If you work full time: workout schedule?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

Why so many excuses? You just have to make time for a workout.

Nobody makes time other than God. Thanks for your helpful suggestion.

Everyone gives you suggestions and you swat them away. Or worse, you say "you must not have kids." Guess what, plenty of people who are at least as busy as you find time to workout. You could to, but you CHOOSE not to. Make a different choice or stop whining.

[Anonymous]

I run on a treadmill from 5-6am or 9-10pm, depending on the day. 2-3 days per week I do a yoga class after work as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

Why so many excuses? You just have to make time for a workout.

Nobody makes time other than God. Thanks for your helpful suggestion.

Everyone gives you suggestions and you swat them away. Or worse, you say "you must not have kids." Guess what, plenty of people who are at least as busy as you find time to workout. You could to, but you CHOOSE not to. Make a different choice or stop whining.

There are a lot of assumptions and silly decisions in this thread.

Like the assumption that anybody “full time employed” must have 8 hours of free time a day. Nonsense. People marathon train while being an associate at a big law firm in their first couple of years all the time.

The other silly thing is this idea that you have to cede all your free time to your children, particularly when they are in high school and should be figuring their way on their own. They will need to do that eventually.

Like you say. It’s all about choices. Everybody can find at least 45 minutes a day. It’s not magic. You just delete something else or expect somebody else to do something, lose some compensation, etc….

[Anonymous]

Mon (in office): Ride bike in the evening 8:30-10pm
Tues (in office): Run 3 miles in the am (work late so go in late)
Wed (WFH): Ride midday
Thurs (WFH): Run 3 miles midday
Fri: rest
Sat: Long ride in the morning
Sun: Long run in the morning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:M : pickleball 6-8pm
T: walk 1 hr in am 6-7, getting dark this will g
Become peleton 3 min 10 min arm.
W rest
Th: walk or peleton
F: pickleball 4-6
Saturday: golf or walk 2 hours
Sunday: pickleball 8-10 am

What is your work schedule like? Do you shower before going to work after pickleball? What time do you leave work to pickleball at 4pm?

I work 7-3:30 most days, sometimes 8-4:30.

my pickleball is in the evening not before work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:M : pickleball 6-8pm
T: walk 1 hr in am 6-7, getting dark this will g
Become peleton 3 min 10 min arm.
W rest
Th: walk or peleton
F: pickleball 4-6
Saturday: golf or walk 2 hours
Sunday: pickleball 8-10 am

So no kids?

Yes I have 2 kids. I’m confused why you think I have no kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:M : pickleball 6-8pm
T: walk 1 hr in am 6-7, getting dark this will g
Become peleton 3 min 10 min arm.
W rest
Th: walk or peleton
F: pickleball 4-6
Saturday: golf or walk 2 hours
Sunday: pickleball 8-10 am

So no kids?

Yes I have 2 kids. I’m confused why you think I have no kids.

Most people are having dinner and spanning time with their family at 6pm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

I’m up by 4 am for a 5 am class or walk.I go to bed by 9. I’m a teacher. I have 2 kids. I will go to sleep before I do the dishes. Quit making excuses , you’re not more special than the rest of us.

Thanks, living in filth with a constant sink full of dirty dishes is your secret, now I understand. Not for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

Why so many excuses? You just have to make time for a workout.

Nobody makes time other than God. Thanks for your helpful suggestion.

Not everybody believes in god, and of course people "make time" ... it's a saying, as you well know.

[Anonymous]

7am - wake and get kids to school
8am commute to work
830am - 5pm work
530 commute home and pickup kids aftercare
6pm start dinner
630 eat dinner
7pm activities for multiple kids or help younger kids with homework
830pm everyone home
9pm kids in bed, dishes cleanup, laundry
10pm gym
1130pm bed

This is only schedule that works, but leaves me tired, and often cleaning up from day, chores etc spills past 9-10, and work can drag us both down, this is an optimist straight 8 hours, which is pretty rare in corp world.

I make it about 3 times a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

I’m up by 4 am for a 5 am class or walk.I go to bed by 9. I’m a teacher. I have 2 kids. I will go to sleep before I do the dishes. Quit making excuses , you’re not more special than the rest of us.

