When do you fit exercise in with young children?

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Honey1975 · 03/02/2017 17:11

I need to get back to some exercise but I always find myself thinking I'll just do this, this & this first & then it doesn't happen. By the time the dc's are in bed I'm knackered. Work until 1.30pm mon-fri & then not long before school run.
When do you do your exercise?

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TickleMcTickleFace · 03/02/2017 17:26

My youngest is now 2 and I go 4/5 times a week - up until September he was too clingy for me to have anytime away from him at all. I go Monday and Wednesday night (6:30 ish) and DH does bedtimes, Tuesday and Friday mornings at 6 so I'm back before anyone else has woken up, Thursday all children are at school/play school so I can go then.

OnMyWhistle · 03/02/2017 17:24

Have a look for an early morning bootcamp. Out of bed, gym clothes on, brush teeth and go - no time to talk yourself out of it then! I find things crop up during the day or you end up too tired to motivate yourself to go. I do 6.30 - 7.15am bootcamp class twice a week - only works if you have a partner at home though.

Helspopje · 03/02/2017 17:18

24/7 budget gym so exercise when they are asleep in the main

busyrascal · 03/02/2017 17:18

Saturday mornings, 9am parkrun

SecondsLeft · 03/02/2017 17:17

I used to run - I would go at times when DH was home, or on the way home from somewhere together would get dropped off and run or walk home. Sunday mornings worked sometimes. And we used to alternate one thursday a week going to a sports club we both enjoyed.

Now I mostly do nothing 😁But occasionally get off the sofa to do a you tube workout video in my room. Or a yoga one.

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