Night Shifters Workout

jsbow08
jsbow08 Posts: 3 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Looking for advice/input on fitting in working out while working night shift! I work three 12 hour shifts each week and have a hard time finding the energy/time to fit in workouts the 2nd and 3rd night of my work week!

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    just workout on the 4 other days?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    jsbow08 wrote: »
    Looking for advice/input on fitting in working out while working night shift! I work three 12 hour shifts each week and have a hard time finding the energy/time to fit in workouts the 2nd and 3rd night of my work week!

    Don't workout at those times then. If you are tired then it's unlikely they would be quality workouts anyway.
    Do something else perhaps?

    Getting enough sleep when I worked nights was my priority.
  • akj_25
    akj_25 Posts: 244 Member
    i have struggled with trying to figure out how to workout on my 2nd and 3rd days, used to get really down or hard on myself if i didn't get a workout in, then i would spiral.... but lately i have found that it is better for my body and mind to get adequate sleep those days and i lower my calorie intake slightly (200 calories) on those days.
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    12-14 hour shift days doing night shift, I find a brief 30mins of walking is enough activity (standing, pacing job, lots of NEAT kcal expenditure). I save weights & long cardio for rest days
  • Nicole_Darling00
    Nicole_Darling00 Posts: 32 Member
    I work nights 12 hours and get off at 7 am. I will either take a nap and workout (if I’m off that night) or just workout the next day. It’s definitely tricky!
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I found adjusting my training in any way I could get in the proper dosage of stimulus I needed for progress.

    Sometimes that entailed lifting for 45mins before some work days(better energy all around for me) and lifting the two of my days off. What ever works even if that meant splitting your regime up into shorter session.

    I encourage you to experiment and I'm quite sure you'll find a way.

  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    when i did nightshift - i either did my workout right before i started shift, or right after - i was lucky that we had a gym where i worked - so it was just a matter of going a bit early or staying a bit later...i also kept them to low intensity type workouts (easy spin, run) - nothing strenuous

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