Best time to workout?

Curly Watts

So find myself unemployed as of late and really want to get back into the gym to kill a few hours.

There are a few types of memberships at my local gym and one is the off peak membership, which is a fair bit cheaper but runs from 7am til 4:30pm.

Full membership is all day and is an extra €200 for the year.

Now I get up at around 9:30, get breakfast and do a few things, and have lunch then about 12/1 depending. So would it be a good time to head up at around 2 or half 2? I'd normally have a snack before dinner and dinner at about 6.

I would opt for the full membership if it would give me the results i'm looking for, to burn body fat and gain some muscle mass. And full membership wouldnt mean i'm restricted, but if working out before dinner is the better option then it's what I'd go for.

Opinions??

Thanks in advance

CW

Burkatron

Curly Watts wrote: »

So find myself unemployed as of late and really want to get back into the gym to kill a few hours.

There are a few types of memberships at my local gym and one is the off peak membership, which is a fair bit cheaper but runs from 7am til 4:30pm.

Full membership is all day and is an extra €200 for the year.

Now I get up at around 9:30, get breakfast and do a few things, and have lunch then about 12/1 depending. So would it be a good time to head up at around 2 or half 2? I'd normally have a snack before dinner and dinner at about 6.

I would opt for the full membership if it would give me the results i'm looking for, to burn body fat and gain some muscle mass. And full membership wouldnt mean i'm restricted, but if working out before dinner is the better option then it's what I'd go for.

Opinions??

Thanks in advance

CW

Whatever time you can make your workout! There's no magic time!
2-3 hours after a meal or 1-2 hours after a light feed, 0-1 hour snack works for me just so i'm not completely bogged down by food! This article has a slightly different time frame to what I do, like everything though it's subjective!

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/sportsnutrition/a/EatForExercise.htm

cc87

Why not shop around for a gym with a better price??

Curly Watts

There doesn't seem to be much options in Enniscorthy really? Will be moving just outside it there and there only seems to be the one in the hotel at the river and waterside pool and leisure centre, each around the same prices..

Hanley

Big question is, if you get a job, is that membership them unusable? Perhaps they'd let you upgrade if the time comes. Worth checking out regardless.

Re: time of day, it doesnt matter once its not literally straight out of bed.

Curly Watts

I could upgrade possibly for a slight discount. Will cross that bridge when I get to it, it's done on €100 up front and then €25 a month for 10 months afterwards, through direct debit. Would be handy for me as being unemployed at the minute, getting the lump sum together can be difficult

connollys

Hanley wrote: »

Re: time of day, it doesnt matter once its not literally straight out of bed.

why is this?

Not trying to nit pick but this is when i do a lot of my training as find its the only time the gym is empty enough for me to work out in comfort. Usually get up, eat something small, either a protein muffin (got recipe on here somewhere) or 2 boiled eggs, drive to gym and workout. Would be on the gym floor approx 30 mins after getting outta bed.

cc87

connollys wrote: »

why is this?

Not trying to nit pick but this is when i do a lot of my training as find its the only time the gym is empty enough for me to work out in comfort. Usually get up, eat something small, either a protein muffin (got recipe on here somewhere) or 2 boiled eggs, drive to gym and workout. Would be on the gym floor approx 30 mins after getting outta bed.

I think hanley meant out of bed and into the gym straight away

Curly Watts

connollys wrote: »

why is this?

Not trying to nit pick but this is when i do a lot of my training as find its the only time the gym is empty enough for me to work out in comfort. Usually get up, eat something small, either a protein muffin (got recipe on here somewhere) or 2 boiled eggs, drive to gym and workout. Would be on the gym floor approx 30 mins after getting outta bed.

Do you mind me asking would that be it for the day then? What about your calorie intake for that day, how would they be burned, in the next morning's routine?

Thanks

Sephiroth_dude

connollys wrote: »

why is this?

Not trying to nit pick but this is when i do a lot of my training as find its the only time the gym is empty enough for me to work out in comfort. Usually get up, eat something small, either a protein muffin (got recipe on here somewhere) or 2 boiled eggs, drive to gym and workout. Would be on the gym floor approx 30 mins after getting outta bed.

I do the same,up at 6:25,6:45 bus in,start working out at 7:20 or there abouts

Hanley

connollys wrote: »

why is this?

Not trying to nit pick but this is when i do a lot of my training as find its the only time the gym is empty enough for me to work out in comfort. Usually get up, eat something small, either a protein muffin (got recipe on here somewhere) or 2 boiled eggs, drive to gym and workout. Would be on the gym floor approx 30 mins after getting outta bed.

