them? Consistency.
By the time I got home, walked Bailey and was ready to start making something to eat (fajitas), it was 9:30. If that’s not reason enough for me to try to become one of those morning exercisers, I don’t know what it is.
That, and the endorphins evaporate overnight. I was in such a good mood when I ran before work last week, and I definitely don’t feel that same way when I work out at night.
So, I’m not going to ask how you make yourself wake up to work out in the morning, because that one’s beating a dead horse, but what workouts do you struggle to do consistently? For me, it’s obviously anything that’s not running.
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I love running and that's about it. I really struggle when it comes to weight lifting. I've bought books, tried classes, just gone in and made it up and I just cannot stick to it! I may try a Body Pump class soon as I've finally found a gym that offers it in Chicago. Hopefully that will work out for me!
I struggle with committing to yoga, mostly because I am SO unflexible that I'm bad at it. Running, spinning, weights are easier for me to commit to, but I NEED to incorporate more yoga into my routine for injury prevention/recovery. I'm trying to make it to one class a week, and putting it into my iCal really helps me plan workouts for the week!
I'm the queen of coming up with excuses to not do my morning workouts. This morning was "I had a headache before bed last night, I must be getting sick...I had better sleep in". Lol. I think running is actually the hardest thing for me to wake up and do, but not sure why. It just always seems like a lot of effort in the morning!
I am finding it is getting easier to work out in the mornings now that it's getting lighter earlier. I have such a hard time getting up to work out when it is still completely dark outside.
So I don't work out in the mornings (I work east coast accounts and live in San Francisco and try to get to work by 7:30am) but for me what works to stay consistent in workouts is to set a routine. I run 3x a week (usually 5-6 miles each time, and I make the time for it - whether it's going at lunchtime (and going back to the office with wet hair), or after work, I feel so much better when I do it. Having someone else hold you accountable helps too... I take Pilates reformer classes a couple of days a week after work and if you cancel within 12 hours they charge you $18/class... not something I want to be dealing with! :)
I go through phases: sometimes it's hard to run consistently, sometimes it's hard to do other cardio consistently, but lately, it's hard to do yoga consistently. But I'm working on breaking that habit and going to do yoga right now! :)
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I did the same thing last night with my phone! (Actually Kyle's and my phones both, ugh.) When I woke up, my phone was completely dead. Kinda glad I'm not the only person who has done that, haha.
Anything that's not running I struggle with. Basically my brain blots it out and I simply forget! When I've a date with running, everything comes together and I'm usually out of the house earlier than I meant to be, run further than I planned, and all is right with the world.
So I've realised there's no point in fighting it, and just make sure I schedule enough running to keep me fit and stop me piling the pounds back on!
I struggle with committing to yoga or pilates and feeling like I would have to add a fifth work out day into my schedule (NOT happening) instead of swapping out for one of my cardio and/or weight lifting days. I will say becoming a morning exerciser has been important for my workout consistentcy over the past 2 years of moving to NYC and hating working out after getting home at 7 pm or later. Honestly, it really just does take the mindset. NO snooze on the alarm just turn it off and get up. Oh and putting out my clothes the night before is helpful.