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I firmly believe every mom can find time in their day for fitness. Sometimes it takes creativity, and other times, it simply means sticking to the basics for awhile. While I would love to hit the gym on a regular basis and take fitness classes, the season I’m in as a mom doesn’t allow for the time or money for these ways of exercising. I do what I can with the tools I have at home.
My Morning Routine
Every morning, I’m out the door at 5:15 a.m. or so, running in the streets around my neighborhood. My iPhone is secure in a Armband iPhoneHolder
My Evening Routine
In the evening once I finished with the kids, I do my weight routines. I keep the leg and arm weights under our bed where I can pull them out and lift weights while watching tv with my husband. I alternate between legs one night and arms another night. I start my weight sessions with stretching and situps.
How do you make fitness part of your daily routine?
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You are so good to go EVERY morning. I was going for that there for a while but I haven’t been able to get back to it after BlogHer and now with school starting, it is getting dark so early. I did go for a good run yesterday, and I walked Saturday, and did weights on Friday. Today I have a TRX class at the Y, so I guess I’m on a roll. I hope I can keep it up! You inspire me.
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I alternate between running and walking. I find I do better if I get out there every day with just Sunday off.
Thanks!
If you want to set-up repeatable checklists and routines you can use this application:
http://www.Gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, and a calendar.
Syncs with Evernote and Google Calendar, and also comes with mobile version, and Android and iPhone apps.
Looks pretty cool! I’m happy with my Evernote/Nozbe combination right now. I’m learning how to tag better to link everything correctly. If I mess up, I can always search in Evernote.
Walking every day is both relaxation and exercise for me — maybe stress reliever is a better description than relaxation. If weather is too nasty to be outside, there’s the treadmill. Thanks for linking on Busy Monday – hope to see you again next week!
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I definitely find exercise to be a stress reliever! I also like having time to think thoughts and work through things.
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