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The inevitable slide into adulthood
Jan. 26th, 2012 09:36 amTo my dismay, I've become one of those people who get up early in the morning so they can go to the gym before work.
When I first joined a gym, lo these many years ago, I worked out at night. Heck, when Jennifer Dunne and I were taking taekwondo, we'd get out at 9:30 PM and head to Friendly's for ice cream sundaes. Three times a week.
Gradually I started going to the gym immediately after work, rather than heading home first. But in recent years, I've noticed that I'm not at my best physically in the late afternoon or evening. On bike trips, every mile in the afternoon seems twice as hard--even if I don't start biking till the afternoon, it's still harder for me to do twenty miles at 3PM than it is at 9AM. And the same has carried over to the gym--if I go in the afternoon I feel like I'm not getting a great workout.
Somehow, perhaps because of my new work schedule, my advancing years, or possibly both, I've become a morning person (sob!) For a woman who used to warn friends and family not to call her before noon on a weekend, it's quite the switch.
When I first joined a gym, lo these many years ago, I worked out at night. Heck, when Jennifer Dunne and I were taking taekwondo, we'd get out at 9:30 PM and head to Friendly's for ice cream sundaes. Three times a week.
Gradually I started going to the gym immediately after work, rather than heading home first. But in recent years, I've noticed that I'm not at my best physically in the late afternoon or evening. On bike trips, every mile in the afternoon seems twice as hard--even if I don't start biking till the afternoon, it's still harder for me to do twenty miles at 3PM than it is at 9AM. And the same has carried over to the gym--if I go in the afternoon I feel like I'm not getting a great workout.
Somehow, perhaps because of my new work schedule, my advancing years, or possibly both, I've become a morning person (sob!) For a woman who used to warn friends and family not to call her before noon on a weekend, it's quite the switch.