Thanks, living in filth with a constant sink full of dirty dishes is your secret, now I understand. Not for me.

You come off as a judgy B. Enjoy your stroke or heart attack at 55 because a spotless sink was more important than your health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

I’m up by 4 am for a 5 am class or walk.I go to bed by 9. I’m a teacher. I have 2 kids. I will go to sleep before I do the dishes. Quit making excuses , you’re not more special than the rest of us.

Thanks, living in filth with a constant sink full of dirty dishes is your secret, now I understand. Not for me.

You come off as a judgy B. Enjoy your stroke or heart attack at 55 because a spotless sink was more important than your health.

Agreed, this person and others are not willing to sacrifice things that just don’t matter. Or they are making other choices. Nobody is saying abandon your kids on the side of the road, but this idea that you can’t find 45 minutes a couple of times a week is ludicrous. I have friends that alternate training for full distance triathlon with young children. Their kids are performing and functioning just fine. My wife isn’t into endurance sports, but does other things consistently. Our kids are also performing just fine, and might actually have the ability to navigate the world on their own some day, and may even find time to exercise. Crazy that idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

I’m up by 4 am for a 5 am class or walk.I go to bed by 9. I’m a teacher. I have 2 kids. I will go to sleep before I do the dishes. Quit making excuses , you’re not more special than the rest of us.

Thanks, living in filth with a constant sink full of dirty dishes is your secret, now I understand. Not for me.

You come off as a judgy B. Enjoy your stroke or heart attack at 55 because a spotless sink was more important than your health.

PP attacking with “special” comment started of the judgement, FYI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

I’m up by 4 am for a 5 am class or walk.I go to bed by 9. I’m a teacher. I have 2 kids. I will go to sleep before I do the dishes. Quit making excuses , you’re not more special than the rest of us.

Thanks, living in filth with a constant sink full of dirty dishes is your secret, now I understand. Not for me.

You come off as a judgy B. Enjoy your stroke or heart attack at 55 because a spotless sink was more important than your health.

Agreed, this person and others are not willing to sacrifice things that just don’t matter. Or they are making other choices. Nobody is saying abandon your kids on the side of the road, but this idea that you can’t find 45 minutes a couple of times a week is ludicrous. I have friends that alternate training for full distance triathlon with young children. Their kids are performing and functioning just fine. My wife isn’t into endurance sports, but does other things consistently. Our kids are also performing just fine, and might actually have the ability to navigate the world on their own some day, and may even find time to exercise. Crazy that idea.

triathlon widow is a thing, and I’m 100% your buddies are dumping the tasks on their wives, who probably has to bail on her career to keep life afloat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) people list bedtime when you wake at an early hour, it really frames the response. Most working parents probably can’t get to be by 930 after getting home at 6, making dinner, activities for kids, and cleanup from the day. That’s only 3.5 hours.

2) OP was asking for working parents I think, but didn’t clarify in her post. It’s trivially easy to make work out time when you work full time, and then have 8 hours to do with what you will every day. I lived at the gym before kids.

3) bike/run commutes, I always like the idea, but I found the packing of a change of clothes and gear to shower at work ate almost as much time as a regular workout. I don’t think this adds any efficiency but does help the planet

4) teaches, what are your butt in seat hours, like elem goes 9-3:50, is it 830-420?

Why so many excuses? You just have to make time for a workout.

Nobody makes time other than God. Thanks for your helpful suggestion.

Everyone gives you suggestions and you swat them away. Or worse, you say "you must not have kids." Guess what, plenty of people who are at least as busy as you find time to workout. You could to, but you CHOOSE not to. Make a different choice or stop whining.

There are a lot of assumptions and silly decisions in this thread.

Like the assumption that anybody “full time employed” must have 8 hours of free time a day. Nonsense. People marathon train while being an associate at a big law firm in their first couple of years all the time.

The other silly thing is this idea that you have to cede all your free time to your children, particularly when they are in high school and should be figuring their way on their own. They will need to do that eventually.

Like you say. It’s all about choices. Everybody can find at least 45 minutes a day. It’s not magic. You just delete something else or expect somebody else to do something, lose some compensation, etc….

+1

Really important lesson, couldn’t agree more