WHY WORK OUT ON A SATURDAY?

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  • amandatapar
    amandatapar Posts: 246 Member
    Because the weekend is a great time to work out. I am not near as busy and am not rushed. I can get it in earlier. I also feel great afterwards. So why not. With 4 kids sometimes their weekday stuff added to my job make it hard to get there, I do get there just later than I want to.
  • cursiny
    cursiny Posts: 907 Member
    So you can take Sunday off
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    Because... why not?

    Seriously I have way more time on the weekend than I do during the week.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Explain / motivate.

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    This
  • tshef20
    tshef20 Posts: 5 Member
    I normally don't have a lot going on Saturday mornings. I don't need to get up early for work so I can sleep in a little and then get a good run in. One of my favorite times of the week to run! Now I just need to get back into running. Fell off a bit since my half marathon in September!
  • Matt24442
    Matt24442 Posts: 324
    It's when all the moms are at the gym because their husbands are finally home to watch the kids
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    It's when all the moms are at the gym because their husbands are finally home to watch the football games while not cleaning the house and the kids run amuck

    Fixed
  • Belinda658
    Belinda658 Posts: 181 Member
    Explain / motivate.

    I have a better idea - how about you explain to us why someone unfit and overweight *shouldn't* dedicate a non-work day to exercise and maximal calorie burn?

    This. I'm having trouble understanding why exercising on a Saturday is harder than any other day ?
  • a_stronger_me13
    a_stronger_me13 Posts: 812 Member
    Explain / motivate.

    No.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Because ParkRuns are on Saturday mornings.
  • MsMischief
    MsMischief Posts: 32 Member
    I love Saturday work outs, it's the best day of the week for it if you ask me. Sleep in a little, cook a fry up (500 kcal breakfasts rule), relax until the food's gone down and give it your all at the gym and enjoy being sore on Sunday, when you don't have to go to work.
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    Explain / motivate.
    Motivation comes from within. If you don't want to, I'm not going to talk you into it.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Really!? Saturday is the BEST day to work out. I love getting a long run or hike in on Saturday morning. It lets me be outdoors, burn a ton of calories and do the kind of workout I like best, but simply don't have time to do on weekdays.

    I can't imagine NOT working out on Saturday!
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Because time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

    There is only now, right now.

    Personally I like to 'work out' every minute of the day, every day, to the best of my ability.

    I build the activity in, there is no weekend, just life lived to the fullest, every mother-funking day.

    As I said, there is only right now ... NOW! :)
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    Because habits are built on behavior. Skip a Saturday with tons of time, and what are the chances I can convince myself to work out on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday when I have very little time?
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    Because time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

    There is only now, right now.

    Personally I like to 'work out' every minute of the day, every day, to the best of my ability.

    I build the activity in, there is no weekend, just life lived to the fullest, every mother-funking day.

    As I said, there is only right now ... NOW! :)
    Yes! Especially lunchtime. :wink:
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    I work out every day, Saturday included!
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Yes! Especially lunchtime. :wink:

    Habits and behaviour are a very big thing of mine right now, the reprogramming of the brain, setting new neural pathways, establishing new patterns. Calories in/out and all that guff aside I think that getting the brain in order is central to the process of getting healthier.

    Saturday? What does that mean? Just another day. You make your decision in the moment, it all counts.
  • skiersteve12345
    skiersteve12345 Posts: 89 Member
    because i should have gone Friday and didn't lol
  • thatonepersonfromtheinternet
    thatonepersonfromtheinternet Posts: 136 Member
    More free time. Plus if I missed a good workout during the week, I always make it up on Saturday.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    because i should have gone Friday and didn't lol

    Hahah yes this is me all the time.
  • ImRemko
    ImRemko Posts: 34 Member
    If you don't like working out on Saturdays, then don't. You don't have to work out every day, no matter what your goal is.
  • carrietehbear
    carrietehbear Posts: 384 Member
    Because it is the only day when I don't have to put time constraints on my workout...
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    The gym is nice and empty on a Saturday because people like the OP are making threads like this on MFP instead of sitting on the equipment and texting. How's that?
  • Smallc10
    Smallc10 Posts: 608 Member
    Because it is one of two days a week I get to workout with my significant other. He motivates me to bench more, squat more, and swim farther. I just enjoy having a workout buddy and look forward to Saturday and Sunday workouts all week long. Although I work every other weekend so they don't seem like days to take off and just relax like they do for most people.
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    Because I prefer running my long run on a day with less traffic in the morning.
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    Why wouldn't you? Do you EAT on Saturday?
  • 2boned
    2boned Posts: 44
    because your band is terrible and you need to take your mind off how bad they suck?
  • cyruscyrus
    cyruscyrus Posts: 8
    because your band is terrible and you need to take your mind off how bad they suck?

    Nice.

    I did not expect so many of you to be totally humorless and unsupportive in a support forum. Bravo.

    I ran 3 miles that night, after starting this thread.
    http://runkeeper.com/user/kingcyrusking/activity/259430077

    the correct answer is to my question is "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    It's because at 5:00AM M-F? Only 1 or 2 hotties in the gym.

    Saturdays at 9:00AM? Booyah.

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