On the weekends I’m a morning running for sure, there is just something about knowing I can nap afterwards that makes it easier for me to get up. On the weekdays I have to exercise right after work around 6pm. If I go home I’ll never make it back to the gym 🙂

It’s funny because I know a lot of afternoon/night exercises but I feel like I’m dying when I do them! I think it’s a fueling issue. I’m a morning runner all the way! Nothing like taking in the peaceful road and pretty stars before everyone else is up!

I am best in the morning —then there are no excuses.

I work a really weird schedule, so I take it whenever I can fit it in! (Much like you I feel although my job is not nearly as cool!). I like to exercise mid day though!

I would prefer mid-morning sweater but alas, with work, I am a bedtime baller!

Definitely in the a.m. Although, as a grad student I take what I can get!

Good for you getting out there and getting her done! I have to so morning usually too if I’m going to get it done at all.

I’m definitely all about working out in the early morning. Its the best way to start the day!

It has to happen in the morning, otherwise the exercise is most likely not going to happen that day.

I am a morning exerciser all the way! Depending on my run/workout my alarm is set anywhere between 4:45 and 5:30am 🙂

Morning or evening for me! But sometimes in the dead of winter I’ll squeeze a run in during the afternoon if I can make it work.

During the week I am a lunch time sweater, I am fortunate to work in an office where I can pull this off. Long runs are done on Saturday mornings though, I usually wake up earlier on Saturday to run than I do during the week for work! The things we do for our “hobbies!”

I love the early morning sessions at the gym, but have been finding myself there in the evenings more thanks to that cozy bed! I workout harder in the morning when te gymis least crowded 🙂

I love to work out after work before heading home for the evening.

Morning! or it doesn’t happen

Mornings! You get to use the day before anyone else does!

I’m a morning exerciser for steady state runs but an afternoon exerciser for speed workouts and weights. I want to make sure I’m awake when I’m sprinting or swinging heavy things around!

Mid morning works best, but not always realistic with my work schedule. Otherwise I will do an evening workout when get home from work. NMA book looks great!

I love to workout right after work. Then I can go home and shower, and the rest of the day is mine.

I’m completely a morning person! Usually hot yoga, occasionally circuit training.

Morning runner/swimmer- I feel as though there is no better way to start your day.

I’m more of a morning excerciser but more like the 8:30-9 time not a early morning person! 🙂

I am def a night time sweat-er! I seem to sleep better after I run and then stretch. Plus, I have never had a desire to get up before my already early alarm to get my exercise in…even though I have my insane moments where 4:30AM sounds fun!

I prefer to work out in the late morning hours, say 9am or 10am. But since that only happens on the weekends because of work, I usually workout in the evening.

Would love to win a copy of this book!! I have been a no-meat athlete for several years and the book looks right up my alley 🙂

Morning – Not going to happen. Lunch – Nada…Too sweaty, no time for shower. Bedtime – It is just right!

Oh, lunch time for sure. I like to write and plan in the mornings and let my breakfast do its thing and head out while the sun is shinning. It is a bad habbit to have at the height of summer though.

I want to be a morning exerciser, but with no coffee, it’s a no go =(. I like to sneak it in at lunch, or right before dinner =)

Love your blog!! I also love No Meat Athlete, both blog and podcast. I am training for my first marathon (Rehoboth Beach, Dec 7- can’t beat Dogfish Head beer as a motivator). During the week I run after work, often with my friend/coach and her husband who are running the half at Rehoboth. When I do my long run, it’s in the morning. Although I’m going to have to get up earlier as these get even longer. Next week is my first 18 miler!

I’m a rotating shift girl, so I work every set of hours imaginable! On a day off, I do my fitness in the late mornings:)

I used to be a morning sweater, but now that I’m a new mom, it’s whenever I can sneak it in…which is often pushing the jogger! Love NMA!

Morning works best for me to exercise. Later in the day tends to get too busy.

I usually am up when the sun is up so I try to squeeze in a workout then to start my day on the right foot! 🙂 however sometimes breakfast is calling and I have to wait till the evening.

Without a doubt, the morning. Get it out of the way..it’s quiet and great to get that accomplishment done first thing in the morning.

