I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard people say to me: “I just don’t have the time to exercise”.

Well, this really makes me angry! It’s like saying I don’t have the time to live longer and live healthily.

Think of your wife or husband, parent, children and friends. If you want to make the most of your relationships a big part of that is ‘being there’.

And making the time to live a healthy and happy life is something for which you can take responsibility.

Here’s a quote from the recent UK Active Summit: “Inactivity kills four times more people than obesity.”

One of the most common excuses I hear for not being able to exercise is not having time.

Now I know modern life can leave us feeling like this. Working, cooking, being a parent and running a home means that time can sometimes be limited.

However, we all have the same 24 hours in each day and it’s what you decide to do with those hours that might make the difference between you and the next person who seems to have time to be ‘always working out’.

I’m not a parent myself, but I have watched my older sister, who now has two children under two years old, fit exercise into her life.

I know if you are a parent, life can be hectic trying to balance home life with work, looking after children, organising meals, and a million other things.

So, to a certain extent it is understandable why people say ‘I don’t have time to exercise’.

Still I disagree if only because my sister proves it is achievable.

With just a little bit of organising you can make time to build an exercise regime to fit in to your lifestyle.

You don’t need to join a gym, and you don’t have to spend hours at a time pounding the cardio machines and then not getting results.

In fact, if you do the correct type of exercise, then you can achieve results in just 15 minutes four or five times a week. Believe it or not exercises that can be done at home can be the equivalent of spending around an hour in the gym. Do them while the kids are napping or playing or even involve the children themselves.

Now, think from where you can get those 15 minutes. How long do you spend watching TV, surfing the internet, or wasting time on Facebook? I believe that EVERYONE can find 15 minutes in their day to fit in some exercise.

If you are a professional working long 12+ hour days I guarantee doing just 10-15 minutes in the morning or while dinner is cooking in the evening will make you feel better and boost your energy levels.

To give you an idea of the type of workout you could do visit my YouTube channel, there is a 10-minute high intensity interval training workout on there with the specific title for Oxford Mail readers. Go to www.youtube.com and search for ‘10 Minute HIIT Workout Oxford Mail Readers’.