How do you fit your workout into your daily routine?

kowajenn

I leave for work at 6:30 AM and generally get home at 6:30 PM if I'm lucky. I am not a morning person so there is no way I'm getting up early to work out.

I walk at lunch for 30 minutes every day and when I get home I relax for 10 minutes, change my clothes, and head to the basement for a workout. I'm doing Focus T25 now, so it's just 30 minutes including the cool down. My goal is to have the workout and dinner finished by 8:00 and then I work on anything else I have to do.

weavemyway

In the summer, I could basically workout whenever I wanted. Aside from my full-time job (10-6, M-F), all I had was free time since I don't have kids. I usually worked out for a good hour after work, then I had sports on Thursday nights and Sunday nights. Now that school has started, I've had to do some rearranging. I've been getting up before work to do a Jillian DVD, and on the days I have a three-hour class after work, that's all I do. Otherwise I try and fit something in after work as well, perhaps the gym, a run, or a walk. I always aim for at least 10,000 steps on my pedometer, plus a work out.

CoachChrisD

i wake up every morning at 5:30, do my Focus T25 from Shaun T get the wife kids ready for the day, then get ready to go to work.
when i get off from work, spend time with the family, they are all sleeping by 9 pm then i do an hour of P90x then shower and go to sleep as well.
If i am too tired i take a pre workout drink called E&E from beachbody, and gives me energy for my workouts
you can always find the time eveyone, it's all about time management.

Brige2269

I stop at the gym on the way home. If I don't then I walk the dog while dinner is cooking in the oven.

paddgirl21

I too found that either breaking up my workout or doing it in the morning helps with spending time with the family so I usually workout 45 mins in the morning and 45 mins when I get home. By the time the husband gets home I have already put in an hour and a half of exercise for the day, make dinner, and then get to spend time with him. We don't have kids, so that, luckily I do not have to deal with.

SonicDeathMonkey80

Up at 0430, running shoes on and out the door by 0445/0500 for a 60~min run. Back home, shower, wake up my son, make us breakfast, watch news, get dressed, both of us out the door by 0650.

If it matters to you, you will figure out how to make time/money available for it.

glin23

I get up in the early morning and just do it.

jillll1

Hi :O) I bought a treadmill/desk combo at LifeSpan. I work from home on the computer and easily log 6 miles of walking on it a day. You can bring the speed down to almost zero or up to 4 miles/hr. When I type ( like now) I'm at about 2.2 miles an hour. I absolutely love it and it has totally changed my mental well being to very positive concerning the hours I'm on the computer. :O)

Timshel_

I am up every day by 4:40am. I get my wife ready and out the door, then I get our two boys out the door and to either before school programs by 6:45a, or by 7:30 for school. I head to work and usually get done around 6pm. Then I am out to either pick up the boys at after school activities or sports, or I am home helping with homework, cleaning, etc. 4 nights a week we all don't even get home until after 9pm. I get the wife and boys to bed and then work on my personal business until 11pm or so.

I manage to squeak in a few 15 minute mile walks. I eat smaller, quick meals while I am working so I can take my lunchtime to get in 30 to 45 minutes of HIIT. I also play competitive tennis two nights a week, and I do as much physical activity as I can on weekends.

Health as a priority is a choice. Simple as that. NO ONE is too busy to fit it in, unless they make that choice. Eating healthy is a choice you make with each meal of snack you place in front of yourself.


Choose wisely.

ashleyh3156

For the past week or so I have been waking up at 5a before my kids are up to use the elliptical, it is working out great. If I want to exercise later in the day than I have time and know my goal was already met and this is just extra.

VincitQuiSeVincit

I have an hour lunch break, so I joined a gym a block away... I rush over there, get a 45 minute HIIT sesh in or a lift sesh, quick shower and back to the office.
I also ride my bike to and from the train to get from brooklyn into manhattan

_xXJennXx_

In the morning, except for the days I'm off work then I do them later.

IronPhyllida

I've incorporated my workout into my commute. When cycling takes priority:
5.30 - 1 hr bike ride to station
7.00 - 40 min train ride
7.45 - 20 min bike ride to work (if i manage to leave earlier I'll go to the gym when I get to work)

And then again the same for the way back.
Depending on which day I do this, I will add 1hr in the pool afterwards, depending when it's open of course.

