Anyone work 12 hr days and still workout?
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I leave my house at 630 and get in at 830. I wake up at 430 to work out. Still get my 7 hours sleep. Sometimes, like if i've worked more than 6 days in a row, i find it SO hard to wake up.. but generally i've got used to it.0
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I wouldn't sweat it. You're probably pretty active at your job.0
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My 12.5 hr shifts are on my feet most of the time so I can walk up to 10 miles (including 1.7 miles to work & back) and burn up to 3000 calories each shift. I don't bother with exercise on those days.0
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Im scheduled to work 3 twelve hr days and am really struggling with getting in my 5 or 6 workouts per week with such a long day. I get up 645 to get ready and get my kids going and don't get home till 930 p. I'm exhausted after a long day. Any advice or tips?
I keep two 2kg weights at my desk and do some quick exercises whenever I have a chance.0 -
Honestly I don't work out on the days I have 12 hours shifts, but I run my butt off at work. My coworker gets up super early and runs while her hubby and kids are sleeping. She looks tired a lot. I just work out on my off days.
ETA: I log my work days as 720+ minutes of cardio labeled as Vigorous Nursing :bigsmile: :drinker: :flowerforyou:0 -
Sometimes I have to pull 30ish days of 12-15 hour shifts, but its different for me because my job is pretty physical and fast paced.. so I am running. When those days come I typically bump up to 3-5 hour energies a day and can eat whatever I want and still lose weight... usually 10-15 lbs the only draw back is that I lose muscle as well. Then when its all over trying to retrain myself to get back into a normal routine is much tougher.0
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I'm a nurse practitioner in an urgent care, and most days don't even have time to pee let alone actually take a walk.
Not sure what your job entails, but it sounds like your activity levels are likely to be pretty high anyway.
You could make a point to take stairs rather than lift to add to that (though maybe not if pushing a bed!)0 -
Yeah i use to work terrible long hours. 2 jobs day and night, It was hard to workout and eat right, but i made sure i got it done. I just got up early and done my workouts, if not i would come home at night and do it.0
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I work 7p-7a 3-4 days a week. I always come home and sleep til 2:30p then hit the gym. I still have time to get home shower and make a healthy sitdown dinner for the family before heading back to work. It's hard. I'm tired, but it works.0
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Thanks everyone, all good ideas. I will try walking during breaks between my patients! It can get pretty busy in my urgent care, but i will try
I'm an urgent care nurse and work 12 hr shifts. I work 2-3 days per week and don't exercise on days I work. If I try to put pressure on myself to exercise those days I just get discouraged. I figure 4-5 days is pretty good.0 -
I'm a housewife myself, but husband works shift schedule at a paper mill and we run our daily schedule around his work since I drive him to/from most of the time.
Whether he's working days/nights, we get up at 4, leave for work at 5, I'll pick him up at 6, then we'll go to the company gym for a half hour before heading home.0
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