What time do you exercise if you work FT and don't WFH?

Could you run part of the way into work by parking further away / getting off public transport earlier etc? I used to do that when I worked FT as it meant it I really had to put the effort into the exercise if I wanted to get to work ontime!

We have a gym on site at work which I use after work a couple of times a week. If I'm really feeling motivated, I'll go before work.
Swim early mornings at the weekends. Much easier to be motivated in the spring/summer.

Having seen the older people in my family and their decline in physical mobility I decided my health is important to me. I want to be in the best shape I can be now and for when I’m older.

Getting up 1/2 hours earlier than I normally would, is no skin off my back, and as I said it makes me feel good about myself and my day starts of well and i feel happy and energised, so it works for me and my lifestyle.

The days I don’t go to gym and I have a lie in (which is 6am thanks to kids) I honestly feel so Tired all day.

As others have mentioned, if it’s important to you to be healthy and exercise, you can always find the time to do it.

i’m in awe of those who put in a full days of work and do childcare, and then find the time and energy to go to the gym in the evening. Well done everyone

I don't go anymore tbh but when at work I've done it a few ways.

Joint a gym near work helps, if you can have flexi location so one near work and home then that's even better.

Although you have flexi, I think setting your work time frame and sticking to it is key as it will help you plan.

I've done it and commuted in really early, done the gym and showered and gone to work. Bonus is you can just grab your bag and go, no showering or make up before you travel.

I've done it during lunch breaks if I can blah some extra time.

Going straight from the office is also good but you can easily talk yourself out of it.

Personally, I was more dedicated and consistent when I went before work.

I work 8:30am-4:30pm in an office-ish job and I get up at 5:30am to work out from 5:45-6:30am. I mostly do weights with some yoga thrown in to maintain flexibility. Usually try to be in bed at 9:00pm so as to be asleep by 9:30pm. This schedule allows me to spend the time after work with my family. Also, no one else in the house gets up when I do, so I really enjoy the quiet and solitude.

When I used to work full time in central London, I go to classes at lunch time - I find the short ones 30-45 minutes so that I can get changed and ready in an hour. Now that I have a non-London job but mostly working from home, I exercise in the morning. I'm terrible at getting up earlier than 6:30 though, but will do so if I have to also get to office that day.

I wonder if it’s a difference between really enjoying the social aspect of having a hobby and therefore engineering childcare/clubs for the kids that allowed it

Oh I also exercise a couple of evenings - but I want to work out more than twice per week, and wouldn't be fair if I didn't see the DC at all during the week.

6am alarm
have everything ready the night before so literally get dressed, clean teeth and pick lunch up out of the fridge
6:30-640 in the gym (I walk there so that counts as my warm up)
I usually weights supersets
7:20-730 jump on bus outside gym to work
shower at work and at my desk by 8:15, 830 at the latest

or I sometimes run at lunchtime and one evening I often do a gym class so I'm in work for 8am and leave at 4:30 to get to the gym for 5:30.

I'm lucky that i have a fairly short commute and the gym is half a mile from home! I also have good showers and a locker at work.

This is interesting as I always played team sports when younger, though with adult women’s teams and trainings were always evenings a couple of times a week regardless of the sport (hockey, netball, football). Plenty had kids so I don’t think it’s impossible. Not picking a fight at all, just interested really as my experience with friends and family is the opposite. I wonder if it’s a difference between really enjoying the social aspect of having a hobby and therefore engineering childcare/clubs for the kids that allowed it vs feeling like exercise is something that just has to be done and a quick gym or jog while everyone else is in bed is the only way. Maybe why you are wiped out once the kids go to bed as you started at 4am? Again not judging or saying this is you. Im genuinely interested! Women in sport is something I’ve done some volunteer work on.

I can work from home a couple of times a week and so I try to do PT in lunchtimes or evening. I also utilise the 2 hours of free time I get when my DD is at her dance classes on a Saturday.

