I’ve had several different workout routines since I started at Orangetheory. I have almost always worked out on the same days of the week (starting with Monday/Wednesday/Friday and then adding on Saturday), but the time of the day has changed for me. I started out working out only in the afternoons. Then I did Monday mornings since I didn’t work on Mondays. When I started going to the Culver City location, I did early morning workouts before work. And that’s what I did until the studios had to close about 10 months ago.
When I started doing my home workouts, I tried to maintain a similar schedule to what I did in the studios. I might not have worked out as early as I used to, but I still preferred mornings. I have gotten used to working out on an empty stomach and have come to prefer that. And since I wasn’t really working, it was easy enough for me to do that.
Once I started at my new job last month, I was doing fewer hours than I knew I would be doing once I was trained. I also wasn’t always doing morning work hours. So if I had afternoon work, working out in the morning was easy. If I had to work in the morning, I was done early enough to work out as soon as I was done without needing to eat before. But this past week, I started my actual work schedule.
Now, if I want to work out after I am done with work, it will be in the afternoon. I will need to eat at least 1 meal (if not 2) before my workout. And I thought maybe I’d have to do that. I tried that with my Monday workout this past week, and it wasn’t good. I really don’t love working out in the afternoon anymore and it just didn’t feel right. So I realized I needed to work on figuring out how to work out before work and have enough time.
Fortunately for me right now, it’s easier than it would be if I was going to a workout at a studio. I don’t have a commute to worry about. I can wake up and be starting a workout within 10 minutes. So I tried waking up at the time I used to wake up for my Wednesday and Friday workouts and going from there. And that worked out. I was able to start my workout early enough that I had time to shower and be dressed before I had to log in for work. I do have to rush a bit to do that, but it’s doable. So this week, my goal is to do that on Monday as well. My Saturday workouts are easier since I don’t work, so I don’t have to worry about those.
But it also changes up how I think about things going forward as far as working out somewhere other than my house. If I went to an outdoor workout, I would have to either go much earlier than I’m used to or go in the afternoon. The outdoor workout location is much further than the studios I normally go to, so the drive time has to be considered. Once the studios are open again, I can’t do the morning times that I’m used to and would have to do an earlier time. And that means I need to get my sleep schedule in a much better place so I can wake up about an hour earlier than I normally do. It’s not the worst thing to do, but it will take some time. But because I am thinking about this much sooner than I need to do it, I can take some time to transition to an earlier wake-up.
I know I don’t need to worry about any of this really right now, but I do want to think about it. I am still hopeful that at some point this year, the studios will be open again and I can go back. And there is a chance the times that the workouts are offered will be different from what I am used to before, so any planning I might do could need to be changed. But I’m still going to keep trying to create the habit of working out in the morning when I have to do it at a specific time. That’s something I have been slacking on a bit and it’s good to get back into scheduling myself that way.
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