working nights and training

[roc]

       anybody here work 7p/7a?
 and do you prefer to train when you get off work or when you wake up in the afternoon? i find it brutally difficult to train when i get up. if i have to lift that day it is when i get off work.

[Archer77]

I work similar hours and I try to train on days that I have off that way I can sleep in a little longer.  I work ten hour shifts and get three days off in a week so I try to work out then.  If that is not possible I try to catch a nap and then work out.  that way I have slept a little and renewed enough energy to get in a good workout.

[240 is Back]

I wa a night stocker back in the day.  Sucked.  Too tired at 3 pm when you wake up.  Best time is probably on the way to work.  If I worked a "real" job where I had to get dressed everyday now, I'd have to train on the way TO work.  Training at night after a long stressful day = too much for me.

[Mars]

[240 is Back]

what kind of job is it?  Come to think of it, if it's a job with little supervision where you have influence over mgmt/ownership, I'd probably find a way to convince them to let you keep a small bench (or even just a barbell set) on the premises somewhere quiet.  You could at the very least do your arm and shoulder days at work.  That'd leave 3 workouts a week to do on your own time. 

[kiwiol]

       anybody here work 7p/7a?
 and do you prefer to train when you get off work or when you wake up in the afternoon? i find it brutally difficult to train when i get up. if i have to lift that day it is when i get off work.

I did night shift for 5 years and had some of the best workouts then. Working out at the end of the shift i.e. morning, just before you are about to sleep is a bad idea - you are already tired from having stayed up all night and the workout will elevate your heart rate and metabolism temporarily for a few hours, which isn't going to let you have a good quality, deep sleep - your body actually slows down to prepare itself for sleep in the couple of hours before.

Wake up, have 2 strong cups of black coffee with a couple of caffeine pills and workout on an empty stomach. You'll be fresh after a good sleep and it will keep you nice and alert the whole night, as well as keep your metabolism churning so that you can eat properly every few hours.

[240 is Back]

Wake up, have 2 strong cups of black coffee with a couple of caffeine pills and workout on an empty stomach.

How many caff pills have you taken at once?  I take 1 and I get super-alert.  I can't imagine two.

[Mars]

i drink so much coffee , these caffein pills doesnt work for me neither does the coffee to wake up.

[roc]

     i work in a emergency room and im runnin all night but it doesnt make a difference wether im busy or not,
if i do a four day stretch im wasted for 24 to 36hrs. day time sleep is brutal, especially in the summer!!
  

[Mars]

    i work in a emergency room and im runnin all night but it doesnt make a difference wether im busy or not,
if i do a four day stretch im wasted for 24 to 36hrs. day time sleep is brutal, especially in the summer!!
  

maybe you are verloskundige?

[roc]

that would be extremely hard on my stomach, i have found that hitting a red bull helps but overall trying to get optimum production from a workout post nights is just grinding.

[Nails]

back when i was 21 i worked 6p to 6am monday-saterday, running a cnc machine, did it for 2 years, i dont believe i ever worked out duing those two years, just wasnt time, get home from work and my family is up and making noise and the fuking california heat and sun light is impossible to get a good rest, after the 8 hours of sleep if lucky only gives you about 4 hours for to choose between more sleep, eating, relaxing, or pussy. I chose more sleep!

[saucetradomous]

I worked from 10pm till 7am. with an 1hr half drive to and from work.  The best time to train is after you get up.  I would wake around 3-4pm and have a one or two meals before hitting the gym around 6.  Then come home eat again and head out for work.  This way I already had 3 meals down before I even started work.

[The Squadfather]

       anybody here work 7p/7a?
 and do you prefer to train when you get off work or when you wake up in the afternoon? i find it brutally difficult to train when i get up. if i have to lift that day it is when i get off work.

just load up the french fry holders and press them on your 10 minute coffee breaks, great workout and you'll be back to slinging those fries with a pump.

[sync pulse]

I worked overnights at a broadcast station in the master control room for 24 years and I was at my peak.  Not competitive level mind you, but visible external obliques (through the shirt), a six pack, shoulders and biceps that nicely strained the sleeves.  After I was laid off from that job, I have gone to shit from concentrating on the job search.  I now work days, and I can not find any workout opportunities.

[benchmstr]

       anybody here work 7p/7a?
 and do you prefer to train when you get off work or when you wake up in the afternoon? i find it brutally difficult to train when i get up. if i have to lift that day it is when i get off work.

after work.

bench

[roc]

hammer stregnth equipment make it easier to train on those tired ass days post night work.  as opposed to using free weights that require all thos extra stablizer muscles.

[mass 04]

quit your job, move to Venice and live the dream.

[LuciusFox]

quit your job, move to Venice and live the dream.

 Lmao 

[LatsMcGee]

I work from 5:30 pm to 2:30 pm.  I also work a lot of overtime though.  The hardest thing for me is not so much the training but eating enough. 

[Mobil]

i work 12 hour shifts... so to workout afterwards kills me becuase im so tired. the thing that sucks is i started to train one hour after i wakeup..... my fing joints hurt like hell becuase im still waking up so i push alot less weight, but thats the only way i can train now. on my days off when i sleep in and train i push a lot more weight. sucks training in the morning with not much calories in my system,.

[Stu]

I work from 5:30 pm to 2:30 pm.  I also work a lot of overtime though.  The hardest thing for me is not so much the training but eating enough. 

Damn, those 21 hour shifts must be a killer!

 

[Luv2Hurt]

       anybody here work 7p/7a?
 and do you prefer to train when you get off work or when you wake up in the afternoon? i find it brutally difficult to train when i get up. if i have to lift that day it is when i get off work.

Seriously consider getting a new job with regular hours.  That night shift crap is silly, the whole world revolves around a day job.  Why make it so hard on yourself, you will never be in sync.

[danielson]

Damn, those 21 hour shifts must be a killer!

 

[gordiano]

       anybody here work 7p/7a?
 and do you prefer to train when you get off work or when you wake up in the afternoon? i find it brutally difficult to train when i get up. if i have to lift that day it is when i get off work.

I used to work graveyard about 11 years ago. Personally, I preferred training right after work, just get it done, and go home and crash.