The inevitable slide into adulthood

[pbray]

To 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.

Comments

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

Please excuse me while I giggle. I'm a fan, but thanks to my mom's genes, I'm a morning person. It makes me grumpy because So Many Fun Things happen late at night, and I miss them.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I used to be a night owl, both for fun and for my writing. Now I've switched, and I know my parents would have found it hilarious. Though it does make it hard when I go to sci-fi conventions-- the fun stuff is happening late at night, which is usually when I'm having difficulty maintaining vertical hold :-)

[vespican.livejournal.com]

I see your west coast counterparts everyday at the club where I work. It opens at 5:30 and a few are lined up before then. If the gal who runs the front desk opens the doors early, they'll be in at the equipment even before the scheduled opening. (Of course, I've been there since 4, but...)

Dave

[libwitch.livejournal.com]

I generally find I cant sleep in like I used to either - mind you, I can still take a nap at the drop of hat, though.

I am envious of your ability to get to the gym before work - I could if I got up around 5; and that is just too darn early for me. Or if I stopped letting the ferts out in the morning, but by the time I would make it home, they would have plotted a revolution...

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite that dedicated, but I have friends who are.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Naps are good!

And yeah, the ferts would likely evolve opposable thumbs.