Art

Hi Guys,
I think if you work nights, you generally have it harder than most
as far as any training goes.

I find myself waking up in the afternoon, and going to the gym
around 5pm, and then after only a short rest, I'm off to work at
9pm to start at 10pm.... finish at 6am, then in bed by 7am.

Is there any problem (other than being stuffed at work)
with training closer to the start of my day than the end?
In the morning I'm so buggered after work that I can't
imagine doing any training...
Cheers, Art.

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Var

I work 2nd shift (1:30-10pm) and usually workout around 9am. So, my workouts fit in to my work schedule similar to the way yours does. I dont think it matters what time of day you workout. Some love working out first thing in the morning, others prefer nighttime.

PreMier

I prefer to workout at night(around 5pm ish)
I have a schedule similar to Var's. I get to work at 2:30pm and finish at 11:30pm. So I hit the gym at 10:30 every morning.

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Var

I love morning workouts, but I need a little something to get me going. Used to live on ECA.

PreMier

I woudl like morning workouts better if I could get more sleep lol. I also have to go right after I eat(1 hr) so im low on energy most of the time... sucks!

P-side Inc.

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Var

I down a protein shake when I wake up (around 8-830), take a shower, and head to the gym. Preworkout stimulant is key though. Even if its just a couple cups of coffee.

PreMier

Is that all you eat pre workout? I have been eating 1c oats, 3 Tbsp honey, and 1 scoop protein in 15 oz milk. But I still find myself lacking full energy. I also shower before I go.

P-side Inc.

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Var

I make my shake with 2 scoops ON powder, tbs flax, and milk. Sometimes I'll blend some oats in there too. I never get hungry during my workouts, but my appetite has never been to crazy.

firestorm

I work 3rd and am writing this from work as a matter of fact. I work 7pm to 7am bed by 8:00-8:10 and up by 01:00pm. I train from 2:00 to 3:00pm then off to pick kids up from school by 3:15. So it isn't a fun thing let me tell you. I'm not a morning person and 1:00pm is morning for me. I'm really not all that awake by 2 so training on those days gets missed more often then on the other end of the week when I'm not at work. Luckily for me I only have to work 3 12 hour days a week so I get a good 4 days of normal life.

kbm8795

Damn, Firestorm...but 12 hour days can drain the life outa ya....

I read somewhere once that morning workouts were best, but the reason was because you'd keep the metabolism up moving so much the rest of the day. So it seems the same helps if you are working second or third shift. . .if there is any real value to it.

My own seem to fluctuate - I still take article assignments for a magazine, and that requires interviews at different time of the day. Then the preparations for my doctoral prelims eat up time, and every semester it seems like the University schedules me to teach classes at different times, so that can throw me off.

I seem to like mid-morning workouts when I can get there; second is early afternoon. Evenings are bad at a University gym - especially this time of year. Every undergrad starts cramming in there to try to get buff before hitting the Spring Break beaches.
I've tried the 5:30 a.m. workouts (when it opens)...love the quiet, but my body acts like it wants to boot my soul out of it for good and start throwing up green pea soup at every piece of equipment in sight.

firestorm

Art

Hmm.. so I've just got to work on falling asleep at the wheel then .... and putting in some effort at work,
since it literaly comes second
Art.

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firestorm

I'm really tired myself tonight ART. I'll tell you by 06:00am I'm hurting and can't WAIT to get the hell outta here. This whole night is going to suck since I'm tired already. 4 1/4, 5 hours of sleep on workdays just doesn't cut it for me anymore. When I was younger it was cake, not anymore!

Mudge

I used to work night shift, I would go almost straight to the gym because if I didn't my body would start to get tired.

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Burner02

I'm in the same boat as firestorm, but I work 6pm - 6am.
I wake up by 1:30 - 1:45 and in the gym by 3:30, go home, shower adn then to work.
It does suck, as if I have something to do or wake up too late, I miss the workout. I don't have the same schedule as FS..so I do as I can..

