Exercise before work

geeza · 15 Oct 2007 at 18:49

I no longer have a gym pass and am starting to look a little beefy. I usually get up, have breakfast and get ready, go to work then get home by about 7 and am to knackered to do anything.

Is it better to get up, eat breakfast then do exercise (20 or mins on the bike) or do the bike first then eat breakfast? Ive been eating reasonably healthy at work (tuna pasta mayo or potatoes n tuna etc and 2 pieces of fruit) but im sitting down all day apart from the walk to train station so i need to be exercising more.

I eat at night around 7 or 7.30 usually and have something like rice/pasta with turkey/chicken or chilli, bolognese. Most of the time with veg

bakes0310 · 15 Oct 2007 at 18:54

personnaly i prefer going to the gym first then later on go to work, i find im more up for it, and then i feel great when i go to work later like im buzzing.

blighter · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:00

I walk over 2 miles to get to work, not exactly exercise but boy dies it wake you up

semi-pro waster · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:03

You'd probably get better reponses in the Sports Arena, I'm not so keen on going to the gym early as I find it just leaves me a bit too contented for work (well that and slightly shakey if I've done it right). There is also the problem of getting enough nutrition early enough and leaving enough time before the workout.

All that said, if that is the best/only time for you to go then try it and see how it goes.

A2Z · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:16

what do you do in the gym? only cardio? what are your goals?

Morba · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:18

if you are going to do some work in the morning and the aim is fatloss, do it before breakfast :]
medium pace (breaking a seat, but not dripping)

geeza · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:20

A2Z said:
what do you do in the gym? only cardio? what are your goals?

will be doing just bike inside. Aim is to loose some of the fat around my sides/back stomach and chest. My 32 jeans are becoming a bit tight

Morba · 15 Oct 2007 at 19:29

i dont think one of my thighs could fit in the waist band of 32" jeans haha

oddjob62 · 15 Oct 2007 at 20:36

Morba said:
if you are going to do some work in the morning and the aim is fatloss, do it before breakfast :]
medium pace (breaking a seat, but not dripping)

Still can't find a chair that can support you eh matey?

Morba · 15 Oct 2007 at 21:17

oddjob62 said:
Still can't find a chair that can support you eh matey?

rofl! git

DanH84 · 15 Oct 2007 at 21:54

i go to the gym before work because of time constraints in the evening, i just take a big bag with all my shower stuff in hit the gym for 30-40 minutes get out have a cold shower then a quick session in the steam room if i'm feeling my feminine side and then a nice shower and breakfast and straight to work. The trick to going to the gym before work is to make sure you are in no sort of rush. for instance if you are in work at 9 don't get up at 7:30 ruush into the gym at 8:15 have to be out of there by 8:45 and turn up all flustered. Get up at 6 get a leisurely breakfast get everything ready and stroll into the gym at 7:30 and take your time.

i always feel great when i get into work after a decent session at the gym.

geeza · 15 Oct 2007 at 22:50

thanks all. Ill eat breakfast after.
Itll probably be catch 22 tomorrow morning. If i bike first then eat i will feel i have no energy. But if i eat then bike ill feel all fat and lethargic. Ill go with the no energy thing, otherwise ill probably feel more hungry at work.

platypus · 16 Oct 2007 at 12:29

I always do my morning exercise on a banana or small bowl of weetabix (only 2 or 3 biscuits). Then I gorge on porridge when I've finished!