How do I fit exercise into my work life? 8.30-6.30 daily?

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  • Kontxesi
    Kontxesi Posts: 86 Member
    A few others have said this already: consider your field hockey nights your work week exercise and then add 2 workouts on the weekend. If you're able to go on the weekend without trouble, I don't see a reason to try squeezing it into your work week.

    If you still feel like you need to do something during the week, you need to figure out which is more important: an extra hour of sleep in the morning, or getting home in time to make dinner. I am pretty much incapable of getting up earlier than is absolutely necessary due to narcolepsy, so that leaves me with going to the gym after work. I don't like getting home an hour later, but it's what must be done! :)
  • becs3578
    becs3578 Posts: 836 Member
    30 min run in the am?

    Perhaps bring your lunch... take 20 mins to eat it, 30 mins to walk and then 10 mins to relax before starting back at work. I don't really take a lunch... but I know friends who do that on their lunch hour.

    Love your commitment to make it fit into your life. You will figure it out!
  • martinel2099
    martinel2099 Posts: 899 Member
    Hi I'm a student, recently started my internship and I work in my intern place from 8.30am to 6.30pm, with a 1 hour lunch break in between. This is really hard for me as previously as a student, my timetable allows me to exercise at 5pm to 7 pm daily but now I'm at a loss of what to do.

    Since it is an internship, I still have my final year project to do in school, which I have to do at night. Any tips on how I can exercise throughout the week and try to exercise as much as I did before? I play field hockey on Tuesday and Thursday nights for about 1-2 hours though and I can exercise on Saturdays and Sundays.

    How do you guys fit exercise into your work life?

    Sounds like anytime before 8:30am and anytime after 6:30pm is plenty of time. Also you have the weekends off so Saturday and Sunday are great days. Generally speaking working out 3-4 days per week is all you need to improve health. Weekend alone covers two of those.

    Life gets busy and it doesn't stop until we close our eyes for good. Squeeze in workouts when and where you can. Just wait till you have a full time job + Children and other responsibilities that start to build up.
  • nicola8989
    nicola8989 Posts: 381 Member
    I work slightly shorter hours but I have an hour long commute so I'm pushed for time too. I joined the gym and started doing HIIT and strength workouts in my break - it's great and it's given me a lot more energy. Otherwise I try getting up early. I also do exercise on a weekend.
  • fangmouse
    fangmouse Posts: 119
    Hi guys op here. I forgot to add in my commute hours- it takes me an hour to go to and from work. So basically I leave home at 7.30am and get home at 7.30pm. I don't have a gym membership so I usually exercise when I get home. There's a park near my house where I usually run at. I want to exercise more so that I can improve for field hockey. So previously, my exercise routine was:

    Mon: body weight hiit exercises - includes jump squats, squats, lunges, push ups(men's), burpees and crunches, bicycles etc. For 30-40 mins

    Tues : hockey 2 hours/interval running (see Thursday)

    Wed: same as mon

    Thurs: hockey 2 hours/interval running (pyramids-800,600,400,200,100,50m run =1 set) i usually do 2 sets

    Friday: same as mon

    Saturday : 6 - 10 km run

    Sunday: 2.4km run

    So as you can tell I was very active before the internship because exercising keeps me sane and happy and my self confidence and self esteem high. Although after doing this for about 2 months I eventually fell ill with a very bad flu that did not go away even though it's been almost 2 weeks. I think all the exercise made my immune system weak...

    But now I'm just really sedentary which bugs me so much. In school, I walk around a lot as it's like a college and the compound is pretty big but now this office is just..... Sigh.... And I feel that 4 days a week is not enough?????
  • hearthwood
    hearthwood Posts: 794 Member
    It sounds like you're doing great with your soccer twice a week. So your weekends are left open for other types of exercise you enjoy doing. I know a lot of people on this board feel like they have to work out every single day, but that's simply not the case. 3 times a week to keep you in shape, 4 times a week will get you into shape.

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