8 Reasons Not To Set Your Alarm Early Enough To Get In A Morning Workout
Oh, SURE: you could get up and make yourself a better person by adhering to your overall health and wellness and star off your day with some exercise. Oh, SURE: exercise may lead to a happier, healthier you, and by getting it out of the way early in the morning, you won't have it hanging over your head the rest of the day. SURE, that sounds great, but you know what else sounds great and would lead to, at the very least, a happier you? Living in the moment, i.e. sleeping another moment (hour).
Nobody else is up at this time working out, so why should you be? Well, some people might be, but if you don't go outside and run you won't see those people. Therefore, you're unaware of them if you stay in bed to sleep instead of workout, meaning you have nothing to feel guilty about, because as far as you know, nobody else is working out right now.
Yes, "Ugh," is a perfectly acceptable excuse when it comes to skipping out on a morning workout. If you mutter the word "Ugh" nobody will expect you to workout in the morning, and you can back to doing what it is you do best: snoozing so hard you actually get up more tired than if you'd gotten up to workout in the first place. So, in a way, you still sort of worked out.
There you have it: that's a full-proof reason to not workout, especially when it comes to an early morning workout. If you're too tired, you probably aren't going to do things correct anyhow and potentially hurt yourself. Plus if you promise yourself you'll workout later and sleep now instead, you'll still be getting that exercise. Then, why you skip out on that workout too, it doesn't really matter, because you can pick it back up in the morning (although, you won't, which is also fine).
Lifting weights or picking up your feet to run in the morning is pretty painful due to the heaviness of a body that's not fully awake, but you know what the else is super heavy? Eyelids! Getting up at sunrise for a light jog or whatever morning workout people do isn't anywhere near as difficult as lifting cinder blocks with your eyelashes!
Even though the second (or third or fourth) alarm is going off right now, that doesn't mean that it's any less early than it was before. You could still be sleeping right and that's exactly what you should be doing. Try a little lucid dreaming to flex your brain muscles–that counts.
Similar to "Ugh" but more assertive. "Ugh" left open a window of hope you might actually get out the door early in the morning for a workout, but "nope" is just straight up "nope." "Nope" is admittedly less of an excuse and rather just a solution to a torturous problem, that if you may recall from excuse #1, nobody else is putting themselves through as far as you know (if you stay in bed).
Waking up before you absolutely have to: who in their right mind would do such a thing? Nobody, that's why it's madness (I tell ya). Go back to bed and work-out how you're going to get out of work earlier so you can get back to this amazing bed as soon as possible.
Literally putting forth the effort just to get up at such an unholy hour, put on clothes and walk toward the front door is a sign of bravery. Collapsing onto the floor for a final few minutes of an all-out snooze fest is a feat that should be celebrated, by you (by sleeping instead of making yourself workout).
*So, tomorrow morning, wake up and get to making a happier (no evidence of healthier, yet) you, and zzzzzzzzzzzzzz*