exercise and kids

Do anything! Get some DVDs (target has some for as low as $6), walk, jog inside your house, jump, jumping jacks, jump rope, body weight exercises, dance....do ANYTHING! You CAN fit in exercise. Maybe not 60 minutes at once, but you can do 15 minutes here and there. As long as your heart rate elevates, you're exercising. It doesn't have to be perfect, or a particular system, or a particular plan. Anything is better than nothing!

DVDs I "go-to": Jillian Michaels shed and shred, Tae Bo Bootcamp, hip hop abs (much easier than the others)

I was having the same problem trying to juggle my 3 kids, working and exercising. I finally just joined the gym in the building where I work and go during lunch and take them with me on the days I'm home. On the weekends, I leave the kids with my husband and go for an hour. I don't go as regularly as I should, but getting in 3x a week and running 3 miles now. I don't have the discipline to workout at home. I have so many chores and things to do and the kids running around makes it very hard.

I used to wake up a half an hour earlier and do 30 Day Shred or similar DVD before the kidlets woke up.
A year later, when my oldest started kindy, I threw the youngest in a jogging stroller and started running a few days a week. I got our single jogger free from a neighbor, and later added a good double jogger we got cheap from Craigslist.

My gym has child care. I dont know what I would do without it. The kids love it & it makes it way easier. The hardest part is getting them dressed & in the car.

I have 6 kids 2 of which are 11 month old twins. I make the time. I lift weights and have a spin bike and I do it all at home while they nap.
My husband also works.

If you really want it you will make it happen.

I used to wake up a half an hour earlier and do 30 Day Shred or similar DVD before the kidlets woke up.
A year later, when my oldest started kindy, I threw the youngest in a jogging stroller and started running a few days a week. I got our single jogger free from a neighbor, and later added a good double jogger we got cheap from Craigslist.

this is the kind of thing i did for YEARS (i have 4 kids).

oh and yes, just plan it on your own outside of your partner.... just too hard the other way.

When I was a university student, I would take advantage of the on-campus gym. It was already paid for by my student fees, so I might as well. If you're already up there, I assume you have child care arranged. Do you have time between classes, or before or after?

I also have done a lot of at-home workouts with videos. I get bored with them easily, but I found that I can check them out from the local library for a week at a time for FREE. My older kids sometimes tried to do the videos with me, and I often still put my youngest (15 months, not walking) in his exer-saucer to watch me. I've liked Tae Bo, Jillian Michaels, etc, but there is a huge variety out there. Also check Netflix and even on line (hoping someone else has some links, I've never bothered to look into those) for other sources of free workout videos.

I would get on my treadmill after they were in bed. If you don't have it, get some DVDs and do them once the kids are in bed.

1) Dance Time with the kids.
2) videos at home.
3) google Robb Wolf (the Paleo guy). You can ignore the Paleo part and check out his exerise advice: wall pushups and chair squats use "equipment" you definitely have in your home; adding a couple of dumbells means you can do some of the other exercises as well.
4) if you can afford it, register the kids in some kind of kid activity at the gym or rec center, and work out while they're in class.
5) instead of bending down, squat. Your butt will stick out (if you're doing it right) and you might feel funny, but daily activities (picking kids up off the floor, picking laundry up off the floor, pulling stuff out of the bottom of the fridge, grabbing stuff off the top shelf) can be translated to an ergonomically sound "fitness" motion. Even if this isn't cardio, it's building extra activity into your day and building your core, which will burn extra calories for you.
6) figuring out what you're rating as "very important" right now that is, when you take a sober look at it, less important than your health (or whatever your goal is with getting active). It sounds like you have a busy life, but guaranteed, there's fifteen to thirty minutes of something stuffed in there that is NOT as important as YOU are.

I do all my workouts at home. I have an elliptical, some barbells, and a nice variety of dvds, including tae bo, walk away the pounds, and biggest loser. You may want to pick up a Walk away the pounds dvd. I have one with 5 miles on it that is broken into 5 one mile segments. Each mile is about 12 minutes. If you could fit one in three times a day or twice a day that would be a huge benefit to you. The biggest loser dvds are in segments as well, normally 10-15 minutes. You can do as many as you want or if you just have time for one segement do it.

I have three kids, a full time job, and a husband. Not to mention my kids are involved in many extracurricular activities that we coach, so can't just drop them off. You just gotta make it work. Right now, I am getting up before the kids to get in some time, and then doing it again when I get home. Tomorrow, I won't have anytime when I get home from work, so I'll have to make it up in the morning. Once you get committed you will find it easier to make the time, I promise. In the beginning, I told myself I was going to exercise everyday! YES, everyday! It was summer, so walking was my exercise and I the days were longer so I had lots of time to fit it in. But once I got through that month of exercising EVERYDAY, it was honestly just a habit that I haven't quit so far. 6 months in and yes there have been days I have missed a workout, but I feel it and I know it and I don't like the way I feel when I miss it. Start off with some small goals, like this week I am going to do this. Once you hurdle that goal, make another one.

You can do it, don't let life obstacles get in your way. Small increments totalled up are way better than nothing at all.

I head to the gym after my husband comes home from work. I go 3-4 days a week. I usually get everyone dinner and ready for bed so he just has to put them in bed. He works about 60 hours at the office a week and then remotely from home once he's here as well. He gets up and goes in the mornings before work. I usually get to the gym around 7 pm.

I have a 20 month old who loves to try to workout with me. The 10 week old falls asleep watching me so its easy with them. Get your kids involved as I know mine love trying to jog with me or jump around! I would die if I woke up 30mins earlier personally so I fit it in when they are quiet or sleeping. Im getting a stationary bike soon so I can do it when theyre in bed or when its nap time. I can ccle for hours, find somethin you love to do and go with it, good luck x

I would go insane with your life.

http://startnew-habits.tumblr.com/workout

there ya go
tons of workouts on here. I'll never have time to try them all (I didn't make this list)
I found it same way you are, someone on mfp posted a link

Also, for workouts you can do with your kids
just dance or any of the dancing workouts on ps3, xbox, wii etc.
some of the yoga or dancing can be done with the older ones.

also, if you just don't have time do some quick strength training 2 -3 times a week.
15-20 mins. done.
compound exercises like squats, lunges, push ups
even better if you have some dumb bells or resistance bands.
do them as fast as you can with little to no rest in between exercises.

if you think you don't have time for cardio-
jump rope, jump squats, doing either of those for more than a min is very hard.
you could do it while you're waiting for something to cook in the microwave
sometimes I hold the squat position while I wash dishes
just whenever you can find a min, it all helps, really!
and if you just hate doing cardio or don't have time for long workouts
you really can get by with just doing quick strength training.
I wish I had started exercising when mine were younger too,
but you really can do it, and it doesn't have to be expensive or time consuming.

also, if you have any stairs, or something you can use as a step,
that's a great workout too
running up and down the stairs cleaning the house- win-win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkD9LwDBWW0

M100 is another cardio workout that is super fast, no equipment.
very challenging even if you are advanced,
and if you're not in great shape, just do what you can
and work from there.