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Keeping a realistic workout routine on a busy schedule

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Apr 21, 2026
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Building TMR means no fixed office hours, which sounds like freedom and mostly is, except that it also means working at all hours if you’re not careful. I try to organize my working days the traditional way to avoid ending up living in a parallel reality. So I schedule my workouts the same way I schedule everything else: they go in the calendar, and I treat them like appointments.

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