How do bankers find the time to work out consistently?
I have been to some networking sessions where the analysts are freakin' massive (I am talking about bodybuilder types). There was a MF VP that I met at a alum event that worked for 2 years in a top BB group --> 4 years at a MF known to work A LOT but this guy still looks like he hits the gym 5-6x a week minimum (I am talking about a guy who looks like he can start a bodybuilding channel on youtube..no kidding). For bankers here who actually lift seriously (I am talking about 8-10 hours a week), how do you find the time?
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wake up earlier if possible to get in a 1 hour workout
go during lunch and eat at desk
go at afternoon/night if activity is slow
after work if leaving office at reasonable time
utilize weekends to workout
one of the hardest part imo is the volatility if your schedule, but if you have a good grasp at it, then should be more doable. the hardest part for me though, is the energy to workout because soometimes i'll be burned out as fuck and the idea of doing deadlifts makes me want to cry
There's a lull around 6PM-8PM if you're not on a live deal. A lot of people hit the gym then and then come back to the office.
Most banks that aren't dysfunctional allow you to get a reasonable amount of exercise because it's to their own benefit to keep employees healthy. You may not be able to have a regularly scheduled workout time but even when I had a couple 100 hour weeks consecutively, I still went to the gym 3 hours per week.
Will largely depend on the people you work with. If you work with aholes that don't respect your time, good luck.
You really don't unless you're up early in the AM (and by early, i mean 5am).
Everyone says there's no such thing as "facetime"...well, i'm hear to tell you there absolutely is. As much as MD's and directors want to say that there isn't, there unfortunately is, and if you're a junior analyst/associate that isn't turning comments but instead are out getting your post-workout protein, you will not be looked at the same.
I truly wish this wasn't true, but unless you go in the AM or a gym that's open until 11pm, you sacrifice your health for the time youre in IB.
8.30/9am - 23.30/1am office -> 00.30/2am bed till 6am -> gym.. everyday + weekends before going to the office / go out for the afternoon
You stick to that most weeks? Or do you get more sleep on other days...
I go like this 95% of the weeks and even during hard weeks I try to go 4/5 times to the gym. it helps me deal with bullshit request from people and remove a lot of stress from me, that’s why I’m happy to sacrifice 2 hours of sleep per day
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They make it a priority and do it right when they wake up each day
I was into powerlifting before banking and somewhat kept it up during my 2 analyst years. Initially, when I had a shorter leash from work, didn't know what I was doing, and had to deal with getting a PE seat, I definitely didn't keep up my routine with as much consistency. I did a 4 day split which was about 2 - 2 1/2 hours per session but had to adjust it to more like a bodybuilding split with 5 days a week and only about 80-90 minutes per session because my schedule wouldn't accommodate. I think the biggest system shock was not necessarily this change, but diet - it became way harder to program meals than it was in college when you're literally on the floor around the clock. I had to really change my eating habits to keep weight. Edit: Should have added this initially. I went around 7 - 8:30 in the morning my first year and more like 7 - 9 my second year.
By around a year on, when I had more leeway, had secured a PE job, it became clear what bracket I was in for comp, and when I stopped learning (all of these happen at around the same time for most analysts), I began playing around with longer workouts in the mornings and kept that up for the next year or so. I think it's really about managing that initial trough.
24 Hour Fitness / Basketball @ YMCA and Stuytown
joined 24 Hour Fitness on like ~54th / Lexington / got the global pass to go near my apt too. but also joined the YMCA which had a full court basketball court so once in a while you do that. and played at Stuytown
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