My Workout Schedule

Finding a good workout schedule is tough. I know. I'm married, have an almost-two-year-old daughter, and have a son due March 17. Plus I work full-time and have a number of side projects I try to stay up on.

My workout schedule has changed numerous times over the last two years. When my wife and I were childless, we'd go to the gym at 8:30 and workout until 10 PM. We loved that schedule, but my wife got pregnant and we had to be flexible.

I then shifted my workout schedule from late at night to extreme early morning. I'd be at the gym at 5:30 AM, doing the elliptical machine and lifting weights. That lasted for about six months, until my daughter was born.

I now have a third workout schedule. Three times a week I take my lunch break around 11:30 and come back about 12:45. During that time I fit in my cardio workout, weights, and a shower. I eat lunch when I get back to the office.

I guess I hear a lot of people talk about how they just can't fit a time to workout into their schedule. But I don't buy it.

If you want to workout, you will. You'll make the time. You'll find a way to fit it into your schedule.

I relate my experience so you can possibly see how to make exercise a regular part of your schedule.

So, what do you do? How do you fit in time to exercise? Please post a comment for the benefit of the other readers. Thanks.

[Note: I recently wrote about an often unrecognized benefit of regular exercise. If you're interested, please jump to The Diet and Exercise Link.]

Comments

[Ken Dix]

Finding the time for exercising has been less a problem for me than sticking to a consistent workout schedule. I gave up my gym membership because I just wasn't consistently going. So now I jog early in the morning every day, and then every other day I use the Par Course equipment on my jogging path to do a few extra exercises. The morning is the best time for me because as the day progresses I seem to find more excuses not to exercise.

[Nana]

I exercise on our treadmill either at 8:30am before I homeschool our 4 kids or at 2:00 during my break. I've found if I put on my workout clothes when I wake up, I'm more likely to exercise. I haven't fit a weight routine into my schedule yet, but I know I need to do that.

[Cara Fletcher]

THe thing you doing is great.And I appreciate such people.I hope your wife is finding some to do some workout to because this is also important after pregnancy.(: