I think it’s important to reframe ‘too busy’ as ‘too drained’ I can only really exercise when it gets nice out and my dog brain takes over and goes ‘must itch asshole in sunglight…touch grass…chase squirrel’. I am pretty much a sloth when its cold and dark out though.
And you needa find what kind of exercise works for you. For me, lifting and treadmilly gym stuff is boring as fuck, I needa do some kind of sports are moving-in-the-world.
There are medical exceptions like me/cfs, but as a rule, you get more energy from exercising in the long term. For example, if you can exercise 90 minutes per week, spread out between several days (ideally 15 minutes per day or 20 minutes per day with two rest days), it will help you have more energy than you would if you never exercised.
Hard agree on “it has to be fun or enjoyable,” though. If a form of exercise is torture, you won’t continue doing it. But an elliptical machine + good music/podcast/TV show/audio book works for me, and it’s actually kinda pleasant. Exercise bike or actual bike riding is also great.
“I’m too busy to exercise!”
*spends 8 hours playing stellaris*
I think it’s important to reframe ‘too busy’ as ‘too drained’ I can only really exercise when it gets nice out and my dog brain takes over and goes ‘must itch asshole in sunglight…touch grass…chase squirrel’. I am pretty much a sloth when its cold and dark out though.
And you needa find what kind of exercise works for you. For me, lifting and treadmilly gym stuff is boring as fuck, I needa do some kind of sports are moving-in-the-world.
There are medical exceptions like me/cfs, but as a rule, you get more energy from exercising in the long term. For example, if you can exercise 90 minutes per week, spread out between several days (ideally 15 minutes per day or 20 minutes per day with two rest days), it will help you have more energy than you would if you never exercised.
Hard agree on “it has to be fun or enjoyable,” though. If a form of exercise is torture, you won’t continue doing it. But an elliptical machine + good music/podcast/TV show/audio book works for me, and it’s actually kinda pleasant. Exercise bike or actual bike riding is also great.
I also started biking to work so I’m at like 5-10 hours a week rn, although I’m not pushing too hard on the ride there so I don’t show up gross lol.