During the week it’s always around 6pm; during the weekend early morning. Love it.

I am 100% a morning exerciser. Not necessarily a crack-of-dawn morning exerciser, but it’s the best kind of day for me if I can get up reasonably early, get my workout in, and feel great for the day.

Thanks for the chance to win!

I am a morning person, all the way…. I read about people working ot later in the day and I am like, “HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?” I am lucky if I can sit up straight by 5pm, let alone contemplate a workout!

It’s easiest for me to work out RIGHT after work or school — if I go straight to the gym or if I don’t even sit down before changing into work out clothes!

I’m definitely a morning person! It’s harder to get out the door in the winter when it’s cold and the sun rises later in the morning, but it feels so good to start my day out with a run!

I’m a lunchtime sweater. Actually, post-classes go-getter 😉 I usually work out right after my last class of the day which is (at the latest) 2. Today my classes were cancelled (yay for sick professors!) so I’m working out before lunch. While doing my laundry!

Bedtime baller! (partly because that sounds like sweating with AC/DC – hahaha!)

I bet my day would be more sparkly if I exercised in the morning, but it’s night time all the way for this girlie!

Right now I’m an early evening runner aka a run-commuter. It’s glorious. After a year of 3 half marathon training cycles I no longer have the motivation for early morning workouts.

I always feel better when I get it done in the mornings, but I really like sleeping…

Sometimes I run to work or home from work, or sometimes even over my lunch break, because if I don’t get it done before I get home from work, it’s not going to happen.

I workout whenever I can. I have awakened at 4 AM to just get a run in after nursing my daughter. Sometimes, I have to wait until my kids bath time to get a run in, or workout after they go to bed for the night.

I am totally a morning runner, but my new job starts way too early for that to continue! So now I’m grumbling as I put my shoes on at 4pm. 🙂

I am a morning exerciser; got up for 12 k this am at 5:30!!

Bedtime baller. My body needs the day to gather enough glucose and sustain me.

I’m an evening exerciser. No way I could exercise in the morning – I move so slowly when I first wake up!

How cool! I heard that he is working on the book and I’ve been curious about it ever since. It would be a blast to win this. I am a morning person through and through. Getting up, right into my running shoes, sipping a coffee while getting my stuff together and out on the street I am. Those first sleepy meters are the best if you ask me and I love to wake up this way. Meditating, thinking what the day will bring and what I can do to make it beautiful. Bliss.

Mornings…if I don’t get it done first thing, it’s not happening!!

I’m less likely to work out at all if I don’t do it first thing in the morning. I do, however, really enjoy a sunset run or bedtime yoga session!

I prefer to work out in the morning but most days I’m too lazy so I end up doing it in the evenings. I have been trying to be more active on my lunch break too but I hate getting sweaty & then having to go back to work/meetings … I would love a copy of hos book. Whenever I try to cut out animal protein I end up eating a lot of JUNK!

I’m a morning exerciser. I have no willpower to go after work!

Morning! I travel a lot for work and if I don’t work out first thing in the morning it does not get done.

I typically work out in the morning – that way I can be sure to actually get the workout in. There are rarely really good excuses to skip a morning workout. Plus I like the quietness and peacefulness of the morning. When I can make it work with my work schedule though, I love running in the middle of the afternoon, around 2pm, to give me that final boost to make it through the day.

Great giveaway! I am a morning exerciser, which is why I hate the season change because it stays darker longer and I can’t head out on 6am runs before work anymore. (I live in NYC and don’t feel safe that early when it’s dark!) So, I’ve had to get creative with HIIT body weight workouts (thank you, Instagram) on my rooftop, and I do most of my running on the weekend. I’m not complaining about the temps though – it is perfect running weather right now!

I am a morning workout lady!! While it is quite the task to role out of bed at 5am, I love the fact that I am done with exercise before I even start the day, PLUS it really helps deal with that 3pm slump while I am at work.

In full disclosure, though, I do get in some exercise a couple of nights a week when I teach BarreAmped!

Without a doubt, bedtime baller. (Funny, my auto correct tried to make it bedtime ballerina.)

