How to Make Time to Workout. GUARANTEED!
3 years ago, I was active in the gym and maintained a well-balanced diet. After a year, started to slack, and got fat and lost all muscle definition and lean mass. My excuse, like most was… “I just don’t have time for the gym.” The year prior, it was very easy to put in time, because I was a senior in high school and only had to be there half the day. I got out at 1:00 and hit the gym right afterwards.
After high school, I began working full-time and going to college full-time. Between the two, they were consuming 10 hours a day of my time. But then one day, I asked my mother if she had any suggestions about how I could make time for the gym. She said, “Michael, I work 12 hours a day and raise 3 kids. So how could you tell me that you don’t have atleast 30 minutes a day to workout.”
I started thinking about that logically, and I quickly started to realize how much time I wasted each day watching tv, talking on the phone to my girlfriend, eating out, and hanging out with friends.
For those here who are Americans, we live in a very fast-paced, excuse oriented society. We complain about being fat, but yet we eat McDonald’s everyday because we’re too lazy to cook dinner. We drink energy drinks because we don’t take our vitamins and eat healthy.
To free up time for the gym, my ultimate suggestions are the following:
1. Wake up 30 – 60 minutes early. It’s not that big of a deal. Plus you get used to it after a week
2. Cut down video game time 30 – 60 minutes
3. Cut down web surfing time 30 – 60 minutes
4. Cut down tv time 30 – 60 minutes
5. Take your gym bag to work. It creates a habit and psychological response to hit the gym.
6. Get a home gym. 0 commute time
7. Get a personal trainer. They keep you accountable
8. Workout on your days off. Even if it’s just two days a week, you are much better off then working out 0 days a week
9. Cut down your bath time. Many people take showers for 30 minutes to an hour. This is rediculous and a waste of time and I’m not sure what goes on in there. Unless of course… Someone is in there with you.
10. Have a dog? Run or power walk with him/her instead of casually strolling. This is a workout in itself.
11. Workout with friends. It helps stay accountable having someone give you a kick in the ass.
12. Workout at work. If allowed take in some light weights and do some curls, deadlifts, tricep kick backs, or crunches during your break or lunch. You will probably look crazy, but it least you won’t be fat.
13. Workout at work continued… You can also workout without weights using resistance against your own bodyweight. Don’t believe me… Do a bicep curl and resist while curling up. You will maintain a decent level of anerobic fitness.
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