In November of 2011, I started working full time, which meant I had to change my gym schedule, including my training schedule. So in November I started having sessions with my trainer in the evenings on Tuesday and Thursday. So far everything has worked out nicely.
But then, this week came along ... Thursday I had a work event in the evening, meaning that I would need to skip or reschedule my training session. Normally I would just cancel it and do one session in the week, but my trainer was sick all last week so we did not train, meaning that I really really really did not want to skip yesterday. But that left me with only the option to reschedule. No big deal right? Well ... not quite.
My trainer works M-F, but only does nights on Tuesday and Thursday, meaning I would have to see him in the morning if I was going to get a rescheduled session in. Ok, fine, I can do mornings. I already do cardio in the morning. So I ask to reschedule for Friday morning. It just so happened that my trainer is full up on appointments from 6-7 on Friday mornings, but if I wanted he would come in early at 5:30 so we can get our session in. I cringed at the thought, but reluctantly accepted the slot.
This morning was that 5:30am session. Surprisingly when my alarm when off at 4:00am I was ready to pop out of bed. I made breakfast and went about my normal routine (just and hour earlier than normal). I got to the gym just after 5 and jumped on the Precor to warm up. By 5:30 my trainer was there and ready to workout. We did TONS of arm work today with sets of burpees interspersed. The only difference that I really noticed was that my balance was not quite as sharp as it is later in the day, other than that it was alright.
I would probably never request a change to a 5:30am training session again, but if I had to take it I would not be quite as reluctant.
Training at 5:30am takes gumption!
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