I am putting together my gym bag. The goal is to have everything I need together so that I can go to the gym early in the morning and then straight to work. I am not saying this is the end all and may not even apply to women but here is what I am taking:

1. Gym Bag
2. Lock & Key
3. Work Clothes & Shoes
4. Pair of underwear & socks
5. Comb or brush
6. Deodorant, cologne
7. Shampoo, soap

My plan is to get up between 4:00 am and 4:30 am and drive to the gym by 5:15 am when they open. I will wear my gym clothes on the way. This will let me throw my gym bag into the locker and start working out immediately. Thirty minutes on the treadmill or elliptical machine will get me to around 5:50 am. I will then head to the shower, taking along my gym bag so that I can have access to the shampoo and soap. Drying off and changing clothes puts me to about 6:10 am. Dry my hair with the gym furnished hair dryer and out the door by 6:20 am. and drive to work by 7:00 am.

I’ve done this before and I think I can even beat that time but it is an approximate schedule that I would like to make a daily activity in my life. I think I will have to shave at home before I go because I have never seen it done at the gym and it would probably not be appreciated at the gym either? My main problem is getting to sleep early enough to do this on a consistent basis.

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