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When the heck am I supposed to work out?
I'm turning 30 this summer, and am considering trying to do my first 5K before then. I would need to do Couch to 5K, because currently I couldn't run a mile if I was being chased by a chainsaw-wielding murderer.
The problem is, I have no idea when I could realistically do this. DH leaves for work by 6:15am, so the morning is out (can't leave DS alone in the house obvi, and going before DH leaves is out of the question). I don't get home from work until 6:15, and only have about an hour of the baby being awake, most of which is spent feeding and bathing him. We don't eat until after he goes to bed, so by the time we're done with dinner, it's 8pm and dark out.
Re: When the heck am I supposed to work out?
This is the issue I am currently having. I pay for a gym membership and have yet to go since I was cleared at 6 weeks post-partum. I don't want to quit because come summer I will be off and can upgrade to a family membership to use the childcare so I can work out during the day.
DH and I downloaded an app called Gorilla Workout and we both really like it. You set your own level and it gives you a few body-weight workouts each day. They are really challenging but I am definitely getting stronger. The nice part is that they only take about 20-30 minutes. We do them at the same time, usually while we watch TV. It helps keep us both accountable.
I am still trying to figure out how to fit in 2 days a week at the gym so I can run. I am hoping that once the weather gets better I can take DD out in the stroller a few days a week. Do you have a jogging stroller? I am considering getting a used one.
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I get up at 4:45am, 2/3 times during the week to run in the AM. I am back home by 6am and ready for the day when LO wakes up at 6:30am. It sucks. But I figured, I paid money for a couple races this spring, so I need to. Once or twice a week after LO has gone down for the night, DH & I will do a quick (30-45 min) workout video. The other evenings I double up on chores/housework.
It sucks. There is no time. I refuse to workout when the baby is awake as I would rather play with him.
I've recently started going to the gym at work around lunch time. Do you have something nearby?
Unfortunately due to a crack down by my boss, I probably won't be able to do that anymore.
Wow, major respect to you. I have a hard time getting out of bed at 7:30 most mornings.
Don't shoot the messenger (please!), but you have to make it a priority--like an appointment on your calendar (even if it is 20 minutes--that's great!) so that you don't overlook the importance of it. And yes, it may require getting up earlier than you already do to fit it in.
Try walking outside at lunch or doing the stairs in your building. I had a former co-worker who did laps inside our office at lunchtime and would do 2 miles. Every little bit is a positive step and they add up!
I used to wake up at 4:45/5 to do the 30 day shred, it's only 20 mins! Sometimes I'd even sleep in my workout gear (a tip from my college rowing/early AM workouts!).
On weekends in the early mornings, I'd do a long run or a Tracy Anderson DVd. Most weeks I only worked out 3 times.
Now that I'm averaging 3-4 hrs of sleep each night, who knows when I'll have energy to exercise again!
My husband gets up at 430. It's insane. He has a gym at work he uses.
We also have a treadmill. Maybe you can check Craigslist so you can run after bedtime.
So you can't ask me because I get up at 4:15 a.m. 5 days a week to fit in my exercise. Last week I got up at 5 a.m. on Sunday because I had no other time to test a new ride for my spin classes. I'm not training for a race, so our situations are a bit different (but we do have a treadmill and spin bike in our garage).
There's no perfect answer here. I've found it's not possible to have it all: sleep, playtime with baby, and free time (what's that?). Something will have to give, you just have to decide when and how much.
Last year when I was still working I would go walk at at lunchtime. It was awesome bc I was alone and it was so peaceful and it felt good.
We also have a jogging stroller and I really like using that to walk once the westher improves.
Eta: Also, it can get a little easier when the baby gets older. I know people say if it's important you'll make the time, but sometimes I think that's a load of shiit. There's no point in making yourself crazy trying to do it all. There truly are things that take priority - like spending time with your kid or working or sleeping and there are things you can't control like commuting.
in the meantime, try to do little things when you can and the best thing you can do for your body above and beyond is to make sure you're eating well and restoring your body/ brain with enough sleep.
dude. same question. and my answer? is that I have to want to do it bad enough because the excuses are just so damn easy. I started eating "right" in early Juary and have cut back some weekday booze (shocker), but the exercise piece hasn't come yet because I am lazy and also because there are a million excuses - the best one being I HAVE NO TIME. I hear you chirpin, big bird. Up at 6, rushed out the doro, work, home at 6, play with kid, get her bathed and to bed, start cleaning up her dinner at 8 while cooking our dinner, and packing her lunch, and then we are done eating earliest 9. at that point i want to watch something stupid on the tube.
I bought a pack of 10 min videos - haven't used them yet. I could on demand 10 min videos, but don't . I could do any old exercise I want in the playroom , but I don't.
I feel like the answer is going to be get up at 5:30. I will have to get to it and get over myself.
Sorry for the post and run.
Getting up at 5am is NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. I just no myself and there is no freaking way in hell I will ever motivate myself.
I guess going at lunch could be a solution, but the idea of having to shower is definitely not appealing. Ugh.
I guess I need to suck it up and do some exercise videos after he's in bed, but that doesn't help me on the running front. Oh well, maybe it will happen before I'm 35.
I agree with the previous poster that said you have to make the time and schedule it in, the excuses are so much easier. Im not as committed as id like to be but so much more than i was this time last year. Right now DH and I are both running, me more than him since I'm traing for BSR, but we do alternate run days. What keeps Us both in check is of we miss our run say were screwed since the next day is the others turn, surprisingly this really really works for us. Whoever a day it is to run goes right afte work. Like kiss kiss hello and changed and back out the door in ten minutes. The other gets dinner and homework started. Or the opposite, someone runs after dinner and the other does bedtime. Usually I am running in the dark at night since its harder for me to get back out the door after work. Sometimes I will wake up at 530 and run then. When I was doing c25k or an average three mile run, I only needed 30-40 minutes. now that runs are getting longer its gettig harder to be out later or up earlier. But the beauty of running is walking out the door and just being able to go. No need to drive back and forth to the gym and all that jazz. We also have a few workout DVDs, Jillian michaels 30 day shred is a great 25 minute workout you can do after bedtime. As far as running, can you invest in a treadmill? I'm on a hunt for a cheap one on Craigslist because there's a lot of time coming up the next few months that DH will be out of town for a week at a time and I refuse to get a sitter to go for runs so I need to be able to train after bedtime.
I definitely could not commit to a gym, I feel like its so much more of a hassle. Being able to go down the basement and workout or step out my front door makes it much more manageable for now.
Good luck! I loved that run program an couldn't run a full minute when I first started in May now I'm up to five miles
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