What time do you exercise?

TwinMom422
TwinMom422 Posts: 34 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
The only time I can get to the gym is when my twin's dad comes home from work. Sometimes that isn't until 10 PM. -sigh- (leaves at 8am) No daycare at the cheap gym I'm at. I can't walk/run around here because it is a bad area. I tried in home videos, but with twins it is impossible to keep them entertained while I workout. They don't nap anymore. Won't play in their room, or watch a movie without "checking" on me every 5 minutes. We are in a town home, so no yard. Plus, not safe area anyway. OMG I hate it here.

Anyway...

What time do you exercise, and does it really make a difference when as long as you are doing it?
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  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    I exercise right when I get up and before dinner. Do they take naps? That might be a good time to try and squeeze in a workout. I'm doing Body Revolution right now and they're only 20-30 minutes. Or you could have them try to do the workout with you. They might think it's dancing or something.
  • asdelmonte
    asdelmonte Posts: 171 Member
    I work out early mornings. My alarm goes off at 4:45 and I am out the door by 5am. You wrote that DH leaves at 8am. I would go to the gym early and be home before he leaves. I know for me, that is the only time I can guarantee an uninterrupted workout. Good luck!
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    Any time I can.
  • ang3li
    ang3li Posts: 69 Member
    I go after work and before dinner.. so around 630pm.. Then have dinner around 8pm..

    How about early in the morning? Before the kids wake up?
  • Mommy_Time
    Mommy_Time Posts: 256 Member
    early in the mornings. during school time for the kids it is 4AM summertime it is more around 5-6AM. I have 5 kids ages 2-8
  • celtbell3
    celtbell3 Posts: 738 Member
    I do yoga, pilates, and caliestenics in the morning for 45 minutes to one hour. In the evening I do my cardio - dancing to running to biking to spinning to swimming to gym machines! I don't think it matters, as long as you put in some time!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Mon/Wed/Fri I do my 10K workouts at lunch..sprinting, running, etc

    Tues/Thurs evenings and Sat mornings I do my weight training. I usually do some Tabata at lunch on these days as well and then take a walk through the park.
  • TwinMom422
    TwinMom422 Posts: 34 Member
    I'm usually up late entering reports for my job. Hard to get up really early. I can always try though!
  • Ninguneado73
    Ninguneado73 Posts: 832
    Very early (which reminds me, I should get off mfp and go to bed) for a run. Some evenings I lift weights.
  • skylarking036
    skylarking036 Posts: 52
    I do a strength training program at 0430 and then am out the door for a run by 5am. It's just too darn humid here to go any later.
  • Klem4
    Klem4 Posts: 399 Member
    Have you looked into a different gym? We have been members of YMCA for over a year now, and I love it. They also have adjustable rates, according to your income. I am not really into working out at home myself, so that's why I suggest looking into this.
    anywho, I workout in the morning, right after the kids wake-up, we get dressed and eat and off we go, about 9am usually.
  • paintlisapurple
    paintlisapurple Posts: 982 Member
    I exercise when the time is right with my two year old. Zumba on the Wii is a lifesaver. It's fun, inexpensive and in my living room. :flowerforyou: Good luck!
  • MorganLeighRN
    MorganLeighRN Posts: 411 Member
    I usually run in the AM. Look up the daily HIIT online. I will use my 8 year old as weights. He hops on my back and I get going.
  • stevepax
    stevepax Posts: 86 Member
    I have the 4:30 AM shift, my wife gets the 6:00 AM shift.
  • quiltlovinlisa
    quiltlovinlisa Posts: 1,710 Member
    Oh gosh, I UNDERSTAND!!! There's 19 months between my twins and my middle son and boy was it HARD to exercise when they were bitty.

    I hope you find something that works. I found adding movement whenever I could.
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    I go to the gym either after I finish a night shift or before I come in for one. If you've got a games console theres lots of dance games out there. Get the twins to join in infront of you & get a proper work out yourself behind them. Failing that have a look on youtube for HIT routines - you can fit them in whenever you get a little gap of time during the day.
  • sunshyncatra
    sunshyncatra Posts: 598 Member
    I am in the same boat with the bad area and am so frustrated about that! I get on the exercise bike after my three year old goes to bed. Sometimes on the weekend I can get him to watch TV while I ride for twenty minutes, and sometimes his hand is on my knee while I go, lol. We also do silly dance parties which can be pretty good exercise when he is into it.
  • Punkin7411
    Punkin7411 Posts: 45 Member
    M-F at 6 a.m. and on weekends it's usually in the afternoons.
  • lenkearney
    lenkearney Posts: 116 Member
    5:30 -PM right after work - Gym is in the building - 2-3 times a week and usually a 20-30 mile bike ride on weekends.

