Find time to Workout!

How do you squeeze a workout into a 28 hour packed 24 hour day!? There seems to be too many things to do in a day. There is never enough time to get the things done that you were supposed to. Days are put off, appointments are moved, schedules are changed and still through it all you still stay the same… trying to include your workouts, but putting them off until you have more time.

If Monday was guaranteed to go smoothly and you had nothing to do but go to and from work or help with the kids and get all your errands done in one hour flat --- then you would have time to go to the gym or workout at home right? No! Expect delays. Every day is different. There is always something to do, clean and take care of or fix. Why can’t you be the priority in your ‘Things to do list’? Here are 5 tips to help you every day toward your fitness goals!

- Wake up 30 minutes early and go for a walk, run, or do some strength training at home. This will extend your day and you will probably feel better the rest of the day and feel refreshed. Also- losing that half hour of sleep may not affect you. You will probably end up going to bed a half hour early, sleep better, be more efficient in your day and not focus the rest of your day on when you will start working out.
- Schedule ‘ME TIME’! At work schedule an hour in your Microsoft outlook calendar to remind you to go for a walk, go to the local fitness center for a half hour jog or class or to take a half hour to play basketball or something with a co-worker. Schedule time in your calendar for you. If dinner time is always at 6:30 and you don’t have time to exercise to get dinner on the table… push dinner either a half hour early or later and go for a walk with the family. This leads to the next tip!

- Get your family and friends involved
I had two women clients this summer and they were so funny because they have been walking partners for years. They are extremely active and healthy. For their entire kid’s life and now in retirement they have woken up to go for walks outside together and play tennis on Sundays. Why is this so amazing? They always said that they wanted to call each other because they didn’t want to go, but they knew the other was already up and waiting with their sneakers. This is an amazing motivator. All the times they wouldn’t have gone added up to hundreds and hundred of walks and bonding time. Now in their 70’s they are thanking eachother for extending each other’s lives. Get your family involved. When your family is supportive it is much easier to fit in that morning or evening walk. It is also much easier to eat healthy meals together too.

- If you are on the run and don’t have time to do much in the morning, set aside your exercise clothing and sneakers before bed in a bag that you can grab first thing in the morning. If you like to exercise after work, put your sneakers and iPod out for the taking! Whatever you do for exercise set out your clothing, the basketball, the stroller, the car keys for the park, the dog leash… anything! Set yourself up to succeed!

- My last tip is to make exercise fun. Don’t make it a chore and you will want to make it part of your day. It can be anything. You will never regret a workout after it is done.

Push yourself to fit ‘you’ in your busy day. You deserve it. If you haven’t started yet, today is the perfect time. Not tomorrow.

Need a fitness plan? Email me at Katrina@Baby-Strong.com! I would love to help.

Katrina

Baby-Strong Trainer
BS, NAMS, AFAA, Perinatal Fitness Specialized