Help w/ Workout schedule to accomodate time constraints

Hello!

     In a couple of months, I am going to start an intensive work-study program that will last roughly three years. For much of the week I am going to be busy from 5:30am to 9:30pm in addition to family/domestic responsibilities . I am trying to think about how I might possibly be able to accommodate my training (if at all). Currently, my schedule looks like this: (Each day takes between 55min to 1:40min respectively, including stretching, warmup, etc).

Mon: FL, SPL, HBP, RC      Tue: MN, SL, SLS, H1, H2    Wen: Stretch/Mobility  Thurs: FL, SPL, HBP, RC     FRI: MN, SL, SLS, H1, H2   SAT: Movement/Mobility

 

My initial thoughts were dealing with this in one or two ways; Split up the workout throughout the day...

EG..     Mon: Early Morning- FL, SPL Evening- HBP, RC          Tue: Early Morning- MN, SL  Evening- SLS, H1, H2

Or just doing a single exercise on a prescribed day of the week....  (a more extreme reduction)

EG..     Mon: FL, Tue: SPL, Wed: MN, Thurs: SL, FRI: HBP, SAT: RC, SUN: H1,H2

 

1. What kind of setbacks and possible advantages would I face with each schedule (what could I expect to see happen)?

2. Would it at least be possible to see some maintenance with the second schedule?

3. Does anyone have any alternative ideas or different ways of doing this? How do you recommend me to proceed/ what would you do in this position?

 

 

Thank you so much!

 

Splitting between AM and PM is totally fine.

In addition to the morning and evening split, you could drop the idea of assigning workouts to a day of the week altogether. Instead, just put them on rotation and be as consistent as you can. So, rather than Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. you have Session 1, Session 2, Session 3...Never skip a session; just move on to the next on the next day you get to train. 

Even if session 1 needs to be split over 2 days, no worries. As long as you never skip any of the content you're good. Ideally, you'd get through what you have listed in around a week but life happens and a 7-day rotation is arbitrary after all. If it takes 10 days instead your gains are NOT going to quit coming ...just train hard when you do work out. 

Thanks for the quick response! I am curious though, if assigning a single element to a session/day would be reasonable and affective? I am asking again mostly for the sake of peace of mind ))

I'd steer clear of that and just focus on the rotation you listed first: Upper, Lower/Handstand, Core, Stretching/Mobility, and Movement. I think that spreading all of the elements out could seriously slow progress across the board. 

A tweak I feel ok suggesting, though, is picking 1 or 2 movements you really like/want to achieve and focusing extra hard on those while maintaining in the other areas. Let's assume you want to focus on free handstand and hollow back press for the sake of example. In that case, your rotation could look like:

Session 1: Upper (sPL, HBP, RC) w/ emphasis on HBP

AM- sPL, RC

PM-HBP

Session 2: Lower+Handstand (SLS, HS, pHS) w/ emphasis on HS

AM- HS+pHS

PM- SLS

Session 3: Front Split Stretch Series

Session 4: HBP- Focused day working specifically on this 

Session 5: HS- Focused day working specifically on this 

Session 6: Core+Lower (FL, SL, MN+SLS)

AM- FL, SL

PM- MN, SLS

Session 7: Thoracic Stretch Series 

Session 8: Upper (sPL, HBP, RC) w/ emphasis on HBP

AM- HBP

PM-sPL, RC

Session 9: Lower+Handstand (SLS, HS, pHS) w/ emphasis on HS

AM- SLS

PM- HS/pHS

Session 10: Movement/Conditioning+Mobility

AM- Mobility

PM- Movement/Conditioning

Session 11: Middle Split Stretch

Session 12: HBP- Focused day working specifically on this 

Session 13: HS- Focused day working specifically on this 

This will sort of help you maintain your strength in the other areas and make room for more progress in your goal areas over a longer rotation. It's just one idea on how to mildly adjust the current programming suggestions and keep most of the days shorter. Full rest days would be implemented when necessary. 

Thank you for the clarification! Interesting that the example is a seven day cycle, but the times of training (AM/PM) are switched on the second week. also that core is repeated once/ week. Good things to think about! Very helpful!