Everybody’s working for the weekend.
Everybody’s goin’ off the deep end.
Everybody needs a second chance.
- Loverboy, “Everybody’s Working for the Weekend” (off of Get Lucky – 1980)
Yes, it’s Friday, precursor to those glorious days beginning with S when, hopefully, you don’t have to drag your under-caffeinated carcass to the office to have your soul slowly killed by cubicles and fluorescent lighting. Maybe you’re on call one week out of every X (like I happen to be this time around), but the electronic tether is a bit looser — a cell phone, pager, and laptop on your front porch, rather than khakis and a commute. In short, it feels really good to relax after another week on the job.
Repeat after me: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.”
Now, get your butt back on task with your fitness routine. You’re not gonna ruin the progress you made during the week, are you?
The seven items in that article can be summed up in two:
- Be consistent. You’ve been good about your nutrition and movement, don’t neglect it just because you can keep your bunny slippers on until noon.
- Be disciplined. Yes, the siren song of sloth and/or adult beverages in relative profusion is strong. You’re stronger. As the saying goes, “Goals are dreams with deadlines.”
Take advantage of the time off to do one of the most overlooked things in most folks’ health and fitness regimen: sleep in. Getting enough sleep is something not enough folks do. If you don’t need to be somewhere and can ignore that beeping devil on your bedside table, do it.
Just make sure to have a smart breakfast when you roll out of bed at the crack of lunch.
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I so can’t believe you quoted Loverboy on our site.
I owned their greatest hits album, back in the day. I’m not ashamed of this.