[Chameleon]

Originally Posted by Chris

I always recommend staying on schedule with your workouts unless you have a physical problem or sickness. Basically the way I look at it, being tired is an excuse. If you make an exception for being tired, then maybe next week you make another one cause you "don't have time", or "your training partner isn't available", or "you just don't feel like it today". That is a slippery slope, and usually once you make an exception, you are more likely to make another one. You can always overcome being tired, especially if its just for an hour workout.

I agree mostly, however... if you don't get at least five hours of sleep I would say "no, don't work out" mainly because a lack of sleep can hamper concentration, muscle recovery and sometimes strength. I think this is one case where blanket statements can't be made... if you get to bed an hour late, it's not a good excuse to skip a workout, but if you didn't get to bed until 2 a.m. and have to get up at 6 a.m. to be able to get into the gym & workout, if it's a lifting day, sleep in get your workout in the next day after a good nights sleep... just my two cents... when you can't concentrate on what you're doing because you're too tired you can get sloppy on form and get injured... it's much better to move that workout one day then to potentially get injured... just my two cents