I like training in the evening, but am thinking once the baby is here (January) it might be more practical to train early. To that end, is it worth starting to train now in the morning to build the habit? Of course, it may be that the baby wakes at 5am every day and the habit building is pointless…

[image] swgregg: will go without saying but it’s a real game-changer. The period around the birth is really intense, but once our son was here and everything was fine with him and his mum I felt more relaxed and just tried to have fun. You will be covered in lots of body fluids so best do it wit…

Congratulations! Dad to a 10 month old. For me, the biggest barrier to training isn’t a lack of time, but my guilt over leaving my wife alone with the baby. By now we’ve settled into a bit of a routine, where we put the baby to sleep around 8pm then I’ll hop on the trainer for an hour. There’s no wa…

I agree it’s just don’t really want to be away. Olive is 8 months now and goes down at 7 so I can doing a bit of exercise then. Been found alot of running as it’s so time effective.

First off, congrats!! We have a 4-month old little lady and I love every minute of it. My wife and I both work out, so its a give and take- and sacrifice. A piece of advice I got before E was born was to split your schedule at night. I can tell you, I had friends that were ‘mad’ at me because my…

I’ll update here as well - daughter #2 born in mid-February. I shifted from MV SSB down to LV Sustained Power Build… short version: I was good for about three weeks, then things started to fall apart in March. I ended up going back and creating a mix of SSB MV1/2 and tackling that for about 8 weeks …

The real question is: are they Boys or Girls? From my cycling team (which has 5 dads) the breakdown of girls:boys for our kids is strongly weighted to girls. 9 girls and only 2 boys! Results from our extensive, reputable and highly controlled experiment are that cyclists have girls. (Back on to…

[image] cerb: Results from our extensive, reputable and highly controlled experiment are that cyclists have girls 1 of each here - a poll of TR users would be interesting :joy: I’m going to guess it’s somewhere near 50/50

2 girls and 1 boy. So if we add that up, it’s 12 to 4 - there must be something here

Simply put yes…but, the Baby is in charge not you…and don’t forget the Mum, she comes second. Always ask her if its okay to use any spare time you have. She may also want a “break”. Its important to find a balance.

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