What's your gym routine?

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greekyogurttt
greekyogurttt Posts: 7 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I do 30 minutes at the elliptical and I'm trying to do the stairs effortlessly so I increase my time by a minute everyday at the same speed until I reach 30..then I'll increase my speed. I did 8 minutes of the stairs today at 4. I go to the gym 6/week. I'm gonna start incorporating some resistance exercises in my routine this week to work on my lean muscle. How about you? What's your routine? :D (and how long have u been going to the gym consistently?)
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  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
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    I do 90-120 minutes weight training 4x a week. I've been training for 18 years, some of which I even knew what I was doing.
  • GeorgiPorgi1989
    GeorgiPorgi1989 Posts: 30 Member
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    I go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week. Alternating days between lower body weights (squats, deadlifts, lunges, cable training, glute bridges, kickbacks etc) and upper body/abs/short amount of cardio (often 15-20 min run, cable training for arms, floor ab exercises). Seems to be working for me.

    Been going to the gym for about 2 years but serious weights for the past 6 months or so.
  • anne3091
    anne3091 Posts: 15
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    Monday - Chest
    Tuesday - Biceps
    Wednesday - Chest
    Thursday - Biceps
    Friday - Chest
    Saturday - Biceps
    Sunday - Off :#
  • anne3091
    anne3091 Posts: 15
    edited February 2015
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    I think you should also start this.
  • GeorgiPorgi1989
    GeorgiPorgi1989 Posts: 30 Member
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    What about legs and the most important woman feature... butt?
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
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    You missed the joke.
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
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    I do crossfit 2 - 3 times per week, depending on my work schedule. I’ll also have 1 - 2 heavy weight training sessions (squat, deadlift, bench press, rows, overhead press) and up to 3 light cardio sessions (walking up to 8 miles).

    I’ve been training (off and on) for 35 years. Started crossfit about a year ago (it covers modalities of fitness I haven’t really focused on before). I’m also a NASM CPT (working on my nutrition specialty), which I plan to put to use when I retire and start career #2.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,867 Member
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    Tuesday - lift

    Thursday - lift

    Saturday - lift

    I also ride my bike most days, just not at the gym
  • Brittany91389
    Brittany91389 Posts: 32 Member
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    This week:
    Monday: BodyPump AM, Spin/RPM PM
    Tuesday: Double Spin (AM and PM)
    Wednesday: Swimming AM, Chest, Tri's
    Thursday: Double Spin (AM and PM)
    Friday: Lower Body, Bi's and Back
    Saturday: Running/Elliptical (60 minute minimum), Yoga
    Sunday: Rest (except I'm not because we're renovating our house. Plenty of heavy lifting.)

    Definitely throw in some strength training. If you don't know how, if your gym offers BodyPump it's a good place to start, or have a staff member show you around the weight room. You want to make sure you're going the moves correctly.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
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    anne3091 wrote: »
    Monday - Chest
    Tuesday - Biceps
    Wednesday - Chest
    Thursday - Biceps
    Friday - Chest
    Saturday - Biceps
    Sunday - Off :#

    No back? No Shoulders? No legs???
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
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    Wendler 5/3/1 with hypertrophy accessory lifts 4 days a week.

    Running one day a week, soon to be 2 days when the weather breaks.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
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    When my schedule is cooperating...

    Monday: pick-up basketball
    Tuesday: lift, modified 5/3/1
    Wednesday: pick-up basketball or run or bike
    Thursday: lift, modified 5/3/1
    Friday: pick-up basketball
    Weekends: lift, modified 5/3/1 and something fun, not training specific.
  • workout_ninja
    workout_ninja Posts: 524 Member
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    Monday and Friday I go to the gym and lift weights (full body) for 60 minutes. I run the rest of the week
  • goddessofawesome
    goddessofawesome Posts: 563 Member
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    I lift 4-5 days a week (depending on whether or not I have an unplanned rest day or since it seems like we are getting a storm every week if the weather is bad). Typically my workout is 60-70 minutes. I work one muscle group/day and alternate abs and legs.

    This week my workout will be:

    Tues: Tri's
    Wed: Bi's/Legs
    Thurs: Chest/Abs
    Fri: Back/Legs
    Mon: Shoulders/Abs

    Repeat Tuesday with Tri's/legs etc.

    I also do DDP yoga 4 days a week in the afternoon and I need to start hitting the cardio 1-2 days.
  • goddessofawesome
    goddessofawesome Posts: 563 Member
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    anne3091 wrote: »
    Monday - Chest
    Tuesday - Biceps
    Wednesday - Chest
    Thursday - Biceps
    Friday - Chest
    Saturday - Biceps
    Sunday - Off :#

    What about your shoulders/back/tri's? What about legs?
  • many_splendored
    many_splendored Posts: 113 Member
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    Mondays and Wednesdays: 30 to 40 of cardio, full weight training circuit
    Every other Friday: same as above
    On my Fridays off: light weight lifting, usually with increased cardio time.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
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    Currently:
    Monday - lift
    Tuesday - yoga & run
    Wednesday - speed workout
    Thursday - run & lift
    Friday - yoga (or sleep)
    Saturday - run & ski
    Sunday - run

    I'm using Hal Higdon's intermediate half program & ICF 5x5
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
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    Sunday - three hour team training. 90 minutes bench, 90 minutes either squats or deads
    monday-Friday - 60-120 minutes of whatever my programmer tells me to do, based on the focus I've asked for. Right now, that's squat and bench focus for the next couple months until the last cycle/two cycles before provincials when we switch to a deadlift focus.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    edited February 2015
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    Sunday - full body weight training
    Monday - walking on treadmill
    Tuesday - full body weight training
    Wednesday - walking on treadmill*
    Thursday - full body weight training + walking on treadmill
    Friday - rest*
    Saturday - extra lower body weight training day + walking on treadmill

    *If I feel like resting on Wednesday, I move the walking to Friday.

    For weight training, I do the lower body only program from Strong Curves and then superset in upper body to make it full body.

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