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senimoni

Hmm sounds like we can keep one another company!! The Night Crew :-)

I work 11p-7am and workout at 10am. I don't mind it sometimes I nap before I go sometimes not, just depends on whether or not I can get home and to the bed before 7:30 am.

The only reason I work out so late is because I'm in a bootcamp style class and its only offered at 6am or 10am. Once this is finished I will probably still lift in the morning right after work, and cardio if at all will be 3ish but most likely 9ish so I can get the energy for work.

**The only thing that is jacked for me is my diet I'm carb cycling and I run my days from 8am-8am as far as hi/low/no, b/c I don't get up or sleep consistently at all I'm more a power napper 3 hours here 2 hours there etc.

firestorm

Your a better man then me senimoni, No way in hell I can workout after I get home. No freeken way.

Burner02

damn straight!
it's also menatally tiring to be awake all night....
Now that I tink about it, I worked from 9pm - 6am 8hr shifts while in the military...I could lift after then in the morning then....

Success leaves clues. People who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results

Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem

THERE IS NO TOMORROW!
- Appollo Creed

senimoni

I hope not, considering I'm a WOman!! LMAO

But I get your point. I've always been a night (or day in this case) owl. Wayyyy more alert in evening/night than the morning. I must be the minority though.

In fact I argue sorta with my sister b/c we work the same shift and she wants to come home go to sleep, get up at 1-2pm and go to the gym. And I'd prefer to do the opposite. It takes me too long to wake up and I just don't have the mental energy to do it.

Burner02

hey..that sounds like out of Lord of the Rings III..

Success leaves clues. People who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results

Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem

THERE IS NO TOMORROW!
- Appollo Creed

firestorm

*****************8
Well WOman,, we can be the minority together because I'm exactly the same way. I'm a night person and always have been, even as a child. As a school kid my grades in any class before lunch really SUCKED. HAHAHAHAHA

firestorm

senimoni , by the way if your a woman you must proove it by posting a picture. hahahahaha

senimoni

oh lord not that again........just ask Babs, she met me!! I may join in on the IM comp but I'm (actually my stomach) is a little camera shy!

firestorm

Oh pleeze S&M, you should have been around for the 1st pics we took!! I was 10times more resistant to having my pictures taken. What made it difficult for me was that my avitar was a pic of me "in" shape and looking rather good. Problem was that was prior to a major injury that sidelined me from the gym for approx a full year so I got what I considered WAY out of shape!!! I was so insecure with myself I've since removed that pic from my avi because that wasn't me anymore. Taking those pics after people had seen the good me was devistating to say the least but I did it anyway. Why? because those pics are now my motivation to be better. I still go in there and look at them just to remind myself that I want to be better then that. I want to show people the "good" me so I'm busting my ass to make those pics in there disappear and then Maybe be able to post a new pic of me in my avi and know that is me. So join the contest and post the pics. You only have a few days left so get on it and don't be a wimp.

Art

Bloody hot one here last night!
almost 40 degrees C at work tires you real quick.
I'm feeling great when I wake up though.

I'm getting around 5 - 6 hrs sleep in the morning on workdays
if I leave the air conditioner on all the time.... more sleep would
be great, but what can ya do...

I don't mind the shcedule that I keep now,
just needed to know it it mattered when you train relative to sleep.
Cheers, A.

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PreMier

LoL. Bloody cold here... About -15c

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Burner02

that sounds cold....
It was - 3 F when I left for home this morning. The truck made some odd noise when I craked her up. It evidentally doens't care much for cold weather..

Success leaves clues. People who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results

Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem

THERE IS NO TOMORROW!
- Appollo Creed

PreMier

Colder where you live burner Was 5 degrees F here. With wind chill prob a lot colder. Make sure you let the truck warmup in the morning. Cold starts can be hard on the engine too.

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.