AM exerciser if I have my way. I teach Spinning at 5 AM twice a week, but I sometimes teach in the evenings. However, I always prefer to get my workout done early morning and enjoy the high the rest of the day.

on work days it is after work but on days off it is afternoon. not a morning person at all.

I HAVE to workout early (5 a.m.) since I make every excuse NOT to later in the day. Once I get into the routine, it’s actually not THAT bad — and it really makes me enjoy “sleeping in” (i.e. 7 a.m. or so) a whole lot more!

LOVE NMA!
Getting up at 5a is super hard, but once I’m up, I love to get my run out of the way. Sometimes I wait until evening, but always before dinner. Urp.

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My favorite time to exercise is definitely first thing in the morning before my brain figures out what its doing haha This book looks great! THanks Caitlin!

Morning, morning, morning!!! I consider morning exercise my “me time” and that motivates me to get up. I promise y’all…morning exercise is WORTH getting out of bed for! It will give you much needed solitude.

Morning! Although it hasn’t happened a lot lately. With 2 kindergartners and a full-time job, I’ve had to try to sneak it in more informally during the day with a lunchtime walk or some exercises done here or there. Really need to try to drag myself up in the mornings. I miss that time.

Morning! If I put it off then something always seems to get in the way of my workouts. I also can’t stand exercising on a full stomach so morning is easiest. Can’t wait to read the book!

i would love to be a morning exerciser but my work commute doesn’t really allow for it most of the time!

I am like you–used to be an early riser but having babies has made me really cherish my sleep! Now, I just try to fit them in wherever I can. I still prefer morning (around 9am) but I can also be found exercising after baby bedtime as well!

Night time is the best. The temp is cool, and I always sleep so well after a good evening workout.

Mornings if I can manage them, it feels so good to have my workout done for the day and it starts my day off on the right foot!

I tend to find myself running later at night, even as late as 9 p.m. , particularly as someone who works 2nd shifts or overnights. I am really getting good use out of my headlamp!

As a no-meat athlete myself, I am eager to read the book and see where it varies from my own diet.

I’d really like to be a morning runner but I don’t get there often. Mostly lunchtime and evenings for me. Often I’m a 3 shower a day girl if I do a Cross Fit workout too. 🙂

None of the above, I’m what you’d call a ‘bruncher’. My preferred time to exercise is between 10 am and noon. Thankfully I work at home and can usually arrange my schedule to get away for an exercise break. And boy would I love to win a copy because I’m trying to lean toward more vegetarian/less meat and less exerciser/more true athlete!

morning forever!!…well until I had my beautiful daughter 7 weeks ago. just started back into my old routine last week and now I workout whenever I can get it in. but I cant wait to get back into the morning!

Well pre kids I was a morning exerciser.. Now it’s beat the nap or bedtime baller exerciser.

If I don’t work out in the morning, I won’t work out at all! Love getting it in first thing to start my day right.

Morning (with a few lunch running groups sprinkled in). If it doesn’t happen before I get home from work it doesn’t happen 🙂

Thanks to my flexible job, I can workout whenever the mood strikes. Although I do love a morning workout, but lately have been finding it hard to get up and do it.

Morning! I like to go right away and enjoy pancakes afterwards.

I love to exercise in the morning but since my husband and I run a coffee shop/deli no more morning workouts for me. 🙁 We got a dog this summer and he needs to take lots of walks since we live in an apartment, so now we exercise in the late afternoon or evening–that is, except on weekends when our shop is closed and we can walk, run, or bike in the morning.

Definitely an afternoon runner. I’m coaching cross country currently, so I take my gym bag to school, change when my girls change, and go squeeze in my workout with them.

I am a newbie exerciser- so I’m doing a bit of exercise in he morning and a bit in the evening!

I love my morning runs, if only I could drag myself out of bed to get them done!

Definitely a morning exerciser – it’s the best way to start the day =)

Mornings! I used to be a late-afternoon person (4pm would be ideal, but not so much for working…) and never thought I could do mornings, but now I love them.

I love morning workers!

I definitely prefer to exercise in the mornings but right after work (early evening) is typically when I get the time to go. I don’t like late nights at all! I went to spin class at 8pm one night and could NOT sleep afterwards at all.

