The most common excuse we come up against when trying to encourage people to exercise is “I don’t have time”. No doubt we all lead busy lives with work, family, sport, social gatherings and sleep all taking up valuable time throughout our days. Our own personal exercise regimes and meal preparation times often get compromised due to our perceived lack of time.
So let’s think about time for a minute. Recalling my days in Primary School Maths, 60 minutes per hour equates to 1,440 minutes in a day. 7 days in a week and we now have 10,080 minutes in a week. Now how much time would we like to spend on exercise per week? – let’s say 3 sessions of 1 hour per week which is 180 minutes per week. Back to my maths skills and this comes to less than 2% of our total time in a week!
Now if I said I only need 2% of your time to help you achieve your health and wellness goals, would you be interested? I’m pretty sure most people would say yes rather than “I don’t have time to exercise?” Personally, I try and get at least 180 minutes per week of exercise, whether it’s resistance training, cardio or sport, however even as little as 100 minutes per week, say 4 sessions of 25 minutes each would be sufficient if you work at the right intensity levels.
When you break things down in these terms, it seems ridiculous to me when somebody says “I don’t have time to exercise”, so next time you hear somebody say it, try this theory on them and see if they can still validate their argument? Or if you use this excuse work it out based on what you have just read.
Craig McDonald is a personal trainer with Lifestyle Improvers, to read more about Craig go here.
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