When work takes over your working out

It's been a long week at work and one that I am really glad to soon be seeing the back of!

Same again next week though...... crap!

Office jobs are so much fun at times, they seem to take up all your time when it gets busy. One of the first things people tend to skip on is their workouts and then their nutrition.

Well, I wanted to quickly address the workout aspect before I crash into bed for an early night.

Most people just feel as though they have to workout for at least an hour and so, when short on time they just don't workout. Or, if they're feeling tired, they don't feel like a hard workout.

Sometimes, neither do I!

But, instead of skipping the workouts altogether, you can still get a training effect from a good 10 - 20 mins of working out, you can keep the weight light or volume down if you're just not feeling in top form. Just doing something is better than nothing! I've made some previous posts giving out several ideas for quick 'n' effective workouts

Another suggestion is spend the time focusing more on stretching, foam rolling and mobility work - you know, that stuff you need to do more of but don't! You'll be amazed at how you can clear up some of those niggling aches and pains when you spend some time ditching the weights and focusing on improving your muscle quality.

That's pretty much what I've been doing this week - focusing on foam rolling the absolute hell out of some tight muscles groups, especially my left quad and IT band and doing lots of upper mobility work as the long hours really takes it out of your neck, upper back and shoulders.

So next time, before you think about ditching the workout altogether, do something a bit different. Just do something!