Here is my weekday schedule.
5:00 - 5:30 AM - Get up
5:00 - 5:45 AM - Make coffee, drink coffee, check online class site, read email
5:45 - 6:30 AM - Get ready for work, shower, dress, pack bag
6:30 - 7:04 AM - Drive to train station
7:04 - 8:20 AM - Train to NY
8:20 - 9:00 AM - Subway, walk to work (~10-15 min walking)
9:00 - 5:00 PM - Work (I have a 1 hour lunch which I usually use to do my classwork)
5:00 - 5:41 PM - Walk, subway to Penn Station
5:41 - 6:55 PM - Train
6:55 - 7:20 PM - Drive home
7:20 - 10:00 PM - Free time, dinner, spend time with Dima, schoolwork.
10:00 - 5:00 AM - Sleep
Some ideas I am toying with:
1. Just do a 15 min workout at home in the morning and in the evening, yoga, strength training (I have small dumbells and stretch bands). And then work out both weekend days.
Pluses:
Sounds easy
Not much disruption of my schedule
Still leaves me with free time
Minuses:
Will it be effective?
Will I do it?
Might also be easy to blow off.
2. Go directly from the train station to the gym. So that schedule would be:
6:55 - 7:30 - Drive to the gym
7:30 - 8:30 - Workout
8:30 -
10:00 - 5:00 AM - Sleep
Pluses:
Real workout
I usually like working out in the gym
I think I can motivate myself to do it every day (except Mondays when I go to therapy - which I am very good about going to so that suggests this would work too)
Minuses:
Losing a big chunk of free time/class work time.
I get tired if I get home late several nights in a row.
I sometimes have to stay late at work for seminars/networking/a journal club I lead
Maybe it will be too much.
3. Work out at work (there is a gym in my building I can go to for free) during lunch hour.
Pluses:
Convenient
Might fit into my schedule better than other options
Minuses:
Can't shower, will have to go back to work.
With clothes changing time, will only work out about 40 mins
Something always seems to prevent me from taking a lunch break
Will have to carry gym clothes to work.
I never used this gym, I don't know if I will like it.
Lunch time is a time to interact with my boss and I would lose this opportunity
4. Work out after work, in my work gym.
Pluses:
Convenient
Might be easier since I won't be tired from the trip home
Minuses:
I will still be getting home late (~8:30 probably)
Will have to carry gym clothes to work.
I never used this gym, I don't know if I will like it.
Losing a big chunk of free time/class work time.
I get tired if I get home late several nights in a row.
I sometimes have to stay late at work for seminars/networking/a journal club I lead
Maybe it will be too much.
P. sometimes work out after work.
4 comments:
I think you should go with option #1. It's the only one that is reasonable, considering your gym is a 50 minute drive from home. You could also try the R.U. gym some day after work, so you could consider it for the future. If you like it, you could use it only on Fridays, so you wont be run down. Then you'd get a big workout three days a week, and four other good workouts M-Th at home.
I made a mistake on the times for driving to the gym. It is about 20 min. I tried plan 2 last night and it went well. Gwenn, Your plan sounds good too. I was trying to chose something that I would do every day, but maybe mixing it up works better.
Hey, I searched LibraryThing for you using millerhj, but couldnt find you. What's your username and location? Do you have all your books there? I'm searching for my next book to read. Fiction.
Hi Gwenn,
My LibraryThing library is public and my username is millerhj. I was able to find it. Try this link:
http://www.librarything.com/profile.php?view=millerhj
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