Ah. I understand that time management is a problem, but I wouldn’t give up just yet. Try exercising one day a week, then moving on to two, etc., as opposed to starting off exercising every day without fail (of course, even with an optimal exercise routine, rest days are still important). What I mean by practicing consistent exercise is starting from the bottom, not starting from the top. As a perfectionist I find this difficult, but it’s generally easier than starting with a perfect habit from scratch. Also, if you are bad at maintaining a regular routine, don’t forget to tsuyoku naritai.
I’m usually bad at maintaining routines as well, but have trained myself up to engaging in aerobic exercise approximately 4-5 times a week, mostly for the anxiety and depression-reducing effects, since the improvement in mental health more than makes up for the time used in exercising. Don’t forget to factor your own issues with anxiety into your aerobic exercise cost/benefit analysis. However, I currently don’t have time for anaerobic exercise, which is not as important but still useful. I have time management issues, myself.
Ah. I understand that time management is a problem, but I wouldn’t give up just yet. Try exercising one day a week, then moving on to two, etc., as opposed to starting off exercising every day without fail (of course, even with an optimal exercise routine, rest days are still important). What I mean by practicing consistent exercise is starting from the bottom, not starting from the top. As a perfectionist I find this difficult, but it’s generally easier than starting with a perfect habit from scratch. Also, if you are bad at maintaining a regular routine, don’t forget to tsuyoku naritai.
I’m usually bad at maintaining routines as well, but have trained myself up to engaging in aerobic exercise approximately 4-5 times a week, mostly for the anxiety and depression-reducing effects, since the improvement in mental health more than makes up for the time used in exercising. Don’t forget to factor your own issues with anxiety into your aerobic exercise cost/benefit analysis. However, I currently don’t have time for anaerobic exercise, which is not as important but still useful. I have time management issues, myself.
Oh okay, good ideas (and nice references). Yeah, I should try that sometime.