Late-Night Workouts: The End Result of Procrastination
I know I recently posted that I was thinking of committing to early-morning workouts, but I really, REALLY am not a morning person, so if I have the opportunity to workout later in the day, I’ll usually choose to do that. Today was that kind of day. I actually had lots of time to get a workout in. My kids were in skating camp for four hours this afternoon and my husband was home during the evening, so I could have done my workout shortly after supper.
This afternoon, I did some quick grocery shopping because we were completely out of fruit, and then I met with my nutritionist for a great session. I would have had time to workout, but felt that I’d be rushed and possibly end up not having time to shower – not the best situation (especially for my nutritionist – ha!).
After supper, my husband ran out somewhere (Home Depot, maybe? dunno), but I still would easily have had time to fit my hour-long bike in there. Instead, I read some really great blogs about fitness, weight loss, and healthy eating – so inspiring! Still, working out should have been my priority, and I didn’t treat it as such.
I put the kids to bed, and then suddenly it was 10pm! I spent some time debating whether or not to still workout. Thankfully, I checked my e-mail and my trainer reminded me that our workout is in the afternoon tomorrow, not our usual morning session. That did it – I needed to workout more than I needed to go to bed!
I changed into my gear, cued up True Blood on the PVR, and started to pedal. I don’t usually watch TV when I stationary bike (see this post where I explain why), but my iPod was dead for some reason and it was a steady bike ride, not intervals, so it worked out just fine.
While I’m happy to report I got today’s workout in, I’m scratching my head a little, wondering why it is that sometimes I put off my workout until it’s really late or I decide not to do it.
Do you ever do this, or am I the only one spinning in the basement at 11pm? Any secrets on how to overcome workout procrastination?
I do the same thing — I put off a workout until the last minute. And yes, when we still belonged to a 24 hour gym I was there late late at night. Now I do it right away in the morning or right when I get done with work. I talked to my husband about it, and he would never say anything to me about getting my workout in, but I feel like I have to be accountable and get my workouts in early.
If I exercise too late at night I sleep terrible (and so does my husband!)
Yeah, I’m fighting the switch to early mornings. Still, there’s something really satisfying about being done before you’ve even started your day, isn’t there? Luckily I had no trouble sleeping last night, but I have experienced that, too, especially when I lift weights.