I am super excited for Matt’s book, I love NMA!

I am a morning exerciser all the way. I am usually out the door before 6:30am, pounding the pavement. On the weekends, I feel cranky and sluggish if I don’t get my long run started before 9:30-10am–exercising in the evening seems so impossible, I’ve never even tried!

Bedtime baller! Though it would be more convenient to be a morning exerciser.

I love to work out late at night, when I get my second wind. Summer night runs are my favorite!

I’m more of a post-supper sweater. I love going to the gym after I’ve had a good meal and given it time to digest. Luckily, I live only steps from my college’s rec center!

Definitely a morning workout person! I love not having to ‘think’ about working out, but just roll out of bed and do it. Its a great way to start the day!

I don’t have a consistent work schedule, so i’m a revolves around my schedule exerciser i guess. In the winter my preferred time is around 4 cause it’s usually warmest then. In the summer my perfumed time is as early as possibly because i live way far south.

I have to do it first thing in the morning, otherwise I’ll keep procrastinating and never get my workout done.

In my perfect world. I run at 10 am. This is enough time to sleep in, but my run does not impede too much on my day…but that is in my perfect world. In reality, I run when I can, sometimes morning sometimes night, but I make sure that I do run.

Mid morning for me!

I’m a morning runner – waking up now for my long run of the week which will start at 4

But an evening other exerciser (I take the 5:30 classes at my gym)

I love morning workouts, but they only fit in during the summer– I teach and am up at 5:45 to get to school on time.

I’m usually out there pounding the pavement by 4:30 or 5…PM!

I am a bedtime baller for sure! I need to exercise at night to de-stress from the day otherwise all of the things I ‘need’ to do or remember creep into my head and I can’t sleep. Running clears that out for me and it’s amazing.

I actually used to workout mid-morning, but now I’m more of an early evening girl. It’s just when I can find the time!

I don’t like mornings, but I know I am much more productive in the mornings, so I always work out first thing in the morning – usually at an awful, early time.

I’m an after work, jump right into workout clothes, and out the door kind of girl!

Not a vegetarian and really don’t see that happening ever (my husband is a hunter and we eat what he hunts and I don’t see him quitting hunting, ever) but would still be interested to read this book and have several friends that would love it, as they are vegetarians.

This looks great! (thank you!) I am a “whenever” exerciser. As a personal trainer, there are times when a client cancels that I squeeze my workout in, or I get it done if I go in early. I’m never an evening exerciser though – it just won’t happen after a day of work. 😉

I prefer mornings but usually end up as an evening sweater. One day I will hopefully have a more morning friendly schedule.

Cool book! I hope I win! I am definitely a morning exerciser. If I don’t get to it before three kids and a hubby get going in the morning, it’s probably not going to happen!

Pre-baby, morning. Now with toddler…mostly weekends! Trying to get more focused to tackle the evening workouts after his bedtime…

I’m a morning exerciser 🙂 its the best way to wake me up for a full day

Definitely can’t work out until after my work day is done! haha

I prefer morning for sure!

I’m a bedtime baller!

Definitely morning. I like getting it done, I feel more focused and “ready” for the day.

Oh, afternoon workouts for sure if I can swing it. When I was in law school, my only option was to go early at 530am and get it done before school but it was miserable and I still shudder when I think of it!

Never! 😉 Just kidding….I feel the best when I get up and workout in the morning. However, to say I am NOT a morning person is an understatement. I keep looking for that magic pill to make me a morning person, but can never seem to find it. Any tips?!

Thanks to you and Matt for the giveaway!! What a great book. Congrats to him (on the book) and you (for all your hard tri training). Go get it!!

I love morning exercise, though have had to transition to evening workouts due to my schedule. It’s a tough transition!

Morning! Even if it’s (sorta) dark. Because then I *all day* to feel my yummy exercise endorphins, and I don’t spend *all day* dreading working out. That said, I’ve recently done a few sunset runs that were so so so lovely….

I love working out in the morning. It leaves me feeling so energized for the day! That is… if I don’t hit my alarm too many times.