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  • Mallory0418
    Mallory0418 Posts: 723 Member
    These people who talk about that clearly have no kid or spouse.

    Or, maybe they have a spouse whose occupation doesn't allow him/her to be home very often...
  • sandrinamsilva
    sandrinamsilva Posts: 651 Member
    The joy of being single and childless.

    I have a lot more time now that I am single
  • LolasEpicJourney
    LolasEpicJourney Posts: 1,010 Member
    I am curious also - I love working out when I do it - and feel like I could go forever - but at the gym I am usually 60-90 minutes and if I do a workout DVD about half hour.
    I am married without kids - the hubby and I do workout together.
    I wish I could workout before work but getting up at 3am just seems too daunting.
    I also have two jobs : /
  • goodmonster
    goodmonster Posts: 165
    Fitting in random things while you are doing mundane things.

    Bringing in groceries? Lift them over your head while you carry them to and from the car! Having to run errands? Park far away!

    If you try to fit in random activities like that into your daily life, then 30 minutes of exercise is really all ya need! ...when you've got the time. =)
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    These people who talk about that clearly have no kid or spouse.

    I have both, and I work 50+ hours a week. You can make it work. Are you really saying your kid and spouse can't live without your attention for 2 hours a day for 5 days a week? Granted my wife hates my guts right now but that has been mainly because of work. I've been working 70+ hours a week the last couple weeks which has cut into my exercise time. Once it calms down it'll be back to 2hr+ work outs.

    Do I plan to work out this much for the rest of my life? Hell no, but I have a goal I want to reach. Once I reach that I plan on cutting back to 1 hour work outs 5 days a week. I'm currently doing 6-7 days a week 1.5-2 hours right now. I'd rather put in the time now then keep putting it off and never live long enough to have that time.
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    These people who talk about that clearly have no kid or spouse.

    i would probably have more time for it if a had a spouse, would have someone to be with the kid
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    Single. Childless. Carless. I walk 15 minutes to the bus stop and then some more to get to work from where I get off the bus. I walk around a mile each way to get to the grocery store. Another 1.7 each way to get to the gym (if I don't take the bus). Yes, that means I have to leave an hour early to get to work (I substitute teach, so mileage and time varies each day), but I'm getting in exercise!
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    When I walk it's usually over 2 hours. But that's combined walking throughout the day. And since I don't have a car and public transportation sucks, most of it is not particularly by choice. I do know what you mean though. I'm not sure how people have time to do regular exercising (not combined walks) for hours.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,021 Member
    These people who talk about that clearly have no kid or spouse.
    I have a 7 year old and a spouse. I work out about an hour and 40 minutes a day. I am also in the Fitness industry as a trainer. A big misconception is that trainer (because we are usually at the gym for work) are working out all the time. Like anyone else with a job, we have to MAKE time to work out.
    I usually run in the morning and hit the weights in the afternoon.
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    45 min in the morning, 45 min at night. Only about 1.5 hours, but thats about it. I wake up pretty early, go to bed late. On weekends, I do the same, then add in a 2 hour workout as well, such as when I teach karate or hockey.
  • MîîśÊmÿłõü
    MîîśÊmÿłõü Posts: 285 Member
    i get an hour in the morning when my kids are having a nap and i get 30-40 mins for their afternoon nap sometimes its les but they are in a good routine so its pretty well timed for my excercise and cleaning the house ect
  • PBJunky
    PBJunky Posts: 737 Member
    i keep reading on here people talking about exercising 2 to 3 hours a day or more.

    the only thing i want to know is.





    WHERE IN HELL TO YOU ALL FIND THE TIME FOR THAT????

    45 minutes each day...some of these people are overdoing it
  • Yakisoba
    Yakisoba Posts: 719 Member
    I work from my computer at home.. ._. That's how.
  • messyinthekitchen
    messyinthekitchen Posts: 662 Member
    That's what we call bull *kitten*. Or making your entire life about fitness. I get about 4 hours per day to get done what I need to do. Like hell I am going to spend 75% of it working out.
  • B3Streeter
    B3Streeter Posts: 292 Member
    That's what we call bull *kitten*. Or making your entire life about fitness. I get about 4 hours per day to get done what I need to do. Like hell I am going to spend 75% of it working out.

    What is wrong with making a large part of your life about fitness? Especially if you are doing something you love.
  • Schwiggs
    Schwiggs Posts: 222 Member
    I don't have kids or a significant other. Even when I was working in addition to school, it wasn't that hard to make time for it.
  • Schwiggs
    Schwiggs Posts: 222 Member
    That's what we call bull *kitten*. Or making your entire life about fitness. I get about 4 hours per day to get done what I need to do. Like hell I am going to spend 75% of it working out.

    Sounds like some awesome rationalization.
  • Yakisoba
    Yakisoba Posts: 719 Member
    That's what we call bull *kitten*. Or making your entire life about fitness. I get about 4 hours per day to get done what I need to do. Like hell I am going to spend 75% of it working out.

    Someone sounds angry. I'm sorry you only have 4 hours a day. Sounds like it sucks.
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    That's what we call bull *kitten*. Or making your entire life about fitness. I get about 4 hours per day to get done what I need to do. Like hell I am going to spend 75% of it working out.

    Yeah because making life about eating and other unhealthy choices isn't what got a lot of us here to begin with.
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    heres another question, would love to get the kid to do walks with me, and ideas on getting a 12 year old boy motivated without forcing him
    i should mention he is autistic and has gross motor issues so he is not very athelitc but he does dance.
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    would love to start getting my kid to walk with me, but he never wants to any ideas to motivate him other than forcing?
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I'd have much more time to exercise if I weren't addicted to the forums. :frown:
  • ADobs
    ADobs Posts: 160 Member
    In the summer, I used to do the stairs for about 45 minutes every single day, and then take my dog for a walk afterwards at the beach for about an hour which worked out to 4-5 kms. On the weekends I would do the stairs, rollerblade for 10 kms AND walk the dog. Since the cold weather has come, I’m pretty much sedentary AND I have a desk job. I cancelled my gym membership as I barely used it in the summer and I despise working out in that kind of setting, so now I just try and walk my dog 4-5 times a week for an hour or so, which comes out to 4-5 kms. When the winter comes, I plan on still walking my dog but also going for some wintery hikes!
  • Rachiepie6
    Rachiepie6 Posts: 423 Member
    Less TV time, bed early to get up early.
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