On Saturdays, I wake up about 5.15am to try to get to the gym before 6am. I do this six mornings a week and I love a really good strength-training session. I’ll follow up with 15 minutes of cardio and a stretch before heading home in the car. Saturdays are still pretty intense in our house – we’re in full-on, entertain-the-kids mode – so it’s really important that I have a moment where I’m not a parent and I’m not a wife. I’m just me doing things that I love.
I need to be home by 8am at the latest, and it’s always an unknown as to whether my daughter will be dressed for gymnastics or not. Often I’ll scrabble around to get her ready and get myself in the shower before we need to hop in the car. Some weeks my daughter does gymnastics, sometimes it’s jiujitsu – we rotate. It’s like love and war with the kids – there will be moments where you’ll catch them just standing there hugging, then five minutes later they’ll be fighting about who’s going to get in the car first! You couldn’t make it up.
