Exercise/gym routines for working ladies

I work 40 hours a week, and commute 10 on top of that. I am a single mom, with shared custody.

I work out HARD once a week - I box for an hour and typically put out about 850 cals during that hour.

I try to add in some zumba on the wii, or some treadmill time, or even just a brisk walk at lunch.
I've also been adding in stairs at work (I work in an 18 storey building - doing the 18 floors takes me 10 minutes)



I find that if I bust my *kitten* hard for an hour, it really helps me throughout the week.

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I only lift weights now... I can do my lifting program in 30 minutes so that I can be home by 6 to make dinner...

The Jamie Eason program is good, gives you workouts for each day, which i'd prefer rather than having to decide for myself! I just like getting into the gym, doing what I gotta do and getting out!

I am definitely not a morning person, but I want this. So, as a mom to a 4 year old and a six year old, a husband and lots of dogs, my alarm goes off at 3:45, and I'm out the door by 4:10. I have gathered enough equipment to workout at home. We have a squat rack, more olympic sized weights than I'll ever need, a power tower, elliptical machine, weight benches, and stationary bike. Don't let not having equipment keep you from working out at home though. There are lots of body weight exercises that you could do at home. I workout 45 minutes to an hour M-F. I lift MWF and cardio on T/Th. I'm doing the Beautiful Badass program and I love it, I look forward to the lifting days, not so much for the cardio days. After that I go inside get a shower, get my kids ready for school as I'm getting myself ready for work. Drive an hour and a half to drop kids off at school and go to work. Work from 7:15 to 3:00, pick kids up, go to whatever after school activity they have for that day (taekwondo, softball, gymnastics). Drive the hour and a half back home, do all the chores to get ready for the next day, shower and hit the sack.

I work 40 hours a week and am a mom of 4, the two youngest are 8 year old twins. I really can't join a gym right now but I workout right in front of my television every night at 9pm. I workout 5x a week. I do weights Sun. Wed. & Fri for 40min and follow with a HIIT cardio DVD. on Mon, Tues & Thurs I do 60 min cardio.

I would love to workout in the mornings but its not possible and after a long day at work I need to check homework, cook dinner and clean. The best time for me is after everyone is out for the night.

GL!

You can do a full weight training program in 30 minutes or less, twice a week, leaving plenty of time for 20 minutes of cardio 3-4 days a week.

I am fortunate that my company has a gym complete with everything I need. I eat lunch at noon at my desk and then workout for an hour. It's really nice that I can get it out of the way early.

Stronglift 5x5 is a great program for a beginner, simple as hell, and focuses on the basics. The whole routine might take you 45 minutes at the most, and you will start looking forward to going to the gym.

Also, if you're going to dedicate the time to working out, you should spend some time learning about it too. You should do yourself a favor and buy New Rules of Lifting for Women. It's a great book that will give you some perspective on exercise and diet (nothing revolutionary or bs, just the basics) so you don't waste your time in the gym.

This!

I also work a full time job. I use an app called GymPact and commit to doing to the gym or working out 4x/week. If I don't meet that threshold I have to pay! In order to make things work with my schedule I will either go before work if I know I can't go after or straight after work. My gym is fortunately less than a mile from my house.

Good luck!! It's tough but you can do it. If you get into the habit now, you won't have to later

I always stick by the saying "if it means enough to you, you'll find time to do it. If it doesn't, then you'll make excuses."

I work full time and exercise every single day. 3 days a week I lift weights at the gym. 1 day a week I do gymnastics. 2 days a week I play soccer. And I also try to run twice a week. Lately I've also started adding in Jillian Michaels dvds to boost up my cardio. I also walk a bare minimum of 5k a day (daily commute to work!)

I also watch an excessive amount of TV, run a blog and play video games. So exercise isn't the ONLY thing I'm doing!

But when do you sleep, girl?! W2G!!!

I can't afford the gym and find it very hard to motivate myself to leave the house once I'm done with work for the day, and typically work over 50 hours per week - once i've sorted my dogs out I know that if I hit the sofa I won't get up for the rest of the night, so I don't give myself a chance to seetle, just throw on my workout clothes and pick something to do - atm I am rotating between time on the elliptical with some strength and core work with dumbells thrown in after, a session of wii Zumba, or a wii "my fitness coach" session. I don't factor dog walking calories into my daily routine as it's far too normal and due to the oldie rarely gets the blood pumping

I go to a workout class on Tuesday nights, Then get up in the AM on Wednesday, Thursday and sometimes Friday. Then on Saturday AM when I'm off of work I go to another class. The classes are cross-fit and def feel like they are more strength oriented. On the mornings that I am on my own I usually just do the treadmill.

I just joined Jillian Michaels website and printed out a workout routine that I may try to get in.

Not sure of your gym/living sitaution. I am fortunate enough to live in a building with a fitness center so it's easier for me to get there.