school, work, working out.

mathemr06
mathemr06 Posts: 14
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There might already be a topic on this, but how to you manage school, studying, and work with woking out???

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  • 89nunu
    89nunu Posts: 1,082 Member
    You get yourself a schedule that works for you and there you go...
    I'm not sure I get the question... you make time.
    I workout in the mornings cause my evenings are quite unpredictable. This way I never miss a workout...
  • HealthyVitamins
    HealthyVitamins Posts: 432 Member
    Well, you go to school, work and work out.

    It's that simple.
  • Nyksta
    Nyksta Posts: 241 Member
    You make time :)

    One of my oldest excuese - no time for calorie counting, no time for exercise...

    I work full time, have a daughter, a husband who needs some extra care and I study but I find time to work out almost every day.

    Sometimes that means putting me before other stuff in life. But me is important enough to do that I realise now!

    Nyk
  • blably
    blably Posts: 490 Member
    you wake up and work out go to work and school.

    or you eork out in between.

    you make the time :) add managin the household and a family.... and yet you make tim :)
  • foxruddellc1
    foxruddellc1 Posts: 65 Member
    what does your school sced look like? I'm not working right now but I'm in 18 semester credit hours, 7 classes right now. I have a few breaks that are long enough to work out in, but I find life easier if I just get my butt up and workout before class, since after class I am waaay to exhausted. It is not ideal, but I have to or I won't do it.
    You can try breaking your workouts up throughout the day, like 20-20-20 splits, or whatever deviation that you can work with.
  • ktsmom430
    ktsmom430 Posts: 1,100 Member
    Most people have busy schedules, work, families, chores, school etc. You just have to make the time.
    I work 12+ hours a day M-F and sometimes bring work home in the evenings and weekends. I get up at 2:00 a.m. to work out for an hour in the gym at work before I begin my work day. I have a 40 minute commute each way to work as well.
    If you want it, you just make the time, and for me it is worth the effort.
  • ABetterJayme
    ABetterJayme Posts: 29 Member
    Over the summer I started my first full time job, then classes started again in the Fall. I kept telling myself I didn't have the time to work out and I am sure that whatever I was eating was fine...

    Then I noticed I had gained back 15 lbs.

    Soooo now I find the time. For example, today I woke up earlier than I usually do for work so I did the 20 minute Turbo Jam workout. Later, I will find time to do some strength training. Hopefully.

    It's tough and a lot of times I get frustrated because I get maybe an hour to sit and relax before I drop exhausted into bed but in the long run, it will be worth it! :heart:
  • Oh_Allie
    Oh_Allie Posts: 258 Member
    I work 8-10 hour overnight shifts, sleep 6 hours throughout the day, go to school, raise a 3-year old and workout for at least 30-60 minutes every day. I like to workout between 11am and 3pm because I know if I don't get it in during that time slot, that I probably won't be doing it that day.

    You just fit it in whenever you can. If your days are busy, do it at night. If your nights are busy, do it in the daytime.
  • thetoughequus
    thetoughequus Posts: 25 Member
    Splitting them up is a good idea - many short workouts is easier than one big one.
    You can read chapters while you walk on a treadmill, and sort of do two things at once? (I understand jogging is better, but it's hard to read that way)
    oooor read a page, then go do a short circuit of something (ex. 50 jumping jacks, 10 pushups, 30 second plank, burpees, whatever) and then read another page. repeat until you're finished studying. just something that helps me.
  • dwh77tx
    dwh77tx Posts: 513 Member
    You get yourself a schedule that works for you and there you go...
    I'm not sure I get the question... you make time.
    I workout in the mornings cause my evenings are quite unpredictable. This way I never miss a workout...

    Exactly! During the week I wake up early to workout before work, etc. I always consider not doing it, but then I tell myself how happy I will be once I'm "done". It always works! I write down what my workout will be each day. No excuses!

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