| If you have an office job and have to work from 9 | | | | diets! Always eat sufficient carbs, protein and healthy |
| am to 5 pm like me, you don't have much choice | | | | fats!And if you aren't already doing so - eat |
| when it comes to choosing a suitable time for your | | | | something about every 3 - 4 hours to keep energy |
| workouts. You're pretty much stuck having to | | | | levels up and to avoid crashing by the end of the |
| workout in the late evenings. And if you're like most | | | | day. Don't forget that each meal MUST include some |
| people, you would eventually come to feel that | | | | protein and carbohydrates - which means a glass of |
| you're just too tired for exercise.I too, have an | | | | Milo or Ribena won't do. Think tuna sandwich, oatmeal |
| office job which only allows me to hit the weights at | | | | + protein shake, etc.A small pre-workout snack |
| the gym after 7 pm. And even then, its normally 8 | | | | before your workout is very important. It's a bad |
| pm before I get changed and am able to start | | | | idea to work out if your last meal was 6 hours ago. |
| training. So, it is understandable that the comfy sofa | | | | Your energy levels would be low and you wouldnt be |
| at home may be calling you - but if this is the only | | | | able to give 100% towards your workout.Ensure |
| time you have to exercise, there are some tips that | | | | you're getting enough sleep at nights. Most people |
| should help you overcome this.I've tried it all.. from | | | | need seven to nine hours of sleep a night to avoid |
| coffee shots to caffeine tablets to pick me up on | | | | the afternoon crappy feeling.Always drive directly to |
| my sluggish days previously.. and yes, they work - | | | | the gym! Don't stop at home first for a quick break, |
| but you shouldnt have to resort to all these kinda | | | | or make a stop at the fast food drive-thru. It is so |
| stuff if you ask me. I'm just a bit hardcore and willing | | | | much easier to give in to laziness when you're already |
| to try crazy things. I don't do that anymore.Make | | | | at home and its going to take more effort to leave |
| sure you are eating and drinking adequately | | | | your home again.Get a workout partner (even more |
| throughout the day. Dehydration and lack of 'fuel' will | | | | fun if they're from the opposite sex and hot). |
| make you feel sluggish and decrease your motivation | | | | Perhaps a colleague? This way, you're accountable to |
| to work out. Especially when you tend to avoid rice | | | | eachother to a certain extent and will try harder to |
| and other sorts of carbohydrates - your energy | | | | make sure you make it to the gym! Plus, if you're a |
| levels could really drop and it would only end up being | | | | typical guy.. you will WANT to workout with your |
| counter-productive at the end. Don't overdo your | | | | training partner.There you go. |