Originally Posted by
Rogue1979
As a new father myself, I too struggled with this. You feel torn between your needs and that of your wife and kiddo. You didn't indicate if you train at home or at an outside gym. I am fortunate and train at home but still took into the consideration of the family. What I did was determine how much time away from the family my training was going to take and figured out what days and times we could consistently work. Key word is consistently. This meant that I train Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday. Saturday after family is up for the day, Monday after getting wife and kiddo out the door (I work 11 to 8 instead of my normal 7 to 4) and Wednesday is at 3:30 am. I had to shift my focus on being optimal to being consistent. There is some days, mainly Wednesdays, when I don't get all my prescribed reps and that is ok because consistently is the main goal.
Find out what you can consistently do and plan for that. BTW, my daughter just turned 5 months so I'm still in the same boat.