Finding time to workout during school?

[YoungWiseWoman]

for everyone who works out routinely during the semester...how do you do it? with classes, clinicals, and studying how do you fit it into your schedule? anytime i'm doing something other than studying, i feel guilty like i should be studying. i tend to stay at school late, so by the time i get home all i can do is sleep. please share your routines or any suggestions...

thanks,

ketcia

[FutureRNurseK]

I am also a very active person and like to stay fit and in shape. My school (luckly) has a new state of the art gym that opens at 6 am. My classes dont start until later in the morning (8 ish), so i get dropped off early and work out for an hour then get ready for class.

I also record my lectures on my digital recorder, which i then load onto my IPOD and listen to it when i work out...if i'm not craving listening to my music instead . I find then i dont feel bad about not being cramped over books/notes.

I also canoe and kayak every sat or sunday just to get out for 3 or 4 hours...cant beat that.

GOOD LUCK!

[mrod, LPN, LVN]

I actually fit my workouts (aerobic weights, aerobics and pilates) as study breaks sometimes. Especially on a long day of studying...it only takes about an hour. An hour break is not that bad and then I take the 20 min shower for bed. I actually like to work out at night, right before bed. Weird I know but I am actually get really tired so I sleep like a baby. Exercising before bed does not keep me up it actually puts me to sleep like the big bang at the end of a tiring day in school and studying anyway.

I thought about trying to workout in the morning before class. I have to get up for clinical for 5:30 am 2 days out of the week (Tues and Wed) On Mon, Thurs and Fridays I wake up at 6:30....hmmmm maybe I should try waking up at 5 am and exercising. I just feel like I need 10 min to wake up and then I am afraid I am going to be lathargic while exercising. That way I can go to bed every night by 11 pm and sleep until 5 am (6 hours) and be good.

I feel like I am talking to myself here, this is very therapeutic just to talk it out hah?! :roll

[jov]

I I am now 3 weeks back into my old exercise routine - getting up at 5:30am again - and I feel SOOO much better.

So if you're saying you feel you have more energy now that you are back to exercising, well, none of us are surprised at that LOL. And you are obviously one of those that can do with less sleep. My personal belief is there should be a law that you don't have to get up before the sun does

but sleep deprivation is a HUGE problem in our rushed and over-worked culture. And what I'm saying is most people going to bed at 11:30 and then getting up at 5:30 to work out are just trading one healthy activity (sleeping) for another (exercising). Sleep is underrated as a health activity...