Hey all of us know its not easy. We love weightlifting, bodybuilding, martial arts. But we also love women. We get "caught" lol, by Miss Right and that's all she wrote. We take a vow before God, which some of us take very seriously. The children start coming and now our life is no longer our own. The kids need to fed, clothed, nurtured, brought up right. I think we've all seen the results when the "man of the house" wimps out and leaves the family. Not pretty. A dad can't be a dad from another address. So we have to make sacrifices. We give up our nights out with the boys. We come home after work, and we're in for the night. A responsible dad doesn't run off to the gym. No way. He supervises the kids homework, listens to problems, helps wifey clean the kitchen. He's lucky to get twenty minutes of pumping iron on the weight bench in the basement. Steroids? Forget about it. What kind of example for the children is that setting? Imagine the squad car pulling into the driveway to arrest Daddy? Unthinkable.
What you have to do is get your priorities in order. One thing that helps is working out at home. If you can't get a nice home gym in your garage or basement or you can go the minimalist route. Something like power block dumbbells and their multi bench or IronMaster adjustable dumbbells. I have 4 kids and worked revolving shifts. I rarely missed work outs.
Cardio on off days is easy. A 20 minute run isn't killing your day. Work out hitting a body part directly once a week. If you work a typical Monday to Friday you can do something like this. Sunday do chest and back. Tuesday is legs. Thursday is delt and arms. Friday and Saturday is off. Use one or two work sets per exercise and use maybe three exercises a body part. These lifting session should take to much over an hour. Do your cardio on off days. Put on your running shoes and leave your house. 20 minutes later you're back.
If you have the potential to compete at a high level drugs are necessary. It's foolish to use drugs to pose in a thong to a song but if that's your thing go for it. If you are lifting to look good and for health you would be a fool to drug up. Guys that waste money on drugs to look good in bars and the mall have some serious self esteem problems.
To summarize:
1. Lift three days a week. Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday on a three day split. Another way to go is a whole body routine twice a week. That way only one day a week will be during a work day. The other on a day off.
2. Do cardio on off days. Don't travel to a gym for treadmil. Save time and run out of your house.
3. If possible make a home gym to save time. If you have a lack of space Ironmaster Dumbbells and their super bench will allow your to do so much in the smallest of rooms.
4. Forget drugs for a family guy who is looking for real health, fitness and yes,a good body.
5. If your an MMA fan you can hit the dojo three times a week. Once on your day off. Cardio and body weight exercises on days you don't hit the dojo.
