You may have some reasons not to exercise regularly but really there are no excuses. Well perhaps just a few but not many. There may be some times in your life when there are other priorities which are much more important - such as a sick family member or you are quite ill yourself. But in the long term we all know that regular exercise will boost our immune system to prevent physical illness and also improve our mental well-being. In fact it's often during those tough times in our life that exercise will be the more effective in helping us climb out of our holes.
You say you have an injury but ask any good personal trainer or strength and conditioning coach and they will easily find some forms of exercises you can perform by working around the injured part of your body. A physiotherapist or exercise physiologist can also use that time to help you recover from your injuries and it is during those times of rehabilitation that you can concentrate on correcting potential contributing factors to your injury, such as poor core activation, poor posture, incorrect lifting technique or biomechanics and overall cardiovascular and muscular fitness. That way you will come out stronger. I look after many athletes with chronic or long term disabilities and it amazes me that often they are more enthusiastic with exercise than many of us able bodied couch potatoes.
You say you have an injury but ask any good personal trainer or strength and conditioning coach and they will easily find some forms of exercises you can perform by working around the injured part of your body. A physiotherapist or exercise physiologist can also use that time to help you recover from your injuries and it is during those times of rehabilitation that you can concentrate on correcting potential contributing factors to your injury, such as poor core activation, poor posture, incorrect lifting technique or biomechanics and overall cardiovascular and muscular fitness. That way you will come out stronger. I look after many athletes with chronic or long term disabilities and it amazes me that often they are more enthusiastic with exercise than many of us able bodied couch potatoes.
One of the biggest excuses I hear, especially from fathers is that they can't exercise because they need to spend time with their kids. There are countless exercise programs out there for parents and babies to do - they look quite fun and I'm sure most parents have done these type of exercises with their own babies anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsXH_yDIS14
I remember carrying my 14 month old in a second hand baby backpack (it cost $20 from a church fete and was much lighter and more comfortable than the big expensive ones out there on the market!) and walking with him everyday whilst holding leads for 2 dogs. You'll be surprised how much of a workout you can get with that extra load walking up Mt Ainslie, or mowing the lawn or working out what is and isn't possible in terms of martial arts training and weights training with an extra person on your back. I see so many parents with jogging prams and baby carriers on bikes and sharing these times with your kids is so important for their development. Primitive man would have swaddled their kids on their backs when they worked as gatherers and farmers. Our bodies are meant to move and having kids with us shouldn't stop that.
I remember carrying my 14 month old in a second hand baby backpack (it cost $20 from a church fete and was much lighter and more comfortable than the big expensive ones out there on the market!) and walking with him everyday whilst holding leads for 2 dogs. You'll be surprised how much of a workout you can get with that extra load walking up Mt Ainslie, or mowing the lawn or working out what is and isn't possible in terms of martial arts training and weights training with an extra person on your back. I see so many parents with jogging prams and baby carriers on bikes and sharing these times with your kids is so important for their development. Primitive man would have swaddled their kids on their backs when they worked as gatherers and farmers. Our bodies are meant to move and having kids with us shouldn't stop that.