Things have been really, REALLY busy lately. With the recent launch of our new website design, a high demand for our personal training services, the supplement store and various projects that I’m working on, I have been flat out. This week I’ve clocked up well over 60 hours already and I still have some tasks to complete on Saturday morning.
Personally, I’m very big on life balance (typical of Gen Y’s). I am a strong believer that you should also enjoy living your life. I love what I do, so it’s very easy to lose track of time when you’re having fun. But I don’t believe that it’s healthy to work “too much” – when it begins to take away from other area’s of your life. So, as much as enjoyable as my work is, I do try to discipline myself from overdoing the hour count.
In a typical week, I will ensure that I get into the gym 5 times. I allocate 5 hours in total for this, which includes travel to/from the gym, warm-up and the actual workout. That’s 2.98% of the time within my week (as a minimum) which I think is a pretty good share. Plus, there’s plenty of incidental exercise added onto this from personal training sessions.
Today I received an enquiry from a person seeking our online personal training services. One major issue this person was trying to overcome was being too busy to exercise.
Now, this isn’t a rare concern. Many of us work long hours. I can name a handful of people who typically work 70, 80 or even 90 hours in a week (not to mention looking after a family too). I don’t know how they do it and keep their sanity! But my hat goes off to them, this certainly would take a lot of discipline.
As far as I see it, being busy is no excuse not to exercise. Yes, it is a very valid point, but there is always a was to fit in some “me time” into the week. Exercise is exactly that – “me time”. You are investing time into yourself. This investment pays big dividends that transcends into other areas of life, such as improved self-esteem, increased self-confidence, enhanced mood, better productivity, greater focus, decreased stress and anxiety.
Ultimately, exercise should be right up the top of the priority list for anyone who feels that they are “too busy to exercise”. Try sitting down and planning out your week. A great idea is to combine tasks. For example, a client of mine trains a netball team, but she joins in and makes it a workout for herself as well. Another example could be to exercise during your lunch break, or as part of a family leisure activity such as cycling.
A final thought. Even if you slot in 20 minutes, 3 times a week, that still only accounts for 0.6% of the total time that you have in the entire week! When considered from this perspective, does being too busy to exercise still seem as strong an argument?
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