Work, Sleep, Family, Fitness, or Friends: Pick 3

Get your exercise with friends/family. I can chat and lift weights, walk on a treadmill or do yoga at the same time easily. Not to mention that you can get a lot of callisthenics in during a 5 minute break every couple of hours at work; just wear comfortable clothes and don't be afraid to use the floor space by your desk.

Interesting. My college track coach expressed it as social, grades and running: pick 2. Sleep is a requirement or all the rest inevitably fall apart.

Personally I think fitness is not as time consuming as many people make out. I run 5 to 6 hours a week total clocking 40 to 50 miles. Granted running is probably one of the more time efficient forms of training... It's all about minimizing friction for me: run from home or work instead of driving somewhere and choosing my running time to minimize time spent in traffic. It helps a lot that my spouse is also a runner and many of my friends are so that takes care of much if the family/social part...

So 6 hours out of my 112 waking hours does not seem impossible. And most people could cut that in half and stay in decent shape.

Sleep, sleep, and sleep. I win.