How To Get Motivated For Early Morning Workouts

Bound and determined to haul yourself out of bed at the crack of dawn to get in an early morning workout?

There’s no question that early morning workouts tend to be great as far as adherence goes because nothing external will ever crowd out your session at 6 am. The only thing that might however is yourself.

For most people, making the 6 am workout a habit proves to be one of the most difficult things to do, but the good news is that once you have, it tends to stick around through the test of time. Once you’re in your groove and regularly getting up to do that workout, you’ll find that your body naturally tends to wake up around the time when you should be getting ready and you actually look forward to getting those sessions in.

They let you start your day fresh, feeling great that you’ve already done something positive for your health and now you have energy to spare.

But getting to that place – that place where you relish the 6 am wake-up call can be quite the hurdle to overcome.

The following tips will make it easier.

Utilize Your Alarms Properly

The very first way to get yourself out of the confines of your comfy bed first thing in the morning is to utilize your alarms properly. Rather than setting your alarm right next to your bed so you can easily reach over and smash the snooze button to give you back your peace and quiet, place the alarm across the bed.

If you actually have to get up to go turn it off, once you’re up you may just stay up and that could be all it takes to get you into the gym.

Meet A Buddy

Another simple strategy to make your early morning workouts a habit is to meet a buddy at the gym. When you know someone else will be there and you won’t be facing the dark gym alone when you feel the rest of the world is sleeping, it’ll be all that more motivating to get up.

Plus, if you skip out they’ll show up and be alone, and you wouldn’t want to be that person now, would you?

Have A Delicious Pre-Workout Meal Planned

Food is definitely a strong motivator for most people so one trick you can use to get yourself out of bed is to have a delicious pre-workout meal planned. Now, obviously you don’t want to be sitting down to a full blown meal at 6 am, especially right before intense exercise, but you do still need to get some nutrients and energy into you.

Whether you choose to have a shake or you make a food-based meal is up to you, but find something that you really enjoy and your taste buds may be the driving force for getting out of bed.

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Commit To 10 Minutes

Finally, the last way to get yourself out of bed is to simply commit to ten minutes. Make it a deal that you can go for ten minutes and if you’re still not feeling like continuing, you can go back home and relax.

Sometimes it’s simply the stress of thinking about intense exercise that you are dreading while laying there comfortable under the warm blankets, so this mind game can quickly do the trick to change that.

Once you’re up and warmed up, you’ll find the thought of intense exercise to not be nearly as dreadful and likely just stay and complete the session.

So there you have a few simple yet highly effective tips to get yourself committed to early morning workouts. If you’re currently struggling, give one or two of these a shot.

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