Exercise Exercise Exercise

smcclaycouffer

So, I have an exercise question. I do about 30/40min of exercise a day. If I'm feeling unmotivated I only do 20min. I was curious if that's long enough? I see on here that most people do an hour a day and that absolutely amazes me. Even when I was 17 (I'm 32 now) I couldn't do an hour of exercise. I want to succeed at this. In the settings I do have it set to 30min of exercise.

Is 30/40min of exercise a day long enough?

Thank you

discretekim

There are a few variables. But exercise doesn't matter much for weight loss. For cardiovascular health 30 minutes a day is good.

quiksylver296

Depends on what your goals are. If weight loss is your ultimate goal, than exercise isn't even necessary. Eating less calories than you burn is. If you want to up the burn side of the equation, exercise helps with that, giving you more calories you can eat during the day.

Any amount of exercise is better than zero exercise. There is no need to exercise for hours and hours per day. Usually those people end up burning out.

sofaking6

Short answer: yes.

It's enough time to improve your cardio and endurance, enough time to increase your strength, enough time to add some calories to your food allotment if you're doing BMR method. So, long answer: also yes. Movement is good for you.

gdyment

quiksylver296 wrote: »

Any amount of exercise is better than zero exercise. There is no need to exercise for hours and hours per day. Usually those people end up burning out.

Or they become athletes.

6-14 hrs/week isn't crazy IMO, especially if you can include things like bike commuting.

But nothing wrong with 20-30 mins. Usually just a logistics issue of getting changed/showering/whatever for a longer time is more efficient than a shorter one.