sleep or gym?

n_unocero

This is what i seem to ask myself everyday. i'm a teacher and a basketball coach and i play in a rec volleyball league on monday nights. i find that if i don't get my workout in before school i don't get one at all, because by the end of the day i'm tired and hungry. with volleyball, and usually 2 basketball game a week i don't get home til 9:30 at the earliest on those 3 nights.

so here's my question...should i just suck it up and get up at 3:30 am to get to the gym to get my workout done before work and catch up with rest on the weekend or should i get my 8 hours of sleep each night?

gtwin

I would make those your rest days and get those 8 hours of sleep in. Then on Sat/Sun, do those workouts.

michellecorvin

I think you should work out with your students when they work out during the week and get your sleep at night. Then on the weekends you can get in a longer workout for yourself. ;D

n_unocero

I think you should work out with your students when they work out during the week and get your sleep at night. Then on the weekends you can get in a longer workout for yourself. ;D

I've tried that. but if i'm playing with them in practice it gets chaotic. i coach high school JV so they need that person telling them what to do ALL THE TIME.

Fergie2154

You do have to get your sleep...at least 7-8 hours.

Try walking for 30 minutes after dinner on nights you get home earlier than 9:30. The walk should not rev up your metabolism too much so you can't sleep.

-or maybe a 30 minute walk midday after your lunch.....(if your schedule permits)

...and get a great workout in on the weekends.

nati39

Well, to me it seems as you do get enough activity into the day with the volleyball etc. so get your sleep dear. sleep is very important for several reasons. don't deprive yourself of sleep unless its a matter of life and death .

BarbWhite09

Getting up at 3:30 for a workout...seems like it would really really make me hate working out...SLEEP!

ShapeUpSidney

Get 6-8 hours a night...don't wake up at 3:30 am. Find other little ways to get some calories in. Park farther back in the lot, walk to work, etc

Or just make it a rest day

MLeigh18

This is what i seem to ask myself everyday. i'm a teacher and a basketball coach and i play in a rec volleyball league on monday nights. i find that if i don't get my workout in before school i don't get one at all, because by the end of the day i'm tired and hungry. with volleyball, and usually 2 basketball game a week i don't get home til 9:30 at the earliest on those 3 nights.

so here's my question...should i just suck it up and get up at 3:30 am to get to the gym to get my workout done before work and catch up with rest on the weekend or should i get my 8 hours of sleep each night?

Dude, I'm with you. Between working 9 hours/day at the office and then school from 6-9pm. It's hard to find time to work out. I used to get up for a 5am spin class but I eventually had to stop because I was only getting 5-6 hours of sleep per night. What about the two nights you dont have vball or basketball? I'm sure those are the days you really just want to relax, I totally understand. But it looks like you've got two options, like everyone else is saying. 1. work out after work on the two days you don't have practice or games, or 2. do it on the weekends. As for being hungry and tired, I hear ya! So I bought a bigger lunch pale. And bring a snack for pre-class or pre-work out depending on the day. I have to go straight to the gym from work otherwise if I go home I wont get up off the couch to go to the gym. I usually bring a little tupperware of meat and some carbs, an apple or a granola bar usually. And because that's such a light meal, I'll eat it about 15 minutes pre-class or pre-workout. That way I don't start starving in the middle of it all. But it gives me just enough fuel to power through a solid workout. However, if you're doing an hour at the gym everyday, maybe you should cut it back some. You don't have to work out for a strict 60 minutes every time, not even 20 or 30 minutes. A lot of the times my warm up is twice as long as my workout.

I do CrossFit, so a lot of our workouts takes 3-10 minutes and the warm up takes about 15. I get the same benefits from a 3 minute workout that someone else gets spending an hour in the gym casually lifting weights or running on the treadmill (which of course is a terrible idea anyway) but still you hard, go fast, go home.

Or I suppose your alternative option is to workout at home. There's plenty of bodyweight workouts you can do. or if you have a kettlebell/ medicine ball/ free weights you can add those too. No i'm not talking about p90x or any video workout. Just set a timer for 12 minutes as do this without stopping:

12 full range squats
8 man makers
10 tricep dips on the coffee table/chair

Or do a harder one we call Helen: 100 squats 100 push ups 100 sit ups.

good luck