As a coach, the most popular excuse that I hear for not doing a workout is some version of “I didn’t have time.”
It can sound like:
- “Too busy.”
- “Crazy day at the office!”
- “The kids were out of control… couldn’t get them to sleep.”
- “The in-laws popped in for an unexpected visit.”
- “My alarm didn’t go off!”
- “Traffic.”
- “Kids had soccer, baseball, gymnastics, ballet, hockey,…”
We all make excuses for not having time to fit in a workout. I’ve done it too.
And I think part of the reason we do this is because we believe that exercise has to take up a BIG CHUNK of time.
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