Head Coaches- do you stay in shape?

I workout (age-appropriate) three times a week in Off-Season as well as doing what my doctor calls "Exercise with a Purpose" - mowing-yard work, shovelling snow.

I said I workout - staying in shape is another matter.

"Round" is a shape, right?

I work out everyday inseason and out of season. It is all about it being a priority/discipline I will go at 5 a.m. or 10 p.m. I will do a minimum of 30 minutes of cardio (3 miles) not fast just a good sweat, if I have time i'll go farther if not that is the minimum. Then generally try and lift 4 times a week 10-14 total sets can get it done in 10 minutes if I need to it is frequent but generally fast.

I lost 40 pounds in 2011 (my last year not coaching). Worked my butt of to do it (and used advocare during that time). I put it all back on this past season, and have now taken off about half again. I work out 4-5 times a week in the off-season, but have never been good about it during the year. I have been up during every season I coached. I am sure that I should be better about carving out time during the season, but if I get an extra few minutes I want to spend it with friends and family.

Gained a lot of weight last year in my first season as a HC (and I was already way too fat to begin with). Definitely need to make an in-season routine that I can easily stick to. I had never dealt with that kind of non-stop from-every-direction stress before, way too easy to pick up (and not stop eating) unhealthy foods while watching film, planning, meetings, etc. Great topic and awesome tips so far.

I have 3 artificial joints so I need to work out. 2-3 times a week I do up to 30 minutes of strength training. 2 times per week I do stair sprints (my version of sprints). I use peak 8 intervals . (Dr. Mercola) the proper way to burn fat IMHO.

I struggle during the season to stay consistent. Heard a lot of coaches do something like p90x or the insanity workout. It's a little easier because you exactly how much time you need to do it. I'm going to try and do it at night once the seasons starts. Have the workout dvd in the computer with the team film on the tv.

I'm a meat and potatoes guy, free weights, heavy lifting, etc.  It would probably benefit me to switch it up to something like p90x those months during the season.

I am not the HC, but I am a chronologically-challenged DC. I do two things especially during the season. First, I really try to keep an eye on what I eat and drink. This is the hard part. Second, I get up at 4:30 am as many mornings as I can and walk for 30-45 minutes at a brisk pace. I'm not training for the Olympics, so I don't have to run or over-do it. The idea is to walk every day, but I'm happy if I walk every other day.

I work out, wouldn't say I am in shape. Try to get 3-4 days a week in. That dwindles in the season. I HATE running so I don't do a lot of long runs unless I am feeling especially fat. When I do lift I try to superset everything. I also like to do a set, then go run a lap around the track, do a set, go run a lap etc..... For 4-6 laps.  Oh yeah not a HC but I put my time in. 

I find that I work out more when I'm busier, so when I was HC of one team and ran from one practice there to being STC of another I managed to still work out every day I didn't have 2 practices. My wife likes when I keep busy.

I do a crunch every morning to get out of bed and then I sprint to the shower because it is cold as hell...

I also run my mouth a TON all day... - lots of verbal cardio...

I too have a family and I am a HC so my time is strained... Could do the 5am or 10pm thing but thats a lot of committment and time and effort...

Rather sit on couch and kill some Ben and Jerry's

have worked out about 45 minutes a day during the season. Getting up at 4:30/5 AM was a pain in the butt some days but its something I needed to do. Years ago the doctor wanted to put me on blood pressure medicine cause I was quite fat. I'm still not trim and lean by any stretch of the imagination by my BP is a ton better even after being a HC with doing the 30 minutes of cardio a day and then some lifting or some other exercise program.

I might always be a bigger person but I admit to taking a small amount of personal pride in when doing a conditioning drill during the season with the team I heard one of the players remark after they were running after me and I made it to the marker that I was faster than he'd thought I'd be. Let me know that he thought I'd be a slow runner but I was glad on the other hand that I was able to surprise him.

What? Don't you know that this is AMERICA! The Founding Fathers made it a right to put bacon and everything, and nobody can take that away.

I am a younger HC, 30... In-season I find it very hard to consistently get good workouts in. However, this winter I have been doing the same 5-3-1 program my kids are doing and I love it. I feel it is very important for your kids see you as the coach working hard it the weight room. I can't expect my kids to do anything that I am not willing to do myself...