early morning workouts

When I returned to swimming in 1999, I swam in the evening after work. As soon as I would exit the building, the negative self-talk would start to kick in. I'd had a "hard" day, I was tired, I didn't really need to swim, etc., etc. After about 10 weeks of listening to that stuff, I decided that if I was really going to make "it" work, I needed to get to the AM workout. 6am! and for about 12 or so weeks it was hell. But, after I adjusted to the schedule, it's worked out for the best. Now I rise to swim (sometimes) before the alarm goes off, I arrive to work most mornings in advance of most co-workers and I'm very, very awake. Plus, the 6am group is considerately more competitive than most of the evening folks so, I feel, I get a better workout. One drawback for me since switching to am workouts is I can not "sleep in" anymore, even on weekends. I end up at the am workouts on Saturday and Sunday also. I think trying to split the day in two would be counterproductive and too time consuming.

When I returned to swimming in 1999, I swam in the evening after work. As soon as I would exit the building, the negative self-talk would start to kick in. I'd had a "hard" day, I was tired, I didn't really need to swim, etc., etc. After about 10 weeks of listening to that stuff, I decided that if I was really going to make "it" work, I needed to get to the AM workout. 6am! and for about 12 or so weeks it was hell. But, after I adjusted to the schedule, it's worked out for the best. Now I rise to swim (sometimes) before the alarm goes off, I arrive to work most mornings in advance of most co-workers and I'm very, very awake. Plus, the 6am group is considerately more competitive than most of the evening folks so, I feel, I get a better workout. One drawback for me since switching to am workouts is I can not "sleep in" anymore, even on weekends. I end up at the am workouts on Saturday and Sunday also. I think trying to split the day in two would be counterproductive and too time consuming.