How do you make time in the morning to exercise?

I have lots of free time in the morning in this period, but I if don’t have much time, I would probably wake up early to make some room for it.

I’ve found just getting up and doing it is the only way to guarantee that I do it. If I leave it for the afternoon or after work I find an excuse not to. I pick out my outfit the night before, pack a bag with clothes and toiletries so I can be ready to walk out the door and get it done.

I don’t often make time in the morning I find the evening easier due to school work and all that jaz I’ll put some music on and I always play the same playlist so my brain associates the songs with working out

I tend to wake up earlier to make the time; later in the day after working all day, I just don’t have the energy to exercise. My health is a priority, so I make an extra 30 minutes just to focus on exercise in the morning.

I remind myself why I started: to be in good shape functionally. I make it top priority if I didn’t have had time in the last 2 days.

It doesn’t take much time to get in a simple routine. On days I’m planning a longer workout I just do it in the afternoon 😅

By the habits I’ve created from drinking water each morning as soon as i wake up, my mind has been conditioned to wake earlier in the days than before by about 2/3hrs. So I find the time. Plus, drinking water first thing really wakes the body up so I’m not lazy or sluggish to get going. I don’t check social media first thing and the consistency of drinking water/working out keeps me going. Some mornings I skip the routine but I try to do it in the evening or just do it another day, which simply means I’m not hard on myself.

I wake up at 5:30, drink water to wake myself up. I’ll take some vitamin D, vitamin C, magnesium, and ashwaghanda. I’ll have a SAD lamp on to wake myself up. Then I’ll put on my gym clothes and step outside. My gym is nearby. I’ll keep the workout to less than an hour because it is more feasible

Fitting things in during your morning routine can be challenging. Initially, I was discouraged by how many people I looked up to just immediately got up and exercised. No breakfast, no cup of tea to settle down with, just go. It would be easy to fit it in if you could just be up and over with it. No procrastination. But waking up slowly has always been an integral part of my mental health care, and removing that piece was never an option. Instead, I figured out that working out after fully waking up, after that cup of tea, and delicious breakfast truly motivated me to exercise. I started small at 10 minutes, and gradually progressed into longer sessions. I didn’t believe I could fit exercise into my morning routine because of how slowly I need to wake up, but once I got in the habit of getting ready to exercise just after my food had settled, and the morning NPR wrapped up, I was ready to start my exercise for the day.

I’ve been doing the Fabulous 1-minute exercise on weekdays and the 7-minute on the weekends. Even just the 1- minute helps get me going in the morning.