I wanna devote more time to training

[BIXX]

But it seems there is too much shit happening in a day to do so. Between school, homework, friends, and trying to get my shit together for actions and whatnot, there seems to be very little time. I hopefully am graduating soon, but if I'm not- I'm fucked.

So, hints/tips for time management?

[Prometeo liberado]

I see where your problem lay. If it takes you so bloody long to get your shit together at this stage of your life maybe it ain't gonna happen. Thus the need for education is pointless as that probably won't stick either. Now what you got left is a huge void left in your day. So go out there, roid up and be the best mediocre meatball you can be. Thread over.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Most gyms around here seem to be open 24 hours on weekdays so people can work their shit in around their own schedule. I don't know if you're into gyms or whatnot, though.

You may have to cut some optional stuff out if you don't have time, depending on how much of a prerogative working out is for you. Me, I'm planning on cutting out alcohol/binge drinking.

[BIXX]

Most gyms around here seem to be open 24 hours on weekdays so people can work their shit in around their own schedule. I don't know if you're into gyms or whatnot, though.

You may have to cut some optional stuff out if you don't have time, depending on how much of a prerogative working out is for you. Me, I'm planning on cutting out alcohol/binge drinking.


Yeah, my gym is open for most of the day, so that does make it easier to go.

Regarding cutting the optional stuff, I too was gonna cut out drinking but my friends are kinda being shitty about it. Then again they do this with every thing I try (even starting to go to the gym).

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Priorities.

If you just want to hit the gym twice a week then you probably can just do that with a bit more discipline.

If you want to train properly, like 4+ times a week, then you'll just have to cut some shit out of your life.

Time doesn't get any freer as you get older, trust me.

[exeexe]

If you are in school you can just report in sick. Even if you have a moral issue about this consider that if you hadnt reported in sick and stayed in school and didnt train you would get sick another day because you didnt cared about your body and then you had to report in sick there.

Personally i ran 18 kilometers 3 weeks ago and today i ran 15 kilometers. It was fantastic but the point is when you exercise for a long time (2-3 hours), you dont have to exercise several times per week. Just remember to drink a lot of water in the 1 or 2 days before the exercise event will take place.

Yeah i guess you can run to the bus (if you sprint it actually helps a lot) or cycle 1,5 times faster on your way to the school and home than you normally would do.

[BIXX]

Well now that I'm out if school I do have more time (until jobs happen to me). So training gets to happen now!

[Loony Le Fist]

I would say your recognition of this problem is actually a good sign. :grin:

How organized are you at the current moment? I'm trying to improve my organization and time management skills. The two seem to go together. The best advice I can give you is to keep a calendar of some kind. Do it any way you want to. If a piece of paper with handwritten times in a notebook works, do it.

I tend to think of all the things I need to do first. Then I generally try to estimate the amount of time for each of those things. For something like keeping track of day to day life things, you probably don't need a whole lot of detail. This will help you swap tasks around, so you can use your day more efficiently. I find calendar apps handy for this sort of thing.

Your question really hits close to home, since I often feel like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done.

[Ele'ill]

If you want to dedicate yourself to whatever training is on your plate I would set up a daily schedule and try it out for 1 week. If you stick to it and it works, you won't want to lose the progress and focus you've made unless you are like me and you like to make tons of progress and then hurt yourself by just stopping it all hopefully it isn't that. Use the most important part of your training (whatever you decide that is) to base other things around it. Like if BJJ is at noon, maybe start doing a 5AM jog, with an evening muay thai session. Lift and do hill sprints every other day. Or ask someone at your gym how to set up a daily schedule because they'll def. know.