How do working parents exercise?

It is so hard when you have a little one around who needs constant attention. I feel like as kids get older, it might be easier to do fitness things as a family. But, when they’re young, having dance parties is a way to burn some calories together!

Aside from that, is there a way you and your spouse can trade off with taking care of the kids/exercising? Maybe an hour here or there througout the week or on the weekends?

Sometimes there really isn’t much time for actual exercise. When this is the case, incorporate it into your normal everyday life…take the stairs whenever possible, park super far away from a store and get in the extra walking, take the long route wherever you’re walking to. It might not seem like a lot, but these things can add up over the course of a day.

It is a struggle !!! i like most moms work full time. I have a 3 1/2 year old and 10 month old. So you can only imagine the crazyness. 3 days a week i wake up at 4:30 Am and go to the gym while my hubby and kids are sleeping. It was hard at first but i soon relized it was my only ‘Alone" time. Now i look forward to it.  then i rotate 1 night a week with my hubby where I can go right after work  to work out and he gets kids or i go right after dinner and hubby take care of baths and bed time. On the weekends i try to make it more family friendly we go hiking or run at the park or anything to stay active. It helps having another mommy to hold you accountable. I started a " run mommy run group" on my block. Basically 3-4 mommies that lived close by me would come to my house early moring 5 am and we would run 4 miles. Hope that helps !!!!

We go for a lot of family walks. Almost daily in the nice weather, if possible. It’s a way to get everyone involved in exercising. My older son rides his bike, we push the little one in the carriage, and we all get some fitness in.