People who are too busy to do exercise

@Brownie258 have you seen how some people live? Plenty don't have stairs & not everyone has a living room with space to exercise.

How many books do you read in a year OP? Why don’t you have time to read more?

How many hours do you spend volunteering? Why don’t you have time to do more?

Running 4 x a week for 30 minutes? Hmmm at your age you really should be strength training 3 x a week for an hour as well as getting at least 1 HIIT style workout a week. Why aren’t you doing that instead of a measly 30 minute run 4 times a week? Quite pathetic. & your kids are old enough to be left alone too! Shameful.

Maybe spend less time on MN OP? What do you do after dinner if you run before? Sit on your arse and watch TV I bet. Maybe you should learn sign language instead of being so lazy? 🙄

No i think everyone can make it work if they want to, but i whole-heartily understand why people dont and i agree its so hard.

What im trying to say is to anyone that really wants to make a go of it, there are ways, alot of classes allow children, family members and friends, do it at home, get a walking pad.

I'd be really annoyed if someone brought their 5 year-old to my gym class, sorry.

Imagine if everyone did that, how would it work?

For goodness sake you can’t be serious?

Ha yes - everyone has time. Even my friend who has three kids and a full time job works out several times a week - she runs mainly as she can literally do that whenever, doesn't need to go to a scheduled class or gym.
My late DH was one of those 80 hour a week high pressured career types - he got up at 5.30am every day to get his 30 minute swim in. He had the timings down to a science and would get very annoyed if the gym was a few minutes late in opening!
Even if stuck at home with little kids you can stick on an exercise video and have the kids join (though it can be depressing how easy they find it), run up and down the stairs for five minutes a few times a day.
Time is not the real reason the vast majority of people don't exercise.

There is so many places that allow (well behaved) children.

Not come across it unless it's a postnatal class.

Well done for finding a way to make things work for you.

But "on Saturday my 5 year old will come to a conditioning session with me with a pack lunch and her ipad." - I'd be really annoyed if someone brought their 5 year-old to my gym class, sorry.

Fair, I go to small group PT sessions, so still a gym but smaller scale.

There is so many places that allow (well behaved) children.

@Nottsandcrosses so you get why that doesn't work for everyone? My 5 yr old used to be exhausted & hungry after school/extracurriculars

YABVU

My AIBU is finding it annoying when people tell me they don’t have time to do any exercise.

What difference does it make to your life whether someone else exercises? Whether they make excuses, or if they genuinely have a reason.

What difference does it make to you?

Let them - Mel Robbins.
Emphasises the importance of letting others be who they are, accept situations and direct your own focus to what's within your power. Let them do what they want, rather than wasting your time, effort, energy getting stressed, annoyed or wound up because they don't match what you think they should do, when it bears no meaning on YOUR LIFE.

My husband, when hes away i switch my sessions to night and take her with me.

For example im taking my older 2 to run club with me as they are active and run, on Saturday my 5 year old will come to a conditioning session with me with a pack lunch and her ipad.

This would not be allowed in my gym

I say I don’t have time to run to be polite. I also say I can’t afford to join a gym. Neither are true.

No need to worry about my level of fitness though as I get plenty of exercise quietly and in casual clothes.

But even people with young DC can do exercise in the house? It doesn’t need to be a run.

Does everyone have space?

Really fair point.

When my husband is away i switch my sessions to nights, my 5 year old comes with me, my other 2 can either be left in the house or are at training themselves.

For example im taking my older 2 to run club with me as they are active and run, on Saturday my 5 year old will come to a conditioning session with me with a pack lunch and her ipad.

My steps however dramatically drop as i cant get out my walks and if i do the 5 year old slows me down and whines so generally i dont get doing that if husband is away.

I honest to god get it, its hard, really hard, there are ways around it but again trying to put these in place is also hard, affordability can also be a factor.

If you really want to do it there is always ways.

I am aware of that. My blood pressure was up at 170/15 last month. I excercise daily and have for years.
But I cut coffee, tea and alcohol and 1 week later it had dropped to 130/75. So just made me realise that our health is in our own hands.

It's about priorities. They do have time, they are just choosing to spend that time doing something else. There's nothing wrong with that though, even if that time is being spent scrolling or watching TV because sometimes carving out time to actively do nothing is something in itself.

I might say I don't have time to go for a run but realistically I mean I have something else I'd rather (or have to) do and I don't have time to do both.

I used to be a single parent, working full time and putting myself through my exams. I could spare half an hour a night if I wanted to but I knew that half an hour was better spent studying. I could have exercised but after I'd be thinking "I'd be finished with that next chapter if I'd stayed home."

But even people with young DC can do exercise in the house? It doesn’t need to be a run. Again, saying this as someone who didn’t really do it, maybe a handful of enthusiastic attempts for a few days at a time here and there.

I think only one person is coming off as thinking they're busy and important in this story, and it's not the people who don't exercise.

Right now I am at work, but like OP I run several times a week and do strength training.

YABU because you are assuming that everyone is in the exact same position as you are.

Foe example, some people have a long commute and have to leave home at the time you’re enjoying your run. They may work long hours after that commute and get back home late and shattered.
I have been in that position. Left 0545, worked 12.5 hr shift, get back home nearly 9pm.
Not the ideal work life balance but some people don’t have that choice.

What are you doing?

I try and get out for 30 mins a few times a week, or, if the weather has been awful or work has been too busy, then the treadmill - although by the time we get to the evening, too right I'm knackered and can't always persuade myself.

My day already starts at 5:30, and by the time I've done all necessary tasks and work it's generally 17:30 - and I've been at my desk or driving for that entire 12 hours. Then there's all the other tasks that I don't consider necessary (hoovering, folding clothes, fixing the heating, redecorating/diy - just everything else that isn't immediately life-threatening) which I have to do before bed, or at the weekend

So sure, can I find 30 mins sometimes, yes. But sometimes no.

What about fatties? Do you find them annoying too? All they have to do is meal plan, meal prep and lower their calories and stay away from junk food.
And of course, prioritise exercising like you do.