Where do you make time in your day for exercise?

Mon - up by 5:00 and on my bike by 5:30 laest; weight room after work
Tues - swim at lunch or after work (30 minutes)
Wed - up by 5:00 and on my bike by 5:30 latest; weight room after work
Thurs - up by 5:00 and on my bike by 5:30 latest
Fri - swim at lunch or after work (30 minutes)
Saturday - long ride or rest day
Sunday - long ride or rest day depending on Saturday

MagicalGiraffe wrote: »

Everyone is getting up so early! Do the majority of you have children or just early birds naturally? I've started waking at half 7 naturally now its summer and I was impressed with myself. Maybe it's to do with age too?

Waking up half 7 would definitely be sleeping in for me...haven't slept that late in years. I have two boys 6 and 4 but really, work starts at 8 AM and I have an hour commute so I have to be out the door no later than 7 AM so the kids thing is really a mute point. If I didn't exercise in the morning I'd still be up by 5:30 or so. I think the last time I slept that late I was still in college.

I have a husband, two children, four dogs, and a full time job. I drag myself out of bed at 4:45 am to make time to exercise. It isn't ideal, especially when my insomnia was less controlled and I often wasn't falling asleep until around 2 am.

If it is a priority, you will find a way to make it work.

I was able to convince my boss to extend my lunch time to allow me to work during lunch time. Perfect time for me.

Wake up, Breakfast 6am
Commute to work: 6:45-7:00am
Work 7am - 11am
Workout at Gym (in same plaza as my work) 11:02am - 12:45pm
Lunch 12:45pm - 1:00pm
Work 1pm - 5pm

I'm home from work at 5:15 after already exercised and get the rest of my day free.

I do this Mon,Tue,Thu, Fri. Use Wednesday's extended lunch for other things.

It's perfect for me because I can't stand working out in the morning (can't work out immediately after breakfast, and I'd rather sleep in than get up early for that).

I don't want to work out after work, then I 'miss' my home time and cheat too often in my workouts to get home early.

A 2-hour block in the middle of the day where I must work out - I really can't do anything else as I'm at my place of work, is perfect for me to force myself to workout.

MagicalGiraffe wrote: »

Everyone is getting up so early! Do the majority of you have children or just early birds naturally? I've started waking at half 7 naturally now its summer and I was impressed with myself. Maybe it's to do with age too?

For me, getting my workout in first thing in the morning is easier for 3 reasons.

1) Less chance for something else to come up and interrupt my plans (like friend who needs help or kid who needs a ride somewhere).

2) If something does come up (blizzard, sick kid, whatever) I still have the rest of the day to try to get in my workout.

3) Pre-coffee my brain is too slow to come up with an excuse for avoiding my workout. Even though I love lifting and running, if I wait until after work, I have 10 hours to find 10,000 excuses to do something besides work out.

I usually get up around 8-8:30 most days, get up, put dogs out, get ready to go to the gym.
No later than 10, drive to gym.
10:30 get to the gym
10:30 - 12:00/12:30 workout
12:30 ish drive home
1:00 pm get home, changed/ready for work
1:30 rush out the door to get to work
6:30 get off work
7:00 - dinner
8:00 housework/computer work
10:30 or so bed

Regular week day:
6:30-7 wake up and chug black coffee
7:30 - dog out to potty and fed
7:45 - kid to school and start commute if an office day, head back home to work if not
8:00 - work, hours split between office and home
1:00 - 2:00 - break, at home its Insanity than a small meal and at the office its a walk and then usually yogurt at my desk
2:30 - get kid and give him snack
3:00 - back to work at home office while kid does homework
4:00 - take kid to swim team and walk dog while he swims
5:00-7:00 - work from home, my son finishes homework or plays on computer
7:00 dinner as a family
8:00 homework review
8:30 TV together until kids go to bed, mine at 9:30 and boyfriends older daughter at 10.
After that its adult time, sometimes we head straight to bed and sometimes we are awake until 12ish

Wow! I didn't realize how busy I really am. On weekends we are more flexible. One day we get out to do stuff and we try to stay home one day as a family to do chores and watch a movie.

Really interesting responses, thanks for commenting back. Self motivation seems to be very strong in all of you. Do any early risers do shift work? I currently do shift work which means I can vary starting between 8am to 12pm, finishing between 4pm to 8pm. I leave 45minutes to travel to work. I am an unmotivated person and can't see myself going to the gym before work even though I know and agree it sets you up for the day perfectly., If I'm going to the gym it would always be after work on the way home (gym is 7minutes from my house on my normal walking route). I wouldn't be able to walk past the centre whilst I have my gym stuff, the guilt would be unbearable!

I will be starting a new job though in a week and a half, a 5 minute walk in the direct to the gym and far less shift work than before. Looking forward to the change and hopefully a more regulated day!

I do agree that early starts are nice. Although I hate getting up at 6 to be out of the house at 7:15, I feel much less groggy when I get to work compared to if I leave myself twenty minutes to get ready. I used to easily and happily sleep in to 12pm and beyond as a student, now I can't bear sleeping in past 10 at the latest. Such a waste of a day and I often end up feeling worse.

My job IS my workout. 7.5 hours on my feet, walking, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, cleaning and generally taking care of monkeys. All while dressed from head to toe in full PPE, having trouble deciding if I am having a 7 hour hot flash or it's just hot in all of that plastic. By the time I get home from work I have walked around 8 miles.

Out of bed at 5:30. At work by 6:45 and home from work around 4:00 PM. In bed any time between 9 and 10 PM depending on if it is a dojo night.

But three evenings a week, 2 hours after I get home from work, I get dressed and go to the dojo for two hours of aikido training. On my "days off" I put in some time riding, grooming and giving pedicures to horses.

Sued0nim wrote: »

@shadowfax_c11

monkeys *squeal* PPE *eep*

Spill on job please

*hunkers down*

Animal care lab tech in research. It is a fun and very challenging job.

Right now (the winter coming up will change this):
On M,W,F:
Get up at 4:20amish; bathroom, morning weigh in, get ready
By 4:40: walk to gym
5:00-6:00: work out, walk back home
6:00-7:00: eat breakfast, get ready for work
7:00-7:45: bus ride to work
8:00-6:00: work. I have an hour lunch break, so I get in a long walk.
6:00-6:45: bus ride home
6:45-8:30: relaxation time/getting ready for work tomorrow (packing lunch)
8:30ish: go to bed

On T, Th everything except the trips to & from the gym still happens. Only difference is I get up around 5:00am, do bathroom stuff and morning weigh in, then get ready for a 1.5 mile walk.

I make a point to do my workout first thing in the morning as opposed to after work. I know I won't want to after a long day at work, especially since I work 9 hour days on M,T,Th & F. I have Wednesday afternoons off.