morning or evening?

[NUNES]

What time do you guys train? I been training for a few months now. For some reason for the past 2 weeks by time i get to the gym around 6pm its really busy.
Theres so many people that, you have to wait for a bench to work on. So now im thinking of going early morning before work. I just wanted to know who goes to gym early.
Thanks

 

[KillahBee]

For the majority of my admittedly short training career I went first thing in the morn. I am a mornign person and I loved the fact that the place was deserted other than hardcore peeps. Also, it was a GREAT way to wake up in the morning and I was more awake and lively at 9am than any of my coworkers. Did that for about4 or 5 years.

Then I moved and began working from home recently. I live on the West Coast but work East Coast hours. So I train around 2pm-ish. I fucking love it. It all depends on your own body and mind, but I now see why afternoon lifting is so much better. I feel like I have enough food/energy in me to feed my workouts, which I didn't have in the morning.

I could never train after 5pm in a public gym. Too annoying.

 

[tehkevroy]

I train at 7pm dont know why but its the only time i can train ;\

 

[chaos13]

i love training in the afternoon, gym is usally dead, i have plenty of energy from eatting a few meals.

 

[beerdrinker]

Evening here. I've tried mornings, but I don't have as much energy. Maybe if I got used to it I would. The biggest problem for me, is I have to get on the road to get to work so early that I would have to start at a ridiculous hour.

 

[10001110101]

cardio is good in AM.

seriously though, afternoon/evening is perfect, you need to be fully awake and have at least 2 solid meals in before you start lifting imo

 

[NUNES]

Thanks for the answers guys. Yea, Im going to try going around 8pm see if theres a difference or not. But if not, i guess early morning it is.

 

[markmark]

noon works best for me. don't have enough energy in the morning and too tired in the evening to deal with all the people just standing around the machines..

 

[chaos13]

my biggest problem training in the night time is if i want to take some caffeine or a pre-workout shake, it will keep me up for hours after my work out when i want to go to bed

 

[Scotsman]

I usually train around 7:30-8pm gym is normally dead or at least the area I use. I have never been a morning person so I don't like training too early. Recently I've been going in around 2-3pm if I have plans in the evening. That time is fun bcause I get to scare the housewives.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[musclemom]

Anytime before 4:00 p.m. for weight training, for me, is useless. Cardio in the morning is alright.

 

[the_alcatraz]

morning training is definately better....your test level is higher in teh morning....less calories spent! have a good early breakfast and go psycho!