Should Probably clarify and say that heavy spinal loading/lifting is what I was referring too. Lighter training/cardio could be ok.

Reason being - the fluid status of your intervertebral discs makes them more susceptible to injuries.

Gummy Panda

Hanley wrote: »

Should Probably clarify and say that heavy spinal loading/lifting is what I was referring too. Lighter training/cardio could be ok.

Reason being - the fluid status of your intervertebral discs makes them more susceptible to injuries.

:eek:

I do all my training in the am, though it's about 1-2 hours after I get up.

boxinginfo

save the two hundred euros ,, spend it on girlfriend ,, wife ,, kids ,, family ,, massage ,, new tv ,,

heres my advice and my dietary plan which was put together for me .but im only 16 and still growing so you will have different dietry needs than me .


unemployed ..... wake up later stops you eatingmore trust me i do it on weekends that and because im tired from school and gym ....


i lost 4 and a half stone so far on this schedual


MON-FRI

breakfeast - 8.00 1 weetabix half small spoon of splenda ,piece of fruit of youre choice .


lunch- 1.30 1 low fat chicken breast and salad wrap ,piece of fruit of choice.


snack- a low fat muller youghurt/ be boring have another piece of fruit


dinner - 5.30 200 grams pure chicken breast ,1 small potato ( SMALL) vegetables -fill the plate with them.


drinks - no alchol ,no soft drinks no diet coke or **** like that ,water and on the weekend after a good weight loss i might go WILD and have some ribina with my water.



weekends or bank holidays (and the like)

get up 11.30 -breakfast


wait 1 and a half hours go to the gym (let food digest)
bring 2 pieces of fruit to the gym ,have the fruit after youre seesion in a way skip luch or beeter saying substitute with fruit .


normalll dinner - 5.30


might consider getting centrium advanced multivitamin great ..
to get what vitimins you might lack in the diet.


reguarding the gym . 1 day i dd do 1 hour cardio (treadmill crosstrainer bikes etc) 10 mins weights trainning


next day(day 2 ) idd do 30 mins weights just for a break.

after every session idd do a few lenghts of the pool too


good foods .

pure chicken / turkey breast , baked beans , low fat microwable rice ,
weetabix ,fruit they dont say 5 a day for nothing ,low fat healthyoption tesco wraps,brown bread - some brands must check nutritional info on back off packet .

i try not to consume more than 1200 kcals a day .
and i also try not to eat more than 18 g of fat per day .


i skip trainning on wendesday to get a break ,do homework ,study relax.


i hope this info helps

connollys

Hanley wrote: »

Should Probably clarify and say that heavy spinal loading/lifting is what I was referring too. Lighter training/cardio could be ok.

Reason being - the fluid status of your intervertebral discs makes them more susceptible to injuries.

:eek: This is when i do all my heavy lifting, if doing lighter training/cardio its always in the evenings as dont need to get bench, rack etc for that.

Hanley

connollys wrote: »

:eek: This is when i do all my heavy lifting, if doing lighter training/cardio its always in the evenings as dont need to get bench, rack etc for that.

Heavy is relative There's a higher risk of a guy squatting 200+ having trouble than a guy in the low 100s.

Just be sensible about it is all I'm saying. Take every step you can to be as ready as possible!!

connollys

Hanley wrote: »

Heavy is relative There's a higher risk of a guy squatting 200+ having trouble than a guy in the low 100s.

Just be sensible about it is all I'm saying. Take every step you can to be as ready as possible!!

I meant to put heavy in quotation marks there the first time, ill be a long time off 200+ so wont be sweating it too much.........yet.

Thanks for the feedback though Hanley

Hanley

connollys wrote: »

I meant to put heavy in quotation marks there the first time, ill be a long time off 200+ so wont be sweating it too much.........yet.

Thanks for the feedback though Hanley

Yarp, that was my point like!!!

It may not be an issue to you now, but it's just something to be aware of!

KeithReilly

Here's a good article that explains most of what you might want to know about working out in morning.

http://www.ericcressey.com/workout-routines-6-tipsadjusting-to-exercise-in-the-morning

Other than that my only advice would be pick a time that suits you best and becomes part of a routine.

Hanley

KeithReilly wrote: »

Here's a good article that explains most of what you might want to know about working out in morning.

http://www.ericcressey.com/workout-routines-6-tipsadjusting-to-exercise-in-the-morning

Other than that my only advice would be pick a time that suits you best and becomes part of a routine.

Good article. And did a much better job of explainin the back thing than I did!