Night owl cardio.

I came to a conclusion today while finishing up my 12:30 AM workout at the local 24 hour fitness. "I like exercising at night." 

When I signed the contract for the 24 hour fitness gym I thought it was for one reason; it had the best pool out of the three gyms I evaluated. In the last two weeks I have used the pool twice. I have taken advantage of the 24 hour twice as much. More than once it's been me, the cleaning lady, the guy at the front desk, and one or two HUGE guys throwing around weights at 11 PM. 

After realizing I prefer working out at night, I thought of possible reasons.  

1. I'm more of a night person than a morning person. I find it far easier to stay up late to get my cardio than to get up early. I blame years of having to get up to go swimming for making me hate waking up to exercise.
2. It helps me relax from the stresses of the day; especially when those stresses involve school. 
3. It makes my "morning weight" a little bit better. :)
4. I don't have to fight anyone for a parking spot or cardio machine spot.
5. I've had more success in maintaining an exercise program at night than in the morning.

I am now going to try to be a night owl exerciser.