How do you fit exercise into your day?

[ElphabaTheGreen]

Pre-DS, I was a mad-keen exerciser, and I'd dearly love to get back into it especially as I'm still eating like I'm doing five circuit classes a week but, short of finding the power to add extra hours into the day, I really don't know how to fit it in as a full-time WOHM with a 9 month old!

Give me ideas! How do you fit exercise in?

[Rosehassometoes]

2 nights a week.
No laundry
Instant meal/2nd half of what cooked night before.
Exercise for 30min as soon as DH in eg 5.30-6.00
Put DS to bed 15 min later if needs be.
Davina has a good DVD with 3 30 minute sections
Pump it up, cardio box and core. All easy to follow.

On Sat/Sun morning try running/swimming/a class. I do Pilates 9-10 so doesn't eat into weekend. Or go swimming all together so DH can watch DS and you can do some lengths.

[BsshBossh]

Is there any time at work that you could exercise? I used to exercise during lunch and then eat whilst working afterwards.

[Sleepwhenidie]

Tabata training is very very intense, not very suitable unless you are pretty fit to start with...the other unfortunate news is that whilst it is better than nothing, it's not going to burn enough calories to affect your weight, because after all, it is just 4 minutes! It is a great tool to add to a regular fitness regime for boosting fitness and fat burning and maybe for those days you can't fit in a longer workout but if you really want to get fitter and slimmer more time working out will be necessary.

if none of the suggstions are workable for you OP, It sounds like you may be like me, resign yourself to little or no exercise until no longer bf. Plenty of time to make up for it then though, don't be disheartened .

lilleth, classic Tabata is done on an exercise bike but you can do pretty much anything...sprint, burpees, squat thrusts, plyometric squat jumps, squat jumps from one side of a step to the other, star jumps. The sole aim is to work absolutely flat out for the 20sec work periods.

[LillethTheCat]

that Tabata looks interesting. I might give it a go myself, although finding it hard knowing exactly which exercises to do myself for fat loss. Will keep googling it though. Thanks moonstorm

[ElphabaTheGreen]

Tabata training does look interesting actually. That I probably could fit in somewhere. Are there any decent DVDs?

catinboots I already get up at six and am out of the house by just after 7! Also, I don't have the kind of job where I can bring any of it home, unfortunately.

The only way I could train DS to fall asleep with DH is if he grew boobs, unfortunately. We've also been around every conceivable house with sleep training, unfortunately, and I'm now just on the path of least resistance until he decides to grow out of it or I drop dead from sheer exhaustion

Whoever it was asked how my DH fits in exercise Forgive me. The only way you could get him to exercise would be to arrange for an axe-wielding murderer to chase him three times a week for half an hour!

Cheddar I've felt that has to be the case for a while now, but I just feel so gross. I was hoping someone might have a miracle suggestion...like Tabata...hmmm...

[moonstorm]

It's the only way I can fit anything in and still feel like I've worked hard. There are free timers on the Internet - a quick Google can find them. It's much, much harder than it sounds, and who doesn't have 4 minutes?

[overmydeadbody]

just had a google.

So basically hiit by another name!

[overmydeadbody]

what is tabata training?

[moonstorm]

Did I mention Tabata training?

[CheddarGorgeous]

I lived your life and gave up exercising except for walks at lunchtime.

Now DD is 5 it's a lot easier, when she was 9 mo it was impossible. Sorry :(

[moonstorm]

Tabata training. Aim to go flat out... I like to run on the spot/ do those bunny hop things.

[catinboots]

Get up at 6. Meet friend at 6.15. Run for 30/35 mins. Home for 7 when DH and DCs getting up.

Very lucky I work from home - so if I can I fit in the Shred DVD in the afternoon before DS1 gets home and I have to pick DS2 up from nursery.

Do work paperwork in evenings/weekends to make it up.

[overmydeadbody]

What does your DH do to fit in exersise?

Perhaps you could get a running buggy or a bike with a child seat and make a family outing of it every weekend?

[overmydeadbody]

I'd say start training your DS to go to sleep with his dad so you have some free time.

Can you do anything in your lunch breaks?

IS there any way you can combine a cycle ride and a car journey to work and back? Park 4 miles away from work and cycle the last part? You could find somewhere to lock up your bike so you're not taking it back and forth in the car? A park and Ride perhaps? I know lots of people who do this.

[dinkystinky]

OK Elphaba - first thing to do is get it so dh can put ds to bed a couple of times a week. Sort that out first before focussing on exercise. Ds2 was a nightmare sleeper like your Ds but we worked on getting him to self soothe and so dh could put him down or tend to him in the night too (routine for naps at home and bedtimes worked) which helped a lot and meant I could exercise a couple of evenings or nap times a week. If you can't exercise at lunchtime near work, then you need to let it slip till Ds is either more settled with sleeping or older.

[ElphabaTheGreen]

Working Out of Home Mum

[ElphabaTheGreen]

I'm loathe to get up earlier - DS is awake every two hours or so throughout the night and I need to fit in as much sleep as I can to function. I'm up at 6am as it is and I hit the ground running to get out if the house on time.

His naps are rarely longer than 20 minutes, unless they're on me, which rules out any decent weekend exercise while he's asleep.

The only thing I can possibly think of is fitting in something like Shred after he's asleep in the evening but I'm just so bloody knackered by that time...also, does exercising so close to bed make you a bit wired?

[ScabieFace]

Also what does WOHM stand for?

[ScabieFace]

OR get a trainer between you and some colleagues? It will be cheaper if you split the cost.

OR find out who in the office is a keen runner and persuade them to run a couch to 5k over six weeks?

[ScabieFace]

If there's no gym near your work, are there meeting rooms at work? How about getting one over lunch time and do some exercise DVDs with other women in your office? other busy mums might be up for it

[ArmchairDetective]

I run 3 times a week, once the DC are tucked up in bed. I go out for 30 mins at time and I do run in the dark but along a well lit road used by other runners.

My DC are always in bed by 7pm though.

[dinkystinky]

At weekends can you run or do a DVD while Ds naps?

What you need to do is schedule in some time to exercise and stick to it - in summer, up at 6 (or before) for 20 minute run or cycle, or shred DVD twice a week, once a week yoga or Pilate's DVD one evening (and slightly later bedtime but should help wind you down) and something at the weekend would be a start.

[TotallyEggFlipped]

I used to get up at 5 to run in the summer, but I think it's much harder in the winter and I won't run in the dark. Can you afford to join a gym?

[slightlysoupstained]

If you can't fit in time without him, what about with him? Are there any weekend exercise classes that would let you take him in? (Local place does spin, Pilates, aerobics where you can take baby in - they have to be in buggy).

Am sneaking exercise into DPs weekend by going for Sunday brunch somewhere the other side of hill, he pushes buggy while I frolic along ahead saying helpful things like "I'm much quicker when I come this way during the week". Might not be hardcore enough for you tho.

[GeordieCherry]

Can you fit something in your lunch break? A pool nearby?