    Hard with kids. I usually tried to have then do things with me.
  • Orfygirl
    Orfygirl Posts: 274 Member
    First thing when I get up! I have learned that if I don't get it in first thing in the morning that the kids will keep me so occupied that I don't get to workout later. Sometimes I can get an evening bike ride in with the kids before bed.
  • SaraC1977
    SaraC1977 Posts: 51
    Now that's it's summertime, I never go to the gym. I usually run a few times a week, and then bike or walk outside,as well. I'm not a morning person. I usually go after work and dinner, probably about 9:30 or 10 pm. If I'm not starving when I get home, I will go right when I get home like today. That was 7:15 pm. I'm a night owl though. I go to bed around 2 am and get up at 8 am.
    On weekends, if it's not too hot, I sometimes go for a run around lunchtime since I'm usually going out at night. I see so many people on here that do morning workouts; that would never work for me. I'd much rather savor every last minute in bed rather than get up early.
    (Please don't tell me to go to bed earlier either. I've been a night owl my whole life and am now in my mid-30's. Whenever I've tried to go to bed by 10 pm, I just lay there for hours wide awake tossing and turning. I'm fine on 6 hrs/night and sleep the whole night through.)
  • CkepiJinx
    CkepiJinx Posts: 613 Member
    When ever it fits into my schedule, usually at night around 7 pm right now. When school was in session I had a break between my 2 shifts which gave me enough time to go home run 1.75 miles, shower and go back to work so I did. On the weekends my gym closes at 7 pm so I go around 2 pm. I get more exercise in this way than if I had a set schedule because life would get in the way to much ;)
  • naturallyme36
    naturallyme36 Posts: 155 Member
    I've tried it all ,but I find that early morning before work seems to work the best for me. If I wait until the evening I have too much time to find excuses.
  • BrownEyeAngel
    BrownEyeAngel Posts: 331 Member
    4 pm
  • CrimsonDiva7
    CrimsonDiva7 Posts: 171 Member
    My schedule right now puts workouts at 11p -Midnight or later it just depends on the day. I love Wii Zumba and Kettlebell workouts from youtube. I burn over 300 calories doing 20 minutes with the Kettlebells.
  • RonnieLodge
    RonnieLodge Posts: 665 Member
    5.30am in the morning I get up and do a Jillian Michaels DVD before work. In the weekend I'll get up a little later, but if I don't do it before breakfast, it will seldom get done!

    I have a caffeine pill next to the bed and a heater on a timer for winter mornings.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    What time do you exercise, and does it really make a difference when as long as you are doing it?

    I usually exercise after getting off of work, and for me that is early in the morning. I get off work at 7am, go to the gym on my way home, and exercise from 7:30-8:30 in the morning before going home and going to bed. If I am not working, I usually workout around 10-11pm.

    I don't think it matters when you exercise as long as you get it in.
  • asdelmonte
    asdelmonte Posts: 171 Member
    You can also go to the local high school and have the kids play in the grass in the center of the track while you run. I know you wrote that you live in a bad area, but usually the schools are a safer place. Bring hula hops, soccer balls, etc and let them have fun. The track will most likely be empty during the day.

    Another thing I did was swap off with another mother. I would watch her 2 kids while she went for a bike ride, then she would watch my 3 while I went for a ride.

    Find a playground in a safe area (school, possibly). You can get a great workout by doing lunges, squats, push ups, pull ups, etc while they play on the slides.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I get up at 4:45 to be at the gym for 5:30 in the morning.

    We were going in the afternoon but of course excuses come up as to why it's ok to skip. If we get up that early there are NO excuses (well, except maybe a hangover LOL).
  • charlena48
    charlena48 Posts: 192 Member
    Early morning workouts usually. I workout at home with Leslie Sansone DVD's and weights. The DVD that is my favorite has 3 workouts on it. I started with 1 mile and now I do 3 miles. I have been doing this for 1 1/2 yrs. and can tell a difference in my shape. Not where I want to be yet, but getting there. I just had surgery at the end of Feb. 2012. I've started biking with a group of people and try to get 30 miles in a week. Ready to get more miles in now as I get stronger.

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