If you've been following this blog, you'll know that one of the things I'm trying to do is find out how to balance my life as father, business owner, and husband, and still live a healthy life, including getting fit.
With two young kids, it's hard enough to find some time for yourself uninterrupted, much less try and fit a whole workout into your life. And yet, it can be done. I've been working with a trainer (Shawn O. at Club Sport San Ramon) and setting up a routine that fulfills my goal of getting fit while only taking up a 1/2 hour of my time. (This doesn't include drive time or changing).
My personal goal has been to loose weight and gain muscle mass through weight training, but he (and I'm sure other trainers), can work with anyone's goals within a minimum 1/2 hour window. This includes cardio (in fact he gave me a great step workout program I'll share later).
I've only been doing his program for the past two weeks, but it's been amazing at what he can do with me in only that alloted time. A lot of it is combining different exercises into what he calls supersets, but also just keeping the workout focused and trimmed down and on schedule.
I will be offering more tips and tricks in this blog as we progress, so stay tuned!
Everard
A blog from Everard Strong, publisher and editor of Bay Area Kids magazine, and father of two. www.bakidsmagazine.com
