Asklemmy

Bench press your toddler. They’re heavy.

But also schedule time during the week when the kid is distracted/somewhere else/mail them to in-laws or parents.

I hear you. My wife and I both work full time. The only option is weekends and one parent has to take kid duties. It's frustrating and exhausting, but we manage to squeeze in a tiny bit of fitness.

I work from home so I can do house chores and stuff throughout the day and wife only works weekends. I do all my climbing after the kid goes to bed. Wife prefers to workout at home and does during naps.

It took about 6 months to a year to start getting a consistent schedule though. We also did sleep training around 10 months and it was hard for a couple nights but it was 1000% worth it.

So your options are early, naps, after bed, or having your partner watch the kid while you work out. When he was really little we had a play area (really large pack n play basically) and could workout while keeping an eye on him.

Oh that's easy, I don't.

Integrating your kid into your routine is key in my opinion:

• Toddlers are a nice progressive weight and you can e.g. do some kettlebell exercises like swings with them and they will be happy
• You can do things like pushup to pike and the kid can crawl underneath you each time you're in pike position etc. Be creative, make it a game and they will have fun
• Do simple exercises together: Some simpler yoga things, airsquats and even things like turkish getups (and give them something like a TP roll as weight) work.
• Play with them while you're resting. Most kids can play for themselves for small periods of time. You could also make that a game: Give them a task ("run to X and back") and see who finishes first.
• Cardio: Lots of people like to run with a running stroller. Personally I prefer to bike and having a kid on your MTB in something like a "MacRide" or "Kids ride shotgun" seat is really fun. Even now with a 4 1/2 yo (@18kg + seat) it's fun although sometimes I wish my surroundings wouldn't be so hilly.