You don't have time to NOT work out!

Check out the latest episode of the Science2Health podcast to hear an interesting perspective on time.  It goes like this:

1. People say that they don't have time to exercise.
2. Lack of exercise makes you droopy and generally lame.
3. Exercise energizes you and give you the ability to focus more and last throughout the day at a higher output level.
4. The time lost to working out is actually less than the extra stuff you get done when you are more energized.

How about that?  When you are more energized from having a regular workout schedule, you need less time to get all your stuff done!  

Sound interesting?  Check out this article about how sleeping less will make you exercise less.  Don't hold out on those Z's!

Comments

[TriShaman]

Exercise is not "separate" from the rest of your life, it is part of it. Van Gogh once remarked "to evolve and progress in one area of your life, gives you the essenital tools to master all of life...". Exercise and more specifically "structured training" is a very finite tangible process wherein you can be challenge, learn, discove, gain insights, evolve and gain mastery, all of which will translate into a richer experience and ability to navigate the rest of life.

Obviously exercise has many very concrete "physiologic benefits" both short term and long term, and certainly many of the rewards are both immediate and long-term (more productivity, more energy, more resilliance, better sense of self, confidence, longer life, disease prevention ..etc..etc). But I think we've heard the tangible stuff a thousand times, and tune out to it. Most people feel they don't have the energy or tthe time I think because they see it as "separate" from their life & another thing to fit into an already busy schedule, another priority to "try" and shoe-horn in along with family, work, sleep and generally "life (appointments, commuting, chores ..etc)

Maybe stop approaching it as an either-or scenario and start seeing it as an all-and-more. Actively seeking to see how your training and exercise can benefit other areas of your life and vice versa, and also seeing how you can make the world a bit better in the process (bike commuting to reduce pollution, exercise and to energize the start of your work day - a win-win-win scenario). Also when you are at work or with family applying the lessons of proper nutrition and fuel to optimize your energy - you wouldn't eat only at the beginning and end of an iron man, so why do we only eat at the beginning and end of our work-periods; Get your family eating better as you make better choices to promote your training; Use "errands" as an opportunity to run or bike ..etc.

ultimately the more you mesh training/exercise into all areas of your life the more your entire life will evolve.

** Many Thanks to Coach Brett for showing me the "Way" of the Zen Triathlete and elucidating these views **

Keep Rising....