{"id":1778,"date":"2022-10-17T04:58:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2022-10-17T04:58:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:58:23","slug":"regular-workouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2022\/10\/regular-workouts\/","title":{"rendered":"My Tricks to Keep Regular Workouts in My Busy Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How do I make time for regular workouts? It\u2019s a question that I\u2019m asked a lot. I live a busy life. The odds are that you do, too. In fact, I don\u2019t think I know anybody who doesn\u2019t live a busy life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I know people who are retired and whose lives are even busier than mine (and I\u2019ve taken on about as much as I know how to handle). Still, despite the fact that the current norm is to max out every moment of our schedules, it\u2019s still very important to exercise regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular Workouts are a Priority<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I take my workouts extremely seriously. I know that if I start letting them go, there goes all the weight loss I\u2019ve been maintaining. I also know that, as crazy as it might sound, my energy levels will fall through the floor. I have way too much going on in my life to want to go through that or to have to start from scratch in getting fit again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tricks I use to Keep on Top of My Regular Workouts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To make sure that I get at least 5 regular workouts per week, even when I\u2019m so busy I\u2019m not sure what to do with myself, I use the following tricks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High intensity interval training (HIIT)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t my favorite type to include in my regular workouts because it\u2019s hard, but I still love it because I can complete my entire workout in half the time. I usually do a half hour workout, but HIIT lets me cut that back to fifteen minutes or even ten minutes if I really push myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This type of workout has you putting everything you have into your exercises, with small breaks or easy exercises in between. For example, it makes me sprint as hard as I possibly can for a minute before walking at a slow pace<\/a> and then picking it back up again. It\u2019s super hard, but before I know it, it\u2019s over and I can move on to the next part of my schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set a challenge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I find that workout challenges drive me. The key is to choose the right challenge. For daily activities, I like 10 or 14 day challenges. For activities where there are days off, I like thirty day challenges. To motivate me to keep up my regular workouts even when I\u2019m very busy, I assign a thirty day challenge to myself, where I need to get in six days of exercise (some cardio, some strength training, some yoga) per week. Once that\u2019s done, I start a new challenge. This keeps me going toward my goal because I don\u2019t want to ruin my challenge achievement. Especially when I have a reward for myself at the end! When I face a particularly tough challenge, taking a supplement for energy before I exercise really makes a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make it a habit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I make my workout a normal part of my day. As long as it\u2019s a regular part of my routine, I do it without even questioning it. In the morning, I get up, make coffee, eat breakfast, do my workout, take my shower, get the kids ready and head to work. It\u2019s how I do it on weekdays and don\u2019t question it. On the weekends, I do yoga before bed. Because it\u2019s part of my daily rituals, it\u2019s easier to fit it in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Break it Up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are times when my day gets too full, right from the beginning. It happens to the best of us.  Even when I make sure my regular workouts stay at the top of my priority list, there are times when they simply have to get bumped.  Every now and then, I face the unexpected. I\u2019ll get stuck in traffic going to or from work. Something will happen that needs to be dealt with right away.  Or, someone unexpected will drop by, and I\u2019ll get to have a coffee with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular workouts don\u2019t mean that I have to dump everything else that is important to me. Of course, I\u2019m going to deal with that urgent issue at work.  Of course, I\u2019m going to agree to meet an old friend who is suddenly in town, even though I wasn\u2019t expecting to see them.  The trick is to fit in little bits of exercises where I can. If I have five minutes to spare, I\u2019ll do some brisk walking, running on the spot or even jumping jacks.  They add up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start Early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If I know in advance that I\u2019m going to have a very busy day, I\u2019ll always make the workout the first thing I do in the morning (after my coffee and breakfast, of course).  Lately, my days have been steadily busy, so \u2013 as I mentioned in my point about making a habit out of my exercises \u2013 I\u2019m consistently doing workouts even before the rest of my day gets started. I don\u2019t consider myself to be a morning person, but it gets the job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means that no matter what else happens throughout the rest of the day, I\u2019ll have taken the time to do my exercises right at the start.  They\u2019re done and over with, so whether I get stuck with an extra project at work or stuck in traffic on the way home and lose a lot of time, I\u2019ll already have that activity crossed off my list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do I make time for regular workouts? It\u2019s a question that I\u2019m asked a lot. I live a busy life. The odds are that you do, too. In fact, I don\u2019t think I know anybody who doesn\u2019t live a busy life. <\/p>\n

Read More My Tricks to Keep Regular Workouts in My Busy Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1595,1506,1597,1596],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}