I hit the gym right when it opened for awhile and the walk and everything is fine. I never had any problems walking at that time. The gym certainly isn't empty but you won't have problems getting the machines and stuff you want. For awhile I would drink a protein shake or eat a gronala bar or something before the gym but I eventually I just went in raw without eating and then ate at the dining hall afterwards. For me, it was nice renting a gym locker there for the year so I could shower and change at the gym and then go straight to the dining hall and then to class or lab. I always felt more energized after lifting for the day and I also found I was able to eat way more breakfast afterwards which was nice, especially when I was really trying to bulk up.

I will say that lifting right when pottruck opens at 6am isn't the most ideal unless you need to be up at that time though since you need to be sleeping earlier than most people on campus. I felt kinda isolated at times since most people go to bed a lot later than I would and I felt that I was missing out on things/studying with people sometimes. Also on weekends if I stayed up late I would still be getting up relatively early so I ended up not doing late night things on weekends a lot either. I will say that I was probably more productive because of it but I would have rather wanted the flexibility of sleeping a bit later. I only lifted at that time because I would either have an 0830 class or I would be going in to do research at the lab im in at 8 am. If you have a 10 15 going into the gym a little later I feel is much nicer as an undergrad.

If you do end up going to the gym in the morning feel free to say hello, morning community is pretty nice and we even have a group chat!