Consistently 80+ hours per week + consistent exercise program: Possible???

[pushthesux]

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If so, would love to hear how you talk yourself into...
A: Getting up at 4:00 am to workout
B: Go to the gym after a 12+ hour day

Thanks in advance for any advice/motivation.

 

[Mumpu]

Wake up at 6 am, play soccer a couple of days a week, do a serious workout at least once a week on my day(s) off, do calisthenics at home if I want more exercise.

 

[gutonc]

Bike to work. Minimum 3 hours of exercise a week (assuming 6d/wk). On my non-call days I usually ride an extra 45-90 minutes on my way home to get more miles in.

It doesn't hurt that I live in the bike friendliest city in the country (according to Bicycling magazine) but I biked to work when I lived in NYC which might be the bike unfriendliest city in the country.

BE (now PE)

 

[orientedtoself]

It's doable. I live in an apartment complex that has its own fitness facility with free classes. I make it to the classes whenever I can, and use machines otherwise. I work out about three times a week. I have actually lost about 10 lbs since the year started 2/2 being busy on the wards and missing dinner often on call. That and working out.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Like orientedtoself, I had to discover the gym in my apartment complex (during residency) and at the hospital (for fellowship). The one here for fellowship is right next to the parking garage so I go there if I don't walk to work - because as we all know, joining a gym miles away from your home or work is a plan to fail because after a long day you just want to go home and crash. I feel guilty walking right by the gym without going in so that keeps me going (and trying to get off the residency weight I added).

 

[tec]

I get up at 3:30am or 4:00am to workout. I either run or ride my bike (I have my road bike mounted on a fluid trainer in my basement where I can watch the news). I go to bed early so that I can maintain my work-out schedule. I don't workout though on the mornings that I will have gotten less than 5 hours of sleep that night. While getting up so early may seem hard to do, it beats letting the stress build up.

 

[Pir8DeacDoc]

if you work from 5 am to 7pm.. you can be to the gym by 7:30.. Done by 8:30. Get home and have some dinner. Read a bit. Watch a touch of TV. To bed by 10:30 ish. Repeat.

 

[The White Coat Investor]

I know of two residents who trained for and ran multiple ironman triathlons during residency...including one while the rest of us were doing ATLS. It is doable, but you need to choose the right specialty and the right residency.

 

[Mumpu]

If you have a house (or live on the bottom floor), build your own gym. The setup costs are 1-2 years' worth of healthclub membership fees, depending on what equipment you get (I got a trap bar and a few hundred pounds' worth of free weights plus built my own chin/overhead press rack for under $200).

 

[Embryo2006]

Even on my roughest months (80+ hours), I can still swing work outs at least 3x per wk (nights and weekends). Ideally, I like to alternate cardio with weights. This means my workouts can be anywhere from 30 min to an 1 1/2. When I'm too tired to do an hour of heavy lifting focusing on one or two muscle groups, I switch over to circuit training instead. The keys for me have been 1) access - I also have a GOOD gym in my apartment building and (2) flexibility - even if you can't do the workout you want to do, you can always do something!

 

[APACHE3]

Sound like a bunch of single people talking here, .....if you have a wife AND kids...forget about the gym, its either the gym or go home and spend a couple of hours with the family before they go off to sleep...I'm starting an elective month now, so hopefully I can work more gym in, but so far doesn't look good!😀

 

[bulldog]

how noisy is it for person below u if you ran on a treadmill? would they hear your footsteps all the time? not sure how solid floors are.

 

[tridoc13]

I've got two dogs. Even on my worst medicine months I still get out most evenings for 30-60 min. walk/run with them. It's a great way to clear my head, and the dogs love it. On days off I head to the hills and do a longer hike. It wears them out, gives me a harder workout and makes me feel like I've gotten away from work for a while. On easier months I try to make it to the gym in addition to the running/hiking at least 2-3 times for weights/elliptical/biking, etc. I also try to bike outside when I can (I'm in Colorado, so it's a given that biking is a big thing out here). I think I'd go crazy in intern year if I couldn't exercise, so I just try to fit it in any way I can.

 

[medstudent99]

get urself an ipod with one of those arm bands and just jog for a few blocks...it's definitly possible to fit in exercise but not always conveinent