If you’re a busy professional and can’t find time to exercise, then this article is for you. Here are some simple tips on how to make time time to exercise with a busy work week.
Make time, don’t find time to exercise. The key difference between these words is a matter of priorities. If you were to “find time to exercise”, then your exercise plans are going to be lost amongst the jungle of other work you have piling up. Meanwhile if you make time to exercise, you shift your workout time to the top of the priority list, whilst everything else fits in.
Trust me, if you “make” time to exercise, you’ll have enough time to accomplish everything else too. This is partially because your brain will function more effectively if you are a regular exerciser. Brain function and fitness are actually closely related.
Plan your week. Yeah, yeah, I know – planning things out is commonsensical. If you have a plan, you know where everything fits in and you’re able to introduce some structure into your week. But do you actually do it? Further, do you plan on paper?
Planning is critical to success, primarily because good time management includes some form of structure. If your day has no order to is, you’re probably wasting a lot of time accomplishing very little. Take 5-10 minutes at the start of the week and plan everything out, incorporating your exercise sessions too.
Make the exercise sessions short. Why exercise for hours if you don’t have hours to spare? A 15 minute exercise session at a high intensity can be far more effective for weight loss than a 1 hour exercise session at a lower intensity. However it is important to ensure that high intensity training is appropriate for your body and goals through an exercise professional such as a personal trainer.
Exercise in the morning. Of course this is not suitable for everyone’s lifestyle, but there are three distinct advantages associated with exercising at the very beginning of the day:
- You get the exercise over and done with
- Work distractions do not interfere
- The endorphins kick in early and assist your level of production throughout the remainder of the day
Leaving an exercise session until late in the day can often cause problems from such scenario’s like:
- Feeling tired at the end of the working day
- Being held back at work
Another alternative could be to exercise during your lunch break, so you break your work-day up and give yourself a mental break.
Exercise on the weekend. If you are really swamped with work on particular days during the working week, it may be wise to schedule these as physical recovery days. So you can continue to make positive progress over time, utilise the weekend to perform exercise sessions. Try not to think about exercise on the weekend as a “chore”, but rather a therapeutic practice to clear your mind and help you to unwind.
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