Body Back Class #2, Early Mornings- January 16, 2015
I’m a night owl by nature. I think many Type B creatives are. I can nap in the afternoon with the kiddos and be up happily tapping the keys of my laptop at 11:30 pm…Midnight…12:30 am. If I’m fired up to write, I will sometimes do that.
Not on the nights before Body Back.
The number one question I’ve received on Facebook and Twitter this week is, “Wait, you’re doing the 5:30 am class?! Uh, I can’t do that.” I promise you can. Actually, this week has been amazing because of it. (There are other times to accommodate your schedule! Greyson often has evening meetings or conference calls for work the nights of the evening classes, so that didn’t work for us as far as childcare.) Yes, I’ve had to go to bed earlier. I’ve had to stay up on some very cold, rainy and lazy afternoons while my babies are snoozing. Oh my, how I wanted to curl up on the couch with a blanket and doze off! I didn’t, and it has been worth it.
It’s been worth it because the two days this week I woke up at 4:30 am, it was quiet and peaceful as I made my way to class. It was cold and the air made me feel energized. Then I got a whole hour to push myself and work out kid-free. I actually got to class on-time because I didn’t have to pack up two little ones and all the junk we haul around everyday. It was just me.
After class I got home right at 7:00 am both days. The house was still quiet. I heard little stirrings from my family as I was able to enjoy some coffee, empty the dishwasher and start a load of laundry all before 7:30 am. I was energized. I was pleasant. I felt good. I had pushed myself really hard that morning. There is satisfaction in that.
Oftentimes I’m groggy and cranky with my family when I’m just waking up. The mornings of Body Back I’m really happy and excited to see them. I start the day accomplished. It’s really amazing. Even night owls need to be early birds sometimes.
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Last year I woke up at 530 to workout twice a week and that was about my limit. I am also a night owl and it messed me up too much if I did it more than twice a week and even then it was pushing it. I don’t have the luxury of napping since I am teaching during the week. I’ve been sucessful this month at working out every night about 7ish. It does mean that Ihave to share my work out time with a busy helping 3.5 year old who likes to work out too, but I am 18 days strong now.
Good for you! I love working out in the morning. It’s so nice to have it done by 6 am. Then I’m not stressing about it the rest of the day. And the more energy thing is such a nice bonus!
I’m really enjoying your body back posts! Would love to hear more about the workouts you are doing. Keep up the strong work!