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

I'm lucky because I WFH and have flexible hours. I wanted to do a hypothetical because: some of the hours y'all waking up... fills me with dread!

If I ever had to RTO full time, I think I would go to a gym near work. Get into work for 8.15am and go home at 6.15pm, take 2.5hrs at lunch to workout/shower/eat.

When I lived a sensible distance from work, there would be an hour commute each way. So maybe up at 6.30am to leave the house by 7am, then back home by 7.30pm. No kids though.

It all sounds so horrible, don't know how you do it. I have a lot of respect for you!

Wow! I realise I've stumbled onto the Exercise topic and it's eye opening. I'm amazed by the commitment and determination and early morning starts shown here. I may hang around and hope to be inspired. I merely walk quickly uphill on the home journey on the school run - at the moment...

I have hybrid now but before that I did an early evening gym class that is close to home. No way am I ever going to get up at dawn! The alternative was going for a late swim and sauna and coming home for the hair wash etc. it helps that my area is quite built-up and there are a few options very near.

My husband was at the gym at 6am every morning and I got the kids up. A friend used to run at 5am as that's the only time she had. Now she can swap off with her husband as he works from home and kids are more self sufficient. Another did a half hour run to work (luckily showers there). Another worked out at lunch break.
If it's important to you fit it in.

Pretty much the same as this but I’m not always in bed as early as I’d like!

mega impressed by all you up at 4/5/6am and in the gym / running.

the only way I fit in exercise is making it double purpose. what I mean is that I use a run to get somewhere I need to go anyway

So I run to and from work 3 / 4 times a week. Two mornings a week, I run my toddler to nursery in running pram, and then run onto work (c.5k). To and from work round trip is about 8k (so 4k each way which is infinitely do-able although up a massive hill so it's not a quick PB type run hah). So there's no variety in my exercise and i should do strength training but i don't want to cut into any other time I have available.

If I didn't do that I wouldn't be able to fit in exercise any other time because at 5am i want to be firmly asleep and by 7.30pm in the evening I'm ready to collapse on the sofa.

I can work flexi especially on two of my work days. So I’ll often have an extended lunchtime session one day a week plus a morning at the weekend while DH takes DC to swimming lesson. Joined a new gym with pool and spa so hoping I will keep this up. I need a regular routine though because it’s too much headspace to work out on a daily basis. Much simpler if you just do the same think every day/week etc. Would love to be an early riser and must try going on a day DH starts later and can drop off DC.

Wow some of these schedules!

I cycle to work, and I go to the gym during my DC swimming/football etc training.

I work 8-4 or basically I have to work 7 and a half hours between 8 and 6, my work gives us free membership to office next door (it's a nuffield not keen on it) but i'll run at lunch if I fancy it but I go to a crossfit class at 5.15pm most days and then at 8am on Sat/Sun
You shouldn't need breakfast to run 5k if you need 'something' have diluting juice or something

Yes, my train is at 5:15,

On my office days I like to get in for 6:30/6;45, I work compressed hours so that allows me to leave at around 3;50 to get the train home, i'm usually home for 5;30 (everything running on time). I'd much rather get up at 4am and get in early than get there for 9 or 10 and have to stay in the office until 6/6:30

I either run at 6.30pm (I’m not a morning person) or I run from work then commute home.

I do 2 evenings, 8 pm and Sunday mornings. I found that sports clubs often start at stupidly early times in the evening. Adults' classes need to be at adult times. If I walk past the nearest gym at 6, it's empty, same gym at 8 it's packed. It was hard to find clubs starting after 7pm.
I get bored at gyms so prefer organised sports.

I used to part run/part public transport home when I was office based. Not every day, but most days. It did mean I would have a pile of lunch boxes/clothes to take home on a Friday though 😂but it was a good way to get my run in and be efficient. By the time I got home if I was on the train I wouldn't want to go out again really.

When i started to exercise my husband used to have leave for work around 6:30am and would offen work late and be home around 8-9ish and by that time I would be too exhausted to even think of a workout

so i started going gym early before he had to leave for work, and now i’m in the routine and I really enjoy it. Really sets me up for the day and I feel super productive knowing i can get on with my day having done a good workout already

you’d be surprised how busy it is at 4:30am when I go 🤣

you don't mention any DC, so you could exercise at any time outside of work hours, no? Just choose what works best for you, either morning before work, during lunch, or evening after work, plus weekends.
I work about 50 hours, plus kids, plus business travel. When not travelling, I go to gym 3 times (one morning, one lunchtime, one evening) and exercise at home most other days (kettlebells or dumbbells and I also have a spin bike). When travelling, I go to hotel gym first thing in the morning.

I swim 3 mornings a week before work. Pool is on the way to the office, I get there by 7am then shower and get ready for work after swim. Get to the office by 9 and eat breakfast at my desk.

4 days a week, up at 5:45am and off to a gym class 5 mins from my house at 6:10am, finish at 7am, then into work to shower and clock in at 7:45am. I work until 3:30pm but then it’s off to pick up my DD from the childminder. My husband does everything for her in the morning as he usually exercises in the evenings.

You leave for your commute at what, 5am???

@Covetthee

I'm curious why you need to go so early? 4am is the middle of the night!!

I'm up at 6, gym by 6.30, home by 7.30 which means I'm showered and ready to help with morning routine by 8.

I don't tbh, since I went back to work ft. Dh and I leave the house at 7:30. I already get up at 6:40. If I wanted to exercise before that (I don't), dh would not be keen on being woken up. We get home at 6pm, one of us cooks, we eat at 7ish. Can't exercise for ages after I eat - I'm a slow digester! I feel really unfit, but I'm struggling to fit exercise in.

I go at 7.30pm mostly as it's free parking and also I go to bed at 11.30pm up at 5.35am. So as I sleep later going at 7.30 isn't late for me. Sometimes I end up going 8.30pm if I've got back from work a bit late

Oh and I don’t eat before those morning runs. I would eat before long runs at the weekend alright but not if I’m only going out for 45 minutes.

I feel bad reading this. I jog outside and until now have only been going on the weekend because it's dark in the evenings. It's getting lighter so I'll try for after work.

I used to run (a lot) and never ate before hand. On my weekend gym classes I don't eat until I get home afterwards.
It gives me terrible stitch if I eat first, unless it's hours before

In Spring and Summer I go for a run at 7am three mornings a week, back at around 7.45 to get kids ready for school and then cycle to work for 9. Harder in winter, I usually go in the evenings then. Other than that I run Saturday and Sunday also, and I have weights at home and just fit 15 minutes or so in a few evenings at home.