Is There Time to Exercise With a New Baby?
Our son is just approaching six weeks old, and sometimes I look at my expanding belly and tired eyes and wonder how did I go this long without working out.
Not even once.
The plan was to do a few exercises at home; jump on the bike, do a few hundred push-ups, sit-ups, and deep bends on a daily basis. But the demands for parental attention are great and many, and I just haven’t had the time to separate for exercise.
I think at some point, I’ll have to build it in like I’ve done with sleeping, which is to say that during the three-hour period between changing, feeding, burping and settling down, I’ll have to come up with a quick workout. Maybe 100 push ups for every diaper change within an hour? Maybe 100 sit-ups for every 15 minutes of uncontrollable crying?
Don’t know how I’ll manage cardio, but I figure that I’ve walked a couple of miles in the house carrying him around to induce his sleeping.
Any tips on how to stay cut up as a new father?
