Then some how, some time, when we weren’t paying attention, all that free time went away. Now we have a lot to do and it seems like less time to do it. We’ll leave how that happened for another time.
Now, we need to figure out how to squeeze or carve, or do something to find time to work out.
I went through periods when I was working in New York City and living in New Jersey. The commute was over an hour in each direction and the days sometimes wouldn’t end until after 11:00 p.m. Then it was back to the 6:35 a.m train for more. There wasn’t much time in those days, so I had to invent it. Here are the few of the things I did.
Close the Door
I would steal five minutes, several times a day, and stretch. Sometimes, I would close the door to my office and do it. Other times, while waiting for a meeting to start, I would stretch. When stretching, I would take really deep breaths through and out the nose. My favorite stretch is to fully extend the arms above the head, open the hands like a fully blossomed flower and push to the sky for 10 counts and then lower the arms back down to the side. Breath in while raising the arms and out when lowering. Go slow and smoothly.Stealing the Lunch Hour Back
If you work in place where you can walk to lunch, do it at least twice a week. I would even hold meetings at restaurants where we had to walk for five fifteen minutes. If you don’t work where you can walk, drive and park ten minutes from the restaurant door. You can call your order ahead so your don’t need to wait.Steal Back TV Time
How long do commercials run? About three minutes. Why not do three minute exercise segments, or, exercise and watch TV. What can you do in three minutes?- Pushups
- Sit-ups
- Dumbbell Exercises
- Jump Rope
- Aerobic Steps
- Yoga Postures
Dance Dance Dance
Have some fun. Put on your favorite dance music and dance for 10 minutes. Don’t look now, you just got a workout.Finding inspiration to work out is easier when you’re not really giving anything up that you value. If you need workouts to lose weight, make it a goal to find one half hour three time a week to work out for a least 30 minutes. You can use The Ultimate Simple Workout Routine to do that.
Where Can I Find 30 minutes 3 Times a Week?
Now this is really making time to exercise. This is the big leagues and requires more creativity. Many others have suggested carving it out of your sleep time. They say you’ll feel better for it. I disagree, you’ll feel really lousy with even less sleep and you’ll hate to exercise afterward. Here’s some ideas that might just work for you:- Walk and take the kids with you
- Walk and take your Mom or Dad, or both, with you
- Walk at the mall and reward yourself with a smoothie afterwards
- Cancel one or two of your TV Shows and do it then
- Eat lunch an hour early at your desk and walk during lunch hour
- Stay late at work, but workout instead
- Go early to pick-up the kids and walk while waiting
- Stop doing something you really hate and workout instead
Find it, steal it, make it. Do it you one minute, five minutes, 10 minutes or an hour. Make it fun and don’t give up anything you love to do in the process. That’s how you can go about finding time to workout.
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