How are you guys able to fit gym in your daily routines?
I wageslave 8 hours / day, spend 1.5 hours in commute, and I still spend some more hours watching or reading tutorials on video production because I want to start a small business in the industry with a friend. I feel like I'm always out of time and running against the clock, which also makes me too tired to lift sometimes. Is there a hack or secret to it?
Everyone's situation is different, and yeah perhaps some have more time than others. That said, no matter what, you have to make the time.
Cooper Perry
When I was in college and working, I just bit the bullet and bought a home gym. Still had barely enough time though, so I got good at sleeping on the commute every day. Those half an hour here, an hour there, really make all the difference. I'd wake up at 4 o'clock to workout before work, sleep on the bus on the way there, sleep on the bus to college, sleep on the bus back home, take a shower and hit the sack around midnight to start all over again.
Jaxson Diaz
i wage slave 10h per day and hit the gym 3-4 times per week.
Basically gym is taking all my freetime during week days but atm I don't mind.
Choices man - choices.
PS: 1.5h commute sounds like trash (i spend 10-15 mins 1 way)
Aaron Kelly
You never don't have time for the gym. You make time for the gym. If you want to get somewhere approach it this way.
Adrian Price
sleep less
Xavier Martin
You do not lose time by exercising, you gain time. I'm not just talking about living longer either. When I don't exercise I always want 9 hours of sleep and still wake up feeling tired. When I exercise for just one hour every other day, I always wake up naturally in about 7 hours, feeling much more well rested too.
So while I "lose" an average of 3.5hr/week but I also gain 14hr/week in sleep. I'm living 10.5 hours more than you every week. If you're actually busy then you can't afford not to exercise regularly. I don't why this is so hard for fatties and DYELs to grasp.
I spend like 4 hours a day listening to ISIS nasheeds.
Jack Flores
This. I take this approach. I'm a teacher, and a father to a toddler (no, not a part time dad, I live with my wife and our son), and sometimes a carer to my wife. I MAKE time. I get up at 430am to go to the gym because I see the gym as absolutely essential rather than something I can skip. This is the key to consistency.
Xavier Young
Chances are you're wasting time somewhere. Try identifying that and cutting it out.
My big time wasters are browsing Jow Forums on the toilet and taking too long in the morning in general. Also videogames, but those are mostly procrastination and if I wouldn't play I still wouldn't do anything productive.
Andrew Reyes
The only correct answers ITT.
Samuel Bailey
I used to watch an episode of Best of the Worst every night because it kept my evenings running like clockwork. >Make dinner during the intro >Eat dinner as the review the first film >Chill out at they review the second >Meal prep for the next day as they review the third and wrap up. But now I've seen every episode and it's been throwing me for a loop the past few weeks.
Ryan Thomas
>spend 1.5 hours in commute
Whew. Move to right next to your place of work and walk.
Sebastian Jenkins
Last year I spender 3 hours everyday on the commute this was the reason I started skipping class.
Jonathan Reed
Nope. Sleep is probably the most important thing. It's when the body recovers and we don't want OP dropping weights on his head.
Henry Thomas
>Don't lift >Sleep 8hrs a day >End up fat and weak There is a balance to everything retard
Landon Clark
I work 12 hour rotating shifts with thirty minute commutes. If I can make time you can too user
Ian Hill
>Wake up at 5am >1.5 hours to the gym >start lifting at 7am >start working at 9am >work till 5pm >be home at 6.30pm >go to sleep at 10pm
work-home commute time is soul killing. can you move closer to your office or apply for another job? can you work from home? can you work more hours per day and less days per week? use work break time for studying/learning. at work use protocols like pomodoro technique. if possible, approach your manager and explain your situation. Some people at my office agreed on leave earlier, working from home the rest of the time, providing the same deliverables with less total time because they were avoiding rush hours. track your tasks/time per task. find waste tasks and fix them. at home, meal prep/batch cooking. if you can't cook or takes you lots of time, buy frozen/pre cooked/cooked foods and just assemble your meals. use similar approach for home chores. i set up my clothing for the whole week once. if cleaning/washing/ironing clothes takes you lots of time, delegate/outsource. pick a gym that's en route to your office. go to the gym first, shower there, then go to your office. don't waste time at the gym. focus on compound lifts, use dropsets, full body