When do you train?

This question was posed by WordPress today so given this is a fitness blog I’ll rephrase it, what’s your favourite time of the day to exercise?

Mine is morning. Now I hate getting up in the morning, my most committed relationship in the world is with the snooze button to be honest, but, once I’m up I love training first thing.

You just throw something on and go do it, nobody looks ‘put together’ in the gym first thing, and then once your done you can go shower, get dressed and feel smug for the rest of the day because you’ve already trained. I feel like when I train in the morning I just feel more positive and alert throughout the rest of the day. It’s so much easier to put training off as the day goes on and things pop up that you need to do, so when you’ve already done it before the day really starts you’ve just removed some of the pressure from yourself.

I do train in the evening, and more often than not at lunchtime, but I find both of those times never feel quite as good as morning sessions do. In reality lunch time is the most practical time for me because we’ve got a gym at work so I do tend to go quite frequently, but when work gets stressful I find myself skipping the session. I also try to limit the type of things I do because I need to be showered and back at my desk within the hour so whilst it’s a convenient options it’s not optimal. Evening sessions often leave me not ready to sleep and also when I get in from work I’m hungry so it throws out my eating a bit.

So the best time to train for me varies, and I’m lucky I can train either before or after work or at lunch time, but the time I always feel best for getting up and doing something first thing in the morning.