Working out...Where do you fit it in to your schedule?

Prep everything the night before, set the alarm for 20-30 before you want to start working out, and get up when it goes off.

Your first couple days will throw you, but then you settle into a routine and wonder why you ever did it any other way. I prefer to keep the same schedule on the weekends as well.

I have to work out in the morning or it won't happen. I am also not a morning person, but working out is more important than my discomfort. I typically get up between 4:30 - 6:00 depending on my work schedule. I workout for an hour each morning, five days a week in my home. I generally work 10 to 12 hour days, so I'm beat by the time I get home. If I waited until then to workout, I would always find an excuse not to do it.

Sometimes it's 6am
Sometimes it's 10am
Sometimes it's Noon
Sometimes it's 1am


You can get up by 8 and it a workout in, it's not that hard.

If you want to exercise you will make the time. We only do the things we really want to do. And it you don't fit it in because you think ypu must put everything else before yourself, I feel sorry for you.

Tell 'em mom. Love this :flowerforyou:

I AM a morning person and get up at 4:20 AM to be at the gym at 5 AM opening. If I don't go shortly after getting up each day, it isn't going to happen. But I also have to get my son up and ready for school, get myself ready for work, make lunches, etc., all the morning stuff that so many of us (esp. with kids!) must tend to. I have about a 45 minute drive to work and must be there by 8 AM. So my entire schedule runs a couple hours earlier than yours. I spent a lot of years getting up with just enough time to get out the door to make it to work on time. Now that I'm very serious about losing weight and improving my health, I still have a brief argument with myself most mornings to get my butt up and out. I also do what v70t5m said: as much prep as I can do before bed. FWIW.

I have 4 kids and a full-time job and all the stuff that comes with that - so I understand hectic. I am not really a morning person myself, but that is the only time where I don't have any other responsibilities and no one needs me. So I get up at 5 nearly every day, hit the gym for an hour, then come home as everyone else is getting up and go about my day.

I enjoy getting it out of the way - checking off the imaginary to do list - plus I know right off the bat how much extra room I have in my day in terms of calories.

I would love to work out in the evening - but I need to spend time with the family, make dinner, etc. There are so many things that can get in the way once the day begins.

Try the mornings - you may surprise yourself!

Aren't we all busy? I recently had it dawn on me...that while I'm a planner I dont plan my gym time or my time in general if I have free time or whatever. It would fit where I put it. But someone (capt apollo) turned me onto using my google calendar and actualky write in my gym time and figure out what I'm doing there. It's the best to see a full week of gym times crossed off. So use the tools you have and make it stare you in the face...also it takes 21 days to form a habit, so soon getting up a bit earlier won't seem terrible.

I love to work ou in the morning for two reasons. My coworkers can see it in my face if I worked out before work and if I don't it's easy to come up with excuses.

5am weights, followed by cooking breakfast/lunch/dinner, school, work, sleep, repeat

I get up at 4 am for bootcamp classes four days a week and also go running (short, 2.5 mile runs) on my lunch breaks at work. If you really want to, you will find the time. An hour's workout is only 4% of your entire day.

I treat workouts like appointments that can't be missed. I prepare my gym bag the night before and set alarms so I make sure I'm up on time. It also helps that I really enjoy my bootcamp classes so it makes it a lot easier. Other than that it's simply a will to keep on it.

On weekdays I get up @4:45AM for work. I work a full time job 5 days a week and train in the evenings 2-3 days a week. I train either when I get home from work or before or after clients if I'm training. IMO if you're dedicated to something you will find the time to do it.

Personally, I have a really hectic schedule too. I generally go right after work, because I'm not a morning person either. I fit in something. Whether it's a full cardio workout at the gym, some yoga at home, or just the 45-minute walk home from the office, I make myself do something most every day.
It also helps that the trainers at my gym ask me where I've been when I haven't been there in a few days.

I have a pretty hectic life. Working, school, church, boyfriend, friends.
I want to start SCHEDULING work outs into my day because I know if I'm not intentional about working out I seriously won't do it.

I usually have to be at work by 10, but I'm soooooo NOT a morning person and I hate waking up earlier than I have too. I just might though because after work and school and whatever, all I want to do is go home and SLEEP. So early mornings might be my only option.

Where do you guys schedule in your workouts? Do you like working out in the AM or PM? Any tips or advice to get up, moving and to stay consistent?

I also have to be to work at 10am, and I have found that if I don't workout in the morning, it just doesn't happen! I'm just too tired after running all day and just want to relax at night. Just can't motivate myself to do it at night. So I get up in the morning, down some caffeine, and do a few things around the house - throw in a load of laundry, write out bills, go through mail - whatever just to wake up a little, and then I workout. Once you get used to waking up at your new time for a few days straight, it becomes habit and isn't too bad. Good luck!

I hated morning workouts, too ... but found that I had to do it if I wanted to get fit. Then, I realized that there's a half-hour period when I get home where I'd decompress in front of the computer. Well, I just decided to work out instead. I do a half-hour workout in the morning and after work for an hour total ... if I can. But, the main thing is, I don't sit as much. I'm always on the move. If I can't fit in a workout, it's usually because I have to do something with my kids. I count coaching my son's baseball team as activity, even if low to moderate activity.

The bottom line: Just fit in activity whenever you can. Maybe you could walk or hike or bike with your boyfriend.

I schedule my workouts, meaning that I put them in my calendar like an appointment.

I do an HIIT class 1-2x a week, and strength training 2x. All of 'em are in my calendar.