How to workout during Ramadhan.

Starve your ego. Feed your soul. Stay fit and healthy.

Incorporate working out into your daily routine in Ramadhan.

I have an on-off relationship with working out like everybody has. 

But since a few months, I started to have a regular routine, where I would practice Yoga, muscle training, and some cardio regularly. 

And I thought that during Ramadan I will lose all my discipline and I would have to start very low again. 

That is not what I wanted to.
Ramadan is a month where you concentrate on your spirituality and less on your physicality. 

But there is also a link between healthy body and a healthy spirit. 

So for me, this meant, that I wanted to keep my physical strength to get an optimum spiritual strength.

I did my research and I and my husband, we both tried to incorporate working out into our daily routines, during Ramadan. 

So here are some tips and tricks on how you can also do the same. 

1.     Training between Ifatri and Sehri.
We live in a pretty small town and the gym is not open for 24 hours. So the gym closes at 12 am and we are done with Ishaa and Taraweeh prayers at 11;30-ish.
So going to the gym at night is not an option for us, but if that works for you that's great!
Going to the Gym after Taraweeh is most probably the best time because you've digested your Iftari(if you had a light meal).

2.     Training right BEFORE Iftar.
Now this works best for us. We have Iftari at around 9;50 pm. So we start our workout at 9 pm, so we can work out, shower and eat right away. 

3.     Train right AFTER Iftari.
Instead of having a full meal right away, you eat something light like a banana with some Greek yoghurt, pray Maghrib, change clothes(or find something else to use 30 Minutes of digesting) and then workout. Right after the workout you can have your actual meal. 

4.     Incorporate light exercises.
Try to stay active during the day.
Fasting is not equal to starving, which leads to lower energy levels.
While fasting you still have enough energy to go through the day because you have two proper meals. So try to have a walk during the day or ride to the mosque for Ishaa prayer.
Don't make fasting and excuse for laziness.