How to find time for sports, without sacrificing other things
Tips # Yasozdayusebya #Adidasurbantri / / December 19, 2019
Two months ago, I began to prepare for Urban TriWalking on a complex exercise, swimming, running and cycling.
Before diving into the world of cardio I was doing CrossFit once or twice a week, sometimes ran around the stadium is not greater than 3 kilometers. Ever since I decided to prepare for the competition, the load increased seriously. Now I'm doing six days a week, that is, almost every day, as comprehensive trainingAnd yourself - in the pool, the gym, in the stadium in front of the house.
It seems that with so many workouts have to sacrifice something, such as less communicate with friends and throw a household chores. In fact it is not. I did not have to sacrifice anything, neither work nor care about year-old kid or household responsibilities.
I will not lie, it gives easy. It's hard, sometimes not everything works great, sometimes you get tired, but I like to live. At least, before you give, you need to try. So here is my advice for those who want to free space in your life for the sport.
Do not worry that will not have time to do everything
Probably, this advice should be given in the last turn, but when a lot of cases, it comes out on top.
You do not have time to do everything. Just accept it as a fact.
I am not an ideal housewife, I do not cook three dishes and stewed fruit (however, dumplings every day - is not about me), my apartment does not shine in the commercial. I have time to make the house as much as I consider it necessary: to prepare the child and her husband, download things in the washing machine once a week to do a general cleaning.
I work when issued time when the baby is asleep - 2-3 hours during the day, when he plays and does not require attention - another 2-3 hours. And when her husband comes home from work, I go to training.
All sounds pretty good: work, kid, sport in the evenings, and in the remaining time - communication, reading and everything else. In fact, everything, of course, is not so smooth.
One time I was very nervous, trying to catch everything. For example, the child wants to play, and I'm struggling to focus under his demanding cries. Or I customized my husband, he throws the unfinished work and home is broken, so I could get to the final session in the pool. These scandals, nerves and a sense of hopelessness, when you're just tired of everything and do not want - a clear sign that the energy at zero.
Now I have learned to take things easier. I do not have time to practice? Nothing wrong. I do not have time to finish the task at work? Finish it later. And most interestingly, no one does not suffer. And I do not suffer.
So the first thing I advise you to do - is to break the strict framework in which you hold yourself (if that's the way it was for me) and afford:
- a little late;
- postpone the case for tomorrow;
- just relax and do nothing at least once a week.
If you can not relax, I think that actually live to be happy. If I feel exhausted and unhappy man, why is it? Usually it helps.
So you're relaxed and allowed myself something to keep up. What's next? Learning to spend every minute with use.
Allocate time
If you consider your day, painted every minute, it turns out that a lot of time is wasted. When you have a child, you know it as well as possible, because free time becomes a luxury and you start to appreciate.
I'm not calling for a total of multitasking, but some cases it is quite possible to combine. I explain by example.
If there is a hitch in the (waiting for a reply to a message, before you start to do something, waiting for comments or restart the computer), I do not sit staring at the monitor or checking social networks, and go do something for home.
For 10-15 minutes, you can convert a lot of things: to get and to hang clothes from the washing machine to defrost meat, pet clothes, peel the potatoes.
During daily walks with the baby I communicate with friends or relatives. So even with the busy schedule does not lose touch with friends and family.
Evening I release for the sport. Two hours of training - it's quite a bit. Husband just time to have dinner, to look through the news feed in the social network and, perhaps, put the baby to sleep (oh, how great it is!). When I come to the training, it remains time for socializing, movies, and everything else.
Review your responsibilities
Probably, each person has a list of tasks which he considers to be his default. Try them to reconsider. Leave the stereotypes and look at all their business from a different angle.
This is especially true of women who consider cooking and cleaning only their duties. And the right to do so only Housewives (all honestly, my husband works, the wife follows behind the house). But then, working women often after the 8-hour working day to clean the apartment and cook for the whole family.
Talk to the household, try to find a compromise. Surely your family will understand. It may even be that you yourself took upon himself all things, even from you no one demanded.
Give up the social networks and other informational trash
Simple sticking in social networks and online stores takes away a lot of time and gives nothing in return. Do the math yourself: 15 minutes in the morning, 15 minutes after lunch, 15 minutes in the evening - for 45 minutes. During this time you can spend an easy workout or a quality workout and cool down.
You may well leave newsfeeds viewing for the evening, and spend free time usefully. And absolutely nothing to lose by giving up turning the tape with the same memes.
Plan, looking at the calendar
If you have a lot of problems, try to sketch out a rough list on the calendar. This will help determine how much time you can spend on training, rest, work.
In addition, several cases can be combined in the calendar. For example, if you want to buy something, for something or to pay someone to visit, you can combine it with a walk or a run in before training.
Not necessarily everything will go the way you planned. But on the whole schedule will continue.
Train, even if you feel tired
What does it mean fatigue when you are doing mental work? Sitting on a chair for 6-8 hours a day, you get tired mentally, not physically. In this case, the sport - the best end of the day. This will help you warm up, stretch out and, more importantly, relieve the tension accumulated during the day.
Why is it difficult to pull yourself to the gym? Because you are not sure you will be fine during or after exercise. Or believe that it will not. Under such conditions, even do not expect regular exercise: you can not motivate yourself every time. Especially that day and the truth can be difficult, tense, exhausting.
Therefore, the only advice - make sure that you do not have to force yourself. Like sports, feel, as you well after your workout as you pleasantly relaxed as thoughts untangled knots in the head, and the nerves calm down. After another workout just fix this state, and you have to overcome laziness, just remembering it the next time.
It turns out that even with the busy schedule, you always have time for training, because you will seek his release. As the saying goes, I see the goal - I do not see obstacles.
If you have your advice on how to better manage the time that was a place to train, share them in the comments.