How to Revolutionise Your Lunch Break Workout

Don’t have time to work out in the morning? Feel you’re always too tired by the evening? And absolute hate returning to your desk a sweaty mess midday?

We feel you. Finding the ideal time to workout is tough. Here’s how we’re transitioning the lunchtime workout from ultimate fitspo fantasy, into everyday reality.

For too long, the midday workout has existed an idealistic dream, fit only for those with flexible hours or the frustrating tendency to take an extended lunch break.

That said, a lunchtime workout is bursting with benefits. For we refuse to exempt ourselves any longer, we’ve taken the time to fine-tune its functionality in our everyday lives.

After all, who could say no to the following gains (excuse the pun)?

Breaking a sweat at lunch is great for:

These benefits confirm that quick workouts should be integrated on our lunch-break! The single downfall that often acts to turn us off, however, is the idea of returning to our desks, permanently attached to the sweat that was.

It’s time we overcame the single obstacle standing in the way of us, and our fitness goals.

The trick with lunchtime workouts is understanding that whilst they can be integrated, they are also a luxury.

At the end of the day, whilst you’re at work, work is the priority.

So if something comes up that means your lunch break is pushed back, then so too is your workout.

A way to utilise the spare hours that do arise comes down to being over-prepared.

The unforeseen desire for a lunch-hour workout may also come from events that occur in your working morning.

An over-prepared fitness fanatic never returns to their desk feeling uncomfortable, for they’ve always got a towel, a drink bottle and deodorant on hand.

Be over prepared and you’ll never have to suffer the discomfort of deciding to be active with your lunch break! From now on, we bask in the benefits of a great workout only!

If you’re able to, take the opportunity after your workout to jump in a cold shower! Not only will this awaken and reinvigorate your body, it’ll also help to cool down your body’s temperature at a faster rate.

Avoid a flustered, hot return to your desk, by shocking your body back to its normal temperature instead.

These act to fight off bugs and early-stage illnesses throughout our body. Few of us are new to the plethora of benefits that come with cold showers. From depression relief to increased body fat burning, cold showers do it all!

Who could say no to calorie burn, weight loss, immunity boosting and revitalisation all at once?!

If you don’t know already, dry shampoo is a fitness guru’s best-kept secret! When you lack sufficient time or access to a shower post-workout, this is the next best option.

Dry shampoo is the ultimate solution for avoiding greasy hair, and for returning to your office in a presentable manner.

It’s also the secret to getting ready in a short period of time! No one has the time to wash and dry their hair in the finite period of a lunch break, right?! We’d rather be working out!

The lunch-time workout is great for enhancing our daily mood, productivity and brain function! Ensuring the routine is functional and up-keepable comes down to being seriously organised and maximising your surroundings.

Whether that’s access to dry shampoo, or if you’re lucky, a cold shower! So what do you think? We say, it’s time to get those mid-day endorphins pumping