Ladies, what is a typical day for you?

[makedah]

I know there may not be a 'typical day,' but some idea would be great.

I'll go first. I'm a graduate student. I live alone and this summer I don't have a job because I'm trying to finish up my diss. I have deadlines to meet (like finishing the diss by mid August!), but my schedule is quite open.

A training weekday
7 or 8 - wake up
8-10 or 11 - work (on dissertation, other scholastic stuff)
10-12 or 11-1 - gym
until 5 - more work and/or cleaning house, running errands
5-7 - television ('The Simpsons' comes on at 5, that's my cue!)
7-? more work (with the TV on if its a night when TNT is showing Law and Order for hours on end! )
? - bed


As I read about folks' training scheds, I'm always curious about how they fit it into the rest of their lives. I know that some of you are very busy, so I'm also hoping that this thread could be useful for people who say they "don't have time" to workout.

 

[JJFigure]

I'm a software consultant, so my day is rarely the same. For example, tomorrow I work from home and Tuesday I'm way the hell out in west PA for a 9:00 am meeting which means I'll be rising around 4:00 am. Fun!

If I were at a customer on a long term project - which my manager has promised me so I won't quit - here's what my day would look like.

5:00 am rise
5:30 am lift (that's when the gym opens)
8:00 am head to work
6:00 pm head home
7:00 - 10:00 prepare dinner and meals for next day, answer emails, stretch, chill
10:00 bed (better yet, bed at 9:00, but that's not always do-able)

It's called livin' for the weekends.

 

[newgirl-chargeback]

5:30 - rise/shower
6:30 - commute to work (at my desk around 7:40)
4:00 - leave the office/commute home (arrive home by 5:30 after picking up my son)
5:30 - 6:30 - go over homework, change, make a snack for me, dinner for son
6:45 - hit the gym
8:00 - return home - try to have some family time, do laundry, chores, check email etc.
10:30 - hit the hay (that is really what time I would like to get to bed but often it is not until 11 or so)

This is very regimented due to trying to be a mom, an individual and keep the house running smoothly.

Most real errands and cleaning are saved up for the weekend, however my husband has a very flexible and ever changing schedule and tends to take on half of my normal responsibilities.

 

[BrickGirl]

6:30 get up cook breakfast for family
7:00 shower
7:30 get kid ready for school/dress husband
8:00 take kid to school
9:30 cook meal for husband and i
10:00 check mail for business
10:30 run errands for business
11:00 pick up kid from school
11:15 feed kid
12:30 cook meal for family
1:00 take kid to gymnastics
2:00 take kid to swimming
3:00 go to gym
4:30 cook meal for family
5:30 watch the simpsons
6:00 take kid to martial arts
7:30 cook meal for family
8:00 put kid to bed/read book/watch 1 cartoon
9:00 take husband to bed
10:30 get up and cook for husband and i
11:00 go to bed
12:00 go to sleep

REPEAT and I love every minute of it

 

[bigguns15]

6:30 am- wake up, eat, get ready for work
7:30 am- at work. I'm a research assistant in the Biology dept. of a university
9:30 am- mid-morning snack/meal
12:30-1:30- lunch with my hubby
4:30 pm- get off work, eat mid-afternoon snack/meal
5:30-7 pm-workout
7:30 pm- eat supper
8-10:30 pm- anything else that needs to be done/relax
10:30 pm- bedtime

 

[flexygrl]

7:00 Wake up and shower
8:00 Walked dogs, feed animals, cook breakfast, eat breakfast
8:30 leave for work
11:00 hit the gym at work for a 30-45 min cardio session and maybe some abs
5:00 leave work
5:30 walk dogs, feed animals, cook dinner
6:30 Simpsons
8:45-9:00 leave for gym
11:45 bed


Rinse and repeat

 

[Sassy69]

M-F:

7:30AM wake up (or try to wake up)
9 AM - work
6:30 PM - leave work
7:00 PM - Gym
9:30 PM - post gym shake, shower
10 PM - make food for next day
11 PM - email, etc on the computer
1-ish AM - go to sleep

repeat.

Weekends:
sleep / clean house / work / gym / sleep

 

[spatts]

Hm, every day is different. Here's tomorrow:

7:30 Wake up with 3 year old jumping on me (he will, of course, claim to be starving). Make breakfast & check Elite/Email

8:00 Sprints - Play kickball or T-ball with son between sprints

8:30 Eat, shower, and check Elite while son plays his phonics game on his computer

9:30-10:00 Eat

10-12 Home school, clean, run errands, work on the yard, post/computer time, yadda-yadda-yadda

12 Eat

12-2 Clean, run errands, work on the yard, post/computer time, yadda-yadda-yadda (Go to the beach if it's not raining)

2 Eat, put son down for nap, do active recovery work, appointment with welder to work on release of equipment line

4 Eat pre-workout meal, play, run errands, work on the yard, post/computer time, yadda-yadda-yadda

6-8 Everyone comes over to train

8 Post workout meal, and go for a walk with son and hubby (if he's home), pulling my son sled-style in his wagon.

8:30 or 9 Give son a bath, read him a book, put him to bed, clean the house, do the dishes, lay out food for Tuesday, spend some QT with the hubby, or computer time if he's working late.

10 Bed (hahahha, yeah right...I'll sleep in).

*DISCLAIMER - Computer time does not just mean Elite, but working on my site, on our main site, on business deals, chatting with friends and training partners, research topics of interest (nutrition, training, etc), checking out the online journals I'm subscribed to, interview lifters/athletes, and many other productive things. Since I subscribe to most mags, journals, books, etc in online format, it's my "continuing education" time too.

...and since I have ants in my pants, I sit here for 5-10mins, then run and do something, then come back for a few, then run and do something. I've been told that it seems like I sit here and post on Elite 24/7. Yeah, right. I just type fast, and move around a lot.

 

[vinylgroover]

What about sex......very little mention of sex in here, the thread did ask 'typical day'.

 

[spatts]

Yes, but it did not ask about the typical night.