Working Out and Working Overnights..

MindBodyNSpirit · 04-07-2008, 11:29 PM

Hi everyone! Im Gina.. pretty new to the site. Wanted to ask some advice. I work overnights sun, mon, tues& weds. 10pm to 8am. I know its good for you to workout in the morning. I was wondering due to my odd shedual when would be the best time for me? When i got home from work in the am or when i woke up in the pm?

sportzgirl · 04-08-2008, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MindBodyNSpirit

Hi everyone! Im Gina.. pretty new to the site. Wanted to ask some advice. I work overnights sun, mon, tues& weds. 10pm to 8am. I know its good for you to workout in the morning. I was wondering due to my odd shedual when would be the best time for me? When i got home from work in the am or when i woke up in the pm?

When do you have the most energy?

MindBodyNSpirit · 04-08-2008, 07:04 AM

hmm i guess after i wake up i do. Im usually tired either way haha. But working out always wakes me right up.

sportzgirl · 04-08-2008, 08:52 PM

That's when I'd do it, you'll be more energized and can probably push yourself harder. I think it's too easy after a long day to "take the easy way out."

JillSlap · 04-08-2008, 09:09 PM

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That's when I'd do it, you'll be more energized and can probably push yourself harder. I think it's too easy after a long day to "take the easy way out."

I totally agree. Even if you're pushing as hard as you can after a long workday, it won't be as hard as if you were working out fresh, or at least that was the case for me when I first started out. Getting up extra early was horrible at first (I am so NOT a morning person

) but now I actually look forward to it.

MindBodyNSpirit · 04-08-2008, 11:16 PM

Thanx for the advice girls!

swole2008 · 04-10-2008, 02:56 AM

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Thanx for the advice girls!

I work nightshifts 11pm-7am fri-mon nights. So 4 nights a week.

What i do is, on nights that i work, i workout RIGHT before going to work. And on days that i have off, i workout whenever i damn well feel like it =P.

I do a 6 day on, 1 day off split... so i just save that one day off, for a night where i'm just too tired to go to the gym before work.

Also guys tend to have the most testosterone in their system in the morning, goes down really low around 4pm, and boosts up again later or something funky like that. Yea thats for stupid daywalkers. Our bodies are on a different schedule.... We can do whatever we want =)

rubes00 · 04-10-2008, 12:37 PM

My work schedule is extremely weird. I work two day shifts, then two nigh shifts.... 6am-6pm or vice versa.

On my night shifts I usually workout after my first meal of the day and sometimes if I'm really crazy I'll do about 20 minutes interval cardio when I get off before going to bed.

MindBodyNSpirit · 04-11-2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by swole2008

I work nightshifts 11pm-7am fri-mon nights. So 4 nights a week.

What i do is, on nights that i work, i workout RIGHT before going to work. And on days that i have off, i workout whenever i damn well feel like it =P.

I do a 6 day on, 1 day off split... so i just save that one day off, for a night where i'm just too tired to go to the gym before work.

Also guys tend to have the most testosterone in their system in the morning, goes down really low around 4pm, and boosts up again later or something funky like that. Yea thats for stupid daywalkers. Our bodies are on a different schedule.... We can do whatever we want =)

thats almost my exact schedual, except i work sun-weds, 4 nights a week. thanx!