Simples

niniagrn

It is a struggle and I have to be at work at 8:30 am. I get up at 4:45 am and work out for an hour. Then I walk my dog for 20 minutes and head on off to work. You just got have to find out what works for you. I have more control of my mornings than I do my evenings (after work events or just plain tired, lol). You will figure it out, the plus as it relates to MFP is that it adds to your daily calorie count.

DaddieCat

What I do... I schedule the workout as part of my routine. Sure it makes my day shorter, but if you are having problems fitting your workout into your routine, my guess is that it's because you don't consider it part of your routine in the first place. I find that simple shift of scheduling and mind-set change makes all the difference for me. I know that I get done with work, my first action is to go home and change, then proceed directly to the gym or to run. It's only after this is complete that I allow myself to relax into my leisure activities and I've found that forming this habit in this fashion has actually made it more enjoyable. Getting tired or sore from my workout allows my leisure relaxation or movie watching or video gaming that much more enjoyable.

running_shoe

I work 8-4 as well. My best time and opportunity to work out is before work. I get up at 5:15, at the gym by 6, work out until 7:15, get ready for work at the gym, then off to work. I LOVE morning work outs, but you need to be a morning person and be in bed at a decent time.

Good luck!

crackur

I fit the rest of my life in each day.......working out is like eating and breathing, I know I'm going to do it everyday.....I just do it differently each day.

(I work two jobs, grad school and I have a 3 year old. No excuses)

amandamarie7743

I wake up an hour to two hours early to get my workout in. Once you get in the routine it gets easier>>get up earlier, go to bed earlier, and get an amazing nights sleep!! I have been researching fitness a lot and have read in a few different places that the benefits of exercise in the morning are better....people who work out in the morning get more regular exercise since there are no excuses such as being too tired once the end of the day comes (which is totally me-I'm so wiped at the end of the day) and it gives your metabolism an extra boost plus the post-workout calorie burn is a bit better. I find for me that it is quite exhilarating to exercise in the morning.
If I have the time and energy then I fit in an extra 20-30 minutes of exercise into my evening, but if not I'm not disappointed since I already finished my actual workout!

AbsyPernet

I set the alarm for 5am, get dressed, eat a banana and push play, I do either insanity or P90X and at the weekend, I run. I am a morning person and therefore, I work out in the morning. You have to find what suits you the best and push for it everyday, no excuse, you have to want to do this in order to be in the right mind set, if not, there WILL ALWAYS be something/someone/tasks/housework/children in the way.

This is for you, you have to do this for yourself, you have to want this so badly that you can taste it .

Good luck in your journey

amyniceneasy

For the past 2 days I have been off work and have found myself taking our beagle dog out for a walk around the apartment complex. Yes, we both need it - BUT it is so very humid and hot here (like everywhere else I'm sure). I go back to work tomorrow and work Monday - Friday 8-5. I usually leave my house around 7:15 to get to work about 7:30 (In reality). I would like to know how everyone else fits there walk/run/workout into their daily routine.

get up early or do it when you get home from work...

if being healthy and fit is what you want, you will fit it in your day... its not a case of you 'cant' fit it in, at the moment you just dont want to.

Comments like these kinda bother me. I'm a mom who works full time at a job and then full time at home. Is being healthy and fit important to me? YES ! I try to fit my excersize in where/when I can but I've stopped beating myself up about not being able to do it as often as I'd like. The reality of it is ..sometimes there just isn't enough hours in the day to get everything done and fit in a work out. I suppose I could NOT do homework with my kids, I could NOT make their lunches, I could NOT do my household chores, and I could NOT put them in any after school activities OR worse yet... sleep less in order to find time for a workout. All these things add up to waking up at 5 and crashing at 11. I can't sleep less than that. If I happen to squeeze a workout in I'm jumping for joy.

The majority of working Mom's are not kidding when they say they are too busy and can't find the time. Some of them are like me. I don't sit in front of a computer or a TV at home. The only time my butt is in a chair is here at work.