• superduperpirate@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I do it because it’s the least worst option available to me. If I hit the gym at lunchtime it’s usually fairly packed and I have a hard time getting the machines I like. But if I go in when the gym opens before work, then I can get in, get my sweat on, then shower+change+etc before work.

    I wake up at 6, am dressed and out the door by 630, rolling into the gym parking lot at 655, and waiting by the door when they unlock it at 7.

    I don’t enjoy it for intrinsic reasons. I’ve always been a night owl. But I do like the effects of it - in the last year since I started going before work, I have needed a sleep aid fewer than five times.

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      6 months ago

      Do you schedule to sleep at 10? Your cycle seems pretty neat actually.

      I attempted similar morning exercise before but I found myself nodding off quite violently to sleep by lunch. Like flat out drooling if I shut my eyes. Maybe the trick is moderating workout intensity.

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        6 months ago

        I get to bed anywhere from 1030 to 11.

        And yeah I’m not going hardcore like I’m training for the Olympics or the NFL. I’m just a middle aged dude who doesn’t want to be as fat as I have been recently.

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      6 months ago

      I wake up at 6, am dressed and out the door by 630

      We are not the same

      I am so slow in the morning. I’ll try to rush but then forget 5 things as I leave the house