One of the worst feelings you can have on your program is over-sleeping. You wake up and realize that you don’t have enough time to workout before work. You feel empty and dejected. You have a jam-packed day with meetings in the evening.

What can you do?

You can chalk it up to a missed day or you can get creative.

This scenario happened to me recently and instead of blowing off my workout all together, I did something about it. I was able to carve out 25 minutes at work to get away and do a cardio session. It wasn’t the best exercise ever, but it was much better than doing nothing.

How creative can you be? If you work at an office, maybe you can run up and down the stairs for 15-20 minutes. You can go for an extended walk at lunch. If you really want to jack up your heart rate you can do a quick circuit of 10 Push-ups followed by 15 Body Squats. Do 3 circuits of those and your blood will be pumping, I can guarantee that. These are just a few things you can do.

The bottom line is you can give in to waking up late or you can do something about it. You can continue to believe your excuses or not make them.

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” - Jim Rohn

So, if you wake up late one day, don’t panic. Get in a resourceful state and figure out what else you can do. Better yet, you can PLAN BEFORE this happens. Have a few “make-up” workouts at your disposal, so if you find yourself in this position you can do something about it. Don’t fall victim.

Take control.

-Tim

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