Prioritizing.

This post was inspired by MY coach, Darren Taylor. More on him later, but here's his take on prioritizing, blended with a couple words from myself:

"I'm too busy to work out!"

If you feel like you're too busy to work out, maybe this will help. There are 168 hours in a week. How do you prioritize your weekly tasks with this time limit?

Some things are inevitable. You GOTTA sleep, and hopefully 42-56 hours (based on 6-8 hours of sleep) are used just for that. Your body needs its rest. That leaves us with at least 112 hours.

If you work, manage a family, or both, it's going to add up to at least 55 hours (based on an 8 hour nine-to-five and 3 extra hours of miscellaneous activity, 5 days a week.). We still have at least 57 hours left!

Let's take 7 hours a week out for traveling, assuming some people don't work right by their houses. Now we have 50 hours.

Let's be crazy and say you accumulate another 40 hours of random and spontaneous errands and stuff. This leaves a measly 10 hours.

Can you use 10 hours a week to forge elite athletes? Absofrigginlutely yes! Now are we even striving for elite athleticism- maybe yes maybe no! But do you see where I'm going with this? General recommendation for activity is 3-5 times a week at a moderate intensity level. Now take that recommendation, and inject it with some nitrous, then feed it some high quality food, and you then have US! Most of us strive to BRING IT every workout, and sometimes we work out more than the recommended frequency for activity! But remember what intensity yields- results! Pat yourself on the back athletes, (especially if you've been trying your best to eat clean!), we are among the few who see fitness and health as a priority.

And thank my mentor, coach, and brother, Darren Taylor, for inspiring today's Food For Thought.

Jan