2 Questions.

MondayJune22nd2015

If you miss a day of exercising, do you double up the next day; that you exercise?

How much is the maximum amount of time exercising, do you deem to be appropriate/safe daily (including any additional missed days of exercising) & how many days weekly?

IsaackGMOON

Depends on what sort of exercise it is. If it's weight training, then I just carry on where I left off. If it's cardio, then I guess you could try and double up if it isn't too taxing.

Again, it depends on the type of exercise.

zoeysasha37

If I miss a day at the gym, I do not double up the next days gym time. I consider that missed day a rest day and just move forward with my plan. I don't double up the gym time .

I can't answer your second question because everyone will be different. But IMO , I would try to use good judgement , be reasonable. There was once a young girl at my gym who would be in the cardio section for three hours doing treadmills, elliptical non stop . so in the locker room , I asked her why she spends so much time in the cardio section? She said " I want to burn all the calories I eat so I lose more weight fast " clearly that is unhealthy and poor judgement. That plan she had was absolutely unsafe .

MondayJune22nd2015

IsaackGMOON wrote: »

Depends on what sort of exercise it is. If it's weight training, then I just carry on where I left off. If it's cardio, then I guess you could try and double up if it isn't too taxing.

Again, it depends on the type of exercise.

I change my exercising every week or increase the resistance, so that I don't become use to it & thus then it'd just become apart of my daily routine instead of exercise. Currently I am doing squats on my Total Gym Fit.

GreenHeather2014

I do the same as the above poster, picking up where I left off if it's weights, and possibly doubling down if it's cardio. I think everyone's "appropriate/safe" can be different. I once had a roommate who was a professional competitive athlete, and he would run 5k on his 'resting' days!

What works for me is a 3-on, 1-off approach. I go to the gym 3 days in a row, one day off, then back for three days (if I miss a day then I start back counting the next gym trip as the first day of three).
day 1. weights and cardio (approx. 1 hr each)
day 2. cardio only, 1-2 hrs, depending on my oomph.
day 3. weights and cardio (approx 1 hr each).
off day: light yoga or a pleasant walk somewhere

I do enjoy a vigorous hike, which can leave me too sore to work out on the above schedule for about 3 days. When that happens, I do my best to keep to the plan I have, but take it easy.

MondayJune22nd2015

thorsmom01 wrote: »

If I miss a day at the gym, I do not double up the next days gym time. I consider that missed day a rest day and just move forward with my plan. I don't double up the gym time .

I can't answer your second question because everyone will be different. But IMO , I would try to use good judgement , be reasonable. There was once a young girl at my gym who would be in the cardio section for three hours doing treadmills, elliptical non stop . so in the locker room , I asked her why she spends so much time in the cardio section? She said " I want to burn all the calories I eat so I lose more weight fast " clearly that is unhealthy and poor judgement. That plan she had was absolutely unsafe .

I agree that that isn't healthy & especially without any breaks in between. I only aim to exercise an hour everyday.

DavPul

1. Highly doubtful
2. Depends

MondayJune22nd2015

GreenHeather2014 wrote: »

I do the same as the above poster, picking up where I left off if it's weights, and possibly doubling down if it's cardio. I think everyone's "appropriate/safe" can be different. I once had a roommate who was a professional competitive athlete, and he would run 5k on his 'resting' days!

What works for me is a 3-on, 1-off approach. I go to the gym 3 days in a row, one day off, then back for three days (if I miss a day then I start back counting the next gym trip as the first day of three).
day 1. weights and cardio (approx. 1 hr each)
day 2. cardio only, 1-2 hrs, depending on my oomph.
day 3. weights and cardio (approx 1 hr each).
off day: light yoga or a pleasant walk somewhere

I do enjoy a vigorous hike, which can leave me too sore to work out on the above schedule for about 3 days. When that happens, I do my best to keep to the plan I have, but take it easy.

If a hike made me sore, I'd consider that to be 1 of my exercise days.

trswallow

MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »

I change my exercising every week or increase the resistance, so that I don't become use to it & thus then it'd just become apart of my daily routine instead of exercise. Currently I am doing squats on my Total Gym Fit.

If you exercise every day then exercise is part of your daily routine, but it is still exercise.

Missed days happen, don't punish yourself for it. What happens if you miss a week are you going to do 4 to 6 hours of exercise to make up for it? The important thing is to get back into your routine.

jemhh

I usually don't double up. I hurt my back helping my daughter clean her room last week and haven't been able to do lower body lifting since. I'm tempted to double up to make it up later but it wouldn't make sense to re - hurt myself by overdoing it.

lemurcat12

If I miss a workout I usually just miss it unless I can switch an unplanned rest day with a planned rest day without throwing off my schedule.

As for how much, depends on the overall plan for the week, how intense it is, what it is, how fit you are, etc. I'm usually following a training plan so overdoing it on one day might mess up the plan. I tend to have longer workouts on the weekend and shorter ones during the week, with usually one full off day (although I will try to be reasonably active and walk a decent amount on the off day). I'll take extra off days on occasion if I feel like I need it, have an event or intense workout the day before, am short on sleep, that kind of thing.