Full time college/uni students: How often do you workout?

i work 40 hours a week and all my classes are early in the AM and so i am up at 5:30 in the morning / 7 days a week anyways - which sucks! but i am getting used to it. I have been just working out when i get home from class/work/clinics which is usually around 4:00 or 4:30 pm but sometimes I'll wait until 9:00 pm to workout if I need a break from the day in between.

I really would rather workout in the mornings though!! but idk if i can get up any earlier!! I'd like to start getting up 30 minutes earlier every day and doing a quick 30 minute workout before classes so i can be more alert and focused and ready for the days .. that way, if I am too tired later in the afternoon, I already know I have at least had some type of workout already done!

I workout 4/week. And I do one on Sat, so that's easy. Then one before on mondays, and tue/thurs I have off, so I do the others then.

I have classes all day on tuesdays and thursdays, so those are my rest days from exercise. The rest of the days I can work out after my morning classes, and on weekends, of course. Two weeks into the semester, I've been able to keep it up, and I'm feeling just fine.

When I was a full-time student, I worked out pretty much every day (actually lost 25 lbs my freshman year). A few things that helped me - 1. I took an aerobics class one semester so that automatically gave me 3 days a week, 2. I got a job at the on-campus gym so it was very easy to either get to the gym early or stay a little late to work in another workout on my non-aerobics days. Another great tip that I have learned more recently to get the most "bang for your buck" - if you work out on a treadmill at all, USE THE INCLINE!!! It is amazing how much more of a workout you can get walking at an incline. I can burn over 400 calories in just 30 minutes walking 3.5 mph at a 12-15% incline vs only about 150-160 calories walking the same speed at 0% incline. Hope this helps - Good luck!

Sunday - home gym
Monday, Tues, Thurs - between classes in the afternoon
Fri, Sat - home gym

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6 days a week, but during midterms/finals this might go down to 4.

A couple of the between classes workout are sometimes just short-ish cardio sessions. And I shower after.

When I arrive at school in the morning it looks like I'm ready for a weekend of camping: large lunch bag, gym bag, book bag!

i wanted to add on here ....

that I found a very helpful study AND exercise tip

i absolutely love doing the elliptical and reading my notes at the same time! the night before a big test.. i like going to the gym and hoping on the elliptical and by the time i read through my notes, i've done a good 45 minutes on the elliptical ! time flys because i am focused on my studies and also - i don't get distracted from studying because i don't really have anything else to do while i'm working out on the elliptical! haha

another good one.. record speeches, or vocab, and listed to it while you work out!

I'm working full time monday-friday, have night classes monday-thursday, and work as a casual on weekends (usually only five hours or so), I either go before work in the mornings, or after classes in the evenings, at least four times a week. I feel lazy if I go any less.

I used to love sleep more than anything else, but after a while you get used to the early mornings, and the work out really does wake you up and leave you focused for the day

I have a gym class as a GE requirement this semester, so that will take care of two days. My PLAN for the rest of the week is C25K in the afternoon after classes.

The biggest excuse for me not going to the gym is that some genius built it at the bottom of a huge hill. I always dread the post-workout climb back to my dorm.

I'm a full time student and have a part time job in the evenings after classes. I purposely made my schedule this semester to not have class till 11 so if I wake up at 8:30 I still have time to go to the gym for a half hour to an hour and get ready for class. I find it's easier to wake up earlier to work out because then it's out of the way. By the end of the day I'm usually so exhausted from class and stressed about homework I find it easy to just say that the gym is the lowest priority. Make it the first thing you do every day and then it's out of the way. I usually work out 4-5 days a week.

I work out every day. If I have a super busy day I'll skip it though. I am not a morning person by any means so I do mine after classes in the afternoon. I can barely wake up for my classes now much less waking up earlier to work out!!