Because I’m a personal trainer, I can no longer fight the urge to blog about something fitness-related.
One of the biggest challenges we all face is how to fit exercise into our daily regimen. A busy life leaves small windows of opportunity to squeeze in daily/weekly workouts. Couple this with trying to eat well, get rest, manage stress, earn a living and attend to family and it all can seem, on the surface, overwhelming.
But it doesn’t have to be. Thirty to forty-five minutes, three to five days a week is all it takes to improve your health. Opening a gym has compounded my responsibilities, adding what feels like three more jobs onto my personal training career. I’ve always been busy but never quite like the past few months. Don’t get me wrong-it’s an absolute labor of love, for sure, but I’ve been presented with time management challenges I’ve yet to experience. The upshot: with a little work, I’ve met those challenges head-on, paring down my workouts, making them more efficient, hopping on my bike more to get from place to place, making tiny adjustments to my schedule, exercising for fun and recreation and not just out of obligation.
If you find your time alloted for exercise dwindling, try some of these tactics. Get up 20 minutes earlier and go for a run. Bike to the store instead of drive. Take a hard look at your workouts and replace small muscle exercises with ones that work larger muscle groups. Cut the time you spend resting between sets in half. Do a sport (or recreational activity) at least once a week that doesn’t feel like a “workout.” Guess what? These always count as exercise. Never neglect movement: it’s the great physical AND psychological antidote for everything that pulls you away from health and happiness. Good luck.
Cheers,
Daniel
