Today is Martin Luther King day. Today is about honoring his life and in doing so serving those less fortunate than yourself. So if you had the day off today hopefully you got to spend time with loved ones and help someone out. I don't want to take up too much of your time but I do want to talk about a way you can be of service to others. I've had conversations with more than a few moms concerning their health/fitness. Across the board the biggest obstacle for them was time.
They all site taking care of their kids as their first priority. Obviously kids should be any parents' first priority but does this mean you should skip your workout for them? I would say no.
Hear me out. First off workouts should be planned for times when you have childcare available, if at all possible. If it's not possible you may need to take advantage of nap times or other times when the babies are sleeping (after they go to bed for the night or before they wake up for the day).
Second reason is going to seem selfish but it's actually selfless. In order to take care of others, you have to take care of yourself. You are of no use to anyone if your health and body are in decline. Your workouts help prevent this. Workouts give you the energy needed to help you help your kids and whoever else.
So remember if your goal is to help others you've got to first take care of yourself. Also you can be helping others just by being an example of how to fit in good health/fitness practices.
