When do you find time to workout?
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During that stage, I just resigned myself to the fact that something was better than nothing. To me, that meant working out three days a week: Saturday and Sunday when husband could watch them, and once during the work week. As the baby began to sleep through the night and reliably wake up at a certain time, I started to wake up early and exercise then.
Also, during the summer it is easier for me to do evening workouts- the warm weather and late sunset energize me. |
Anonymous
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I have three (7 and under), work FT, and have kept up daily workouts other than very early pregnancy/postpartum immediate recovery. What works for me is being rigid about doing something, but flexible about what that something is. Through the years, that's been some combination of:
Double jogger Peloton Gym with childcare 6am fitness classes I almost always workout first thing in the morning, so there's less time for life to get in the way. |
Anonymous
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I'm a runner. When I just had one kid, I would get up early (6ish) and do a couple miles before work, and a longer run on the weekend.
Then I had another kid, and also started a compressed work schedule, so I also have to be out the door to work by 6:15. So now I run three days in a row--Friday (my telework day), Sat and Sunday. It's not ideal to train three days in a row, but it's all I can do now. I also walk about 2 miles a day for my commute (though that's broken up into chunks...walk, metro, walk) When the weather gets better and it stays light later, I'd like to drop one of my weekend runs and add one after work, as soon as my spouse gets home. |
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| I get most of my exercise commuting to/from work by bike or on foot. I do drop offs, so I either use a trailer on my bike or a double stroller if I walk. If I had to budget separate time for exercise, it would never happen, so this is what works for me. But, I live 3 miles from my office and my kids' preschools are (sort of) on the way. |
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| When the kids are a little older, many martial arts places offer family classes. Once my youngest turned six, I was able to do a martial arts class with all three kids three times a week. It's been a lot of fun. |
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| On my lunch hour or after work. |
Anonymous
| My office has a gym in the basement. My house has a gym in the garage. |
Anonymous
I just got a peloton and I love it! I was having trouble finding time to work out as well. they have 20 and 30 min classes. I had to let go of the notion that if I work out less than an hour it isn't worth it. 20 min is better than nothing. I also stream yoga classes. before I figured out how to work out at home, I was only working out at sat and sun. |
Anonymous
OP here. I am thinking about the Peleton. Are you able to do it in the evening? I wonder if putting on workout clothes before the kids go to bed will help ensure that I workout. |
Anonymous
| Honestly I would hold off on starting any kind of formal exercise program until your 5 month old is STTN. You need sleep, and already aren't getting enough. Just take some walks for now and be really active with the kids. When you are getting at least 5 hours of consecutive sleep, revisit the situation. A Peloton can be great, but I've also had great luck with streaming home workout videos online (I use Daily Burn but there are a bunch of services). |
Anonymous
I got one recently and really like it! I like the livestream classes -- it makes me get out of bed to not miss the start of the 6am class. I did evenings when my first was little, but mornings are better now with my 9mo old's current schedule. The peloton makes it easy to find something that works-- whenever that might be |
Anonymous
DP, and I do classes almost exclusively on-demand. There are so many ways to stay accountable with a Peloton--lots of different challenges, FB groups, etc. The bolded is one of the best things about it; that, and the quality and variety of instruction. |
Anonymous
What do you do for childcare on weekend mornings? Or are you out of that phase? I feel like people with older kids forget how arranging consistent childcare or even managing little ones who wake up unexpectedly and need to be put back to bed is a constant part of the planning process. Classes out of the house are so often frustrated. I do workouts from YouTube after the kids are in bed, but I have a six month old and he does sometimes wake up mid workout. It is what it is right now. |
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I have two kids. They are now five and almost eight but I’ve been working out consistently since they were babies. The vast majority of my workouts I do at home. We have a Peloton and a treadmill and I also do some of the Shaun T Beachbody workouts like insanity.
I’m lucky that my job is flexible and now my kids are old enough that I can do the workouts while they are home. So I can work out at 8 AM then get them to school and then get to work. Depending on my work schedule I will get up at seven-ish and do it or do a class in the late afternoon. |
Anonymous
On the weekends my husband and I trade off so we can each get in some exercise, and I exercise a couple weeknights a week after my kids go to bed (around 8 or 8:30). I either run outside or swim for exercise (mostly running). I've been doing this since July, and it was really hard to motivate myself for the evening workouts at first, but after a week or two it became much easier. You just have to power through the first couple of weeks. |