If you don't have to start work until 10 I'd get up at 7, do an hour's workout, have a shower, breakfast and go to work.

Op there's a whole thing about snackable exercise - it's good to just get your heart rate up a few times a day, so take a few minutes to run up the stairs, do a few star jumps etc and that's beneficial

Like there must be some point where getting up that early might prolong your life but you no longer want to live a long life if it involves getting up early to push weights around, working all day then going to bed without an evening

Oh god, nothing would induce me to get up at 4, that sounds miserable

In the winter I'll go after work as there's bugger all else to do and I can get there for a 5.30 class and be home by 6.30.

been looking around the gym since this post. I tend to go at about 8/9pm when it’s quieter but it’s 90% men there and a handful of (usually) younger women. Never noticed it before.

I do it in the evening, seem to be in the minority from this thread! I have a 2 year old and a 5 month old and then are both in bed by 7, I go straight out for a run then and post shower etc I am done for the evening at 8:30 which gives me a few hours before bed.

Fair play to people who get up at some ungodly hour to exercise ..I don’t have kids which maybe makes it easier

Well yes. I don't particularly enjoy getting up at 5, but evenings are spent on picking up kids, driving them to and from various activities, feeding them, homework, bedtime - by the time they are in bed and house in a reasonable order again, I'm falling asleep myself. So morning it has to be.

Im shit at getting up early! I run 5 x a week, I either go for 30-40 min at 7am or whenever fits in the evening which could be 7pm or up to around 8.30 for 40-50 min.

Occassionally do some strength/core at 7am ish

Fair play to people who get up at some ungodly hour to exercise. Just for some balance I train 10-15 hours a week and work full time 08.30-17.30 with half an hour for lunch so can’t get a workout in then either. A couple of days a week I cycle commute and one of those evenings I do some strength work at the gym (close to work) on the way home. The other days I drive so I can get home in 15 mins and do 60-90 minutes on the static bike at home, or go for a run of 30-40 minutes. I don’t normally eat dinner til 8pm. I do 2-3 hour bike rides on the weekend, sometimes plus parkrun. I don’t have kids which maybe makes it easier but let me assure you there is only one hour a day in my waking life that starts with a 6 and it’s definitely not in the morning!

It's really hard exercising when you work full time!!

I always always always work out both Saturday and Sunday.

I do WFH one day and run at around 7 am.

If you have flexibility on what time you start I'd get it done early and then go to work.

I manage 3 workouts a week non negotiable and then a fourth if I can.

Lunchtime gym-goer here! I’m neither an early bird nor a night owl so this is the only routine that gets me there consistently 😂 It helps that we’ve got a gym opposite the office though. I rotate 45m classes 4 days a week (Zumba/Aqua Aerobics/Spin/Pilates) which keeps me motivated as they’re booked in. Then a quick shower and I’m back at my desk within an hour.

The caveat of course is I’m forever scarfing down lunch at my desk. I feel SO much better for it though.

A 4am start makes me want to cry!

I walk the dog three weekday mornings a week before work, 630-730. One weekday morning I lift weights 645-730. One weekday evening I lift weights and swim. Then at the weekend I walk the dog one day and swim the other.

much much easier now we’ve moved to somewhere where I have a 7 minute bicycle commute. And the kids are a bit bigger and can sort themselves out in the mornings - mostly!

I love seeing the commitments people! It makes me sad when people don’t make time for exercise as it’s so important for health.
I’m an early bird and it makes it easier to get up at 5 but I’d prefer to sleep until 6 at least when the DC wake up. I’m asleep latest 9pm as sleep is also very important for me.
Once you’re in the habit you just do it, motivation is fleeting but routine will keep you going. It makes me feel great once I’m done.
When DH works away I use a baby sitter or train at home using basic equipment. I also use the crèche now and again at my gym but I always feel rushed so I don’t like doing it. Weekends when my DH is at home I do longer training sessions.