When you’re a busy mum with an endless to-do list, fitness can seem like a laughable goal. 

In reality, though, mums who are both setting an example and doing the hard work of raising the next generation can often benefit from making time for this more than most. To ensure you can achieve that goal for a little me-time with the best results, we’re going to consider just three ways that mums could fit in fitness after all. 

Work out at playtime

Depending on how young your kids are, the chances are that playtime is typically a high-energy pursuit. Instead of letting your youngsters run around while you kick back on the sofa, your fitness quest could benefit from your making the most of this opportunity. After all, whether you volunteer to be the seeker in a game of hide and seek or just get stuck in with the mad running around, even half an hour of active play with your children can see you enjoying a world of fitness benefits. You could even set up active games like a football friendly or a tennis match that’s sure to keep your kids happy and serve the physical purpose that you need it to.

Incorporate fitness into family diets

Outside of workouts themselves, fitness is all about what you eat both before and after exercising. Unfortunately for mums who are already spending all of their time in the kitchen, it’s easy to overlook these fitness-based food allowances, but you can change that by simply incorporating fitness into family diets. Adding more protein rich-foods like lentils, meats, and so on to everyone’s diet can certainly help family health overall. Furthermore, supplementing your portions of existing family meals like breakfast with protein-rich options like these Growli porridge oats means that you needn’t necessarily cook whole new meals, but can instead enjoy a fitness-boosted version of what everyone else is eating. Before you know it, this, paired with your fitness efforts elsewhere, could quite easily start having an impact. 

Use the time you do have

Much as we might not realise it when we fail to consider our days on the whole, even busy parents have down periods, whether that be an hour or two once the kids are in bed, or even just your lunch break at work. As much as you might want to use this time to do nothing much, making sure to utilise even these short periods for fitness purposes is the best way to get the most from your workouts. For instance, going on a quick run during your lunch break will soon see you with more energy, and generally feeling better, by the time the school run comes. Equally, taking a little time out of your evenings for a yoga session could soon see you enjoying some much-needed me-time, and a truly relaxing evening routine that outstrips, even, your plans to stay on the sofa. 

Finding time for fitness as a busy mum is undeniably tricky, but it’s by no means impossible when you keep these tips in mind.