Do you exercise everyday?

fitnessfortash

I was wondering how often people exercise, I am aiming to do an hour a day without no rest day.
What do you think?

TruckersWifeTruckersLife

I exercise everyday I try to have a couple of minutes rest between each one that way I can have some water. But you do what you personally feel that you can do and what are capable of don't overdo yourself

maca416

Depends on what you call exercise, I walk evreryday about 6-8 miles 5 of which is one walk so I do this everyday as it is very light exercise but if your doing a more intense workout then rest day would be important. If I do a very long walk which is around 18 miles I would rest the next day just to let my legs recover.

noah_mac

I try to, if not everyday at least 5 days in the week

mariehbil

I try and go to the gym 5 days a week, sometimes 6. I usually skip one weekend day, but try to do something active on that day, anything from hiking to cleaning the house! If your body feels like it needs a rest, do have a day off; I've injured myself in the past and found that pushing too hard really wasn't always worth it.

abheshek

not only i exercise everyday, i exercise twice everyday

Cutting4life

anywhere from 3 - 6 days listen to ur body

learnerdriver

one rest day

WilmaDennis91

Everyday except weekends.

fitnessfortash

not only i exercise everyday, i exercise twice everyday

damn

FitMrsR

I do p90x and insanity and I aim for 5-6 days per week. Rest days are important so your body can repair but on my rest days I, not just sitting around. I usually go for a walk or do some extra cleaning.

pinkraynedropjacki

For 515 days I have worked out for at least an hour each time. Not one day of rest at all. I'm doing great from it, but then I can't not do it or I'll find a reason not to do it the next day.

Nothing wrong with doing it daily, as long as you can take it.

not only i exercise everyday, i exercise twice everyday

Yep me as well. I do an hour and a half of a cardio workout...then make sure I get my walking in as well. I do the rest of the day walking, and I mean the rest of the day...like when I'm not doing that cardio... I am walking. From the moment I wake.

LilithNoor

I walk forty minutes a day, to and from work, plus walking the dog, so technically yes, I exercise every day.

In terms of work-outs or cardio, I hit the gym two or three times a week, and belly dance two or three times a week as well.

sozisraw

when I was getting fit again, I trained every other day, now I do the gym 3 to 4 times a week, the other days I run outdoors or cycle , or if my muscles are too sore I go for long walks 'rest days'.

_Zardoz_

I do but I have one sometimes two easier days. As well as the physical giving your body time to repair itself it's also a mental thing grinding every day can get a bit demoralising. Also change what you are doing don't get to comfortable your body likes to be stressed. I average around 3 hours most days but what I do varies a lot

mperrott2205

I exercise at least 6 times a week. 5 of those days im in the gym lifting weights, the other day I'm playing 90 minutes of competitive football/soccer.

I like to think that's enough

Nicolee_2014

I'm trying 6 days a week. Last week I managed to do that for about 35-45mins a day (cardio & weights)..With a walk here & there.
This week I only managed 4 out of the 6 days due to being tired/worn out/sore/dealing with kids etc. I think listen to your body is a great piece of advice & don't push yourself too much.
If you miss a day, aim to add an extra 10-15mins next session. That's my plan.

afreelandgti

I do strength training 3 days a week and cardio on my stationary bike 6 days a week. It all depends on your goals. Listen to your body because weight loss and muscle gain is as much dependant on rest and recovery as it is on exercise and diet.

__Di__

I was wondering how often people exercise, I am aiming to do an hour a day without no rest day.
What do you think?

No, I don't. I run, every other day and may have one weights day in the week.

Why no rest day? You think your body would not like, just one little rest day? How will it find time to repair itself especially all the little, tiny tears to the muscles it will obtain during training.

Rest days ARE part of training, unfortunately some people take rest days as a weakness, but they are foolish, don't be foolish.

Flab2fitfi

I walk everyday but do planned exercise at least 5 days a week. Usually alternate gym/running and then have a rest day when I'm tired.

Synapze

I've been lifting weights for 3-4 days a week.

Its been good, and i've seen great progress, but i need to ramp it up as im not really burning the calories or gaining the fitness i would like.

From tomorrow 7 days, Weights/Cardio, but 2 days of that (Rest days) will be cardio split into 2 x 20min sessions.

IIFerdi

I Have a 4 day cycle
day 1 : recovery. No intens workouts. I usually do my warm-up and stretching/yoga. I intend to pick up some running also on that day but I haven't yet.
Day 2: is low intensity. I do my warm-up , some light exercises. watch my HR so it doesn't go to high. After that I do a comlete Yoga session
Day 3 is moderate intensity. Warm-up , I exercise. Look up the limit and stay on it the entire time. afterwards small yoga sessions. To relieve my muscles from any tensions so my body relaxes

Day 4: high intensity. Warm -up. I exercise and push myself hard. As hard as I can while keeping good form and no real discomforts or pains. afterwards a small yoga session to relax my body.

Rest days are important. If you don't let your body repair itself you will only harm yourself. Some may recover faster then others tho.
Warm ups and cool downs are always good. I only started recently with a good warm up and cool down. and works great.

A warm up aint the same as swinging your arms around and then just start exercising.

and far most just listen to your body. as soon it starts to hurt or give you discomfort you should listen to it and give it some rest before you start again.

I always rate my workouts with RPE(effort) , RPD(discomfort) and RPT (form)
I keep RPD 3 or lower. 10 is pissing my paints because of the pain i am in.
it's a good way to keep track of your workouts and see your progress next to writing down the number of reps you do.

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MyJourney1960

5-7 days a week at the gym, about one hour of elliptical daily and about 20-30 minutes of weights every other day (times vary, depending on when i get to the gym). sometimes i'll add the pool (about once a week).

On my off days - i will walk, do house work, etc.

Tigermum9

I cant seem to motivate myself at the gym so I do a lot of walking about 25 miles per week, which is a lot for me x

FeebRyan

Whenever i have the time, which unfortunately is not every day.

FeebRyan

Whenever i can! Which unfortunately is not every day.

I really enjoy going to the gym and exercising (though its early days yet) but i tend to do a bit where i can, so a 20mins or 40mins zumba class at home if i can't get out to the gym that day, or an hour at the gym is good.

I try and do at least two proper classes a week, usually Zumba on either Thursday nights and Tuesday mornings or Thursday nights and Saturday mornings, depending on what sort of shifts i am doing.

I didn't do anything yesterday but i did work all day, starting at 7am and finishing at 10pm with a break inbetween that i revised in!

Hubby wants to go out for a run tonight so i think i will use the time to stay here and do Zumba while he is out.

I think for me its finding ways to fit everything in around everything else and if that means one week its 5 days and others its only 3 then thats good for me.

tomcornhole

I have lifted heavy for 9 of the past 10 days and my body is begging for a couple of days off. Joints are sore and stiff. Not moving as fast as I should. So it's time for a 2 day break. I did this on purpose to see if it was a good thing and it's not. Going back to 2-3 rest days / week. At 47, I think beating myself up is not smart in the long run. I will say that while losing 70 lbs, I saw my best losses while working out less or not at all.

AwesomeSquirrel

I usually exercise (ashtanga yoga or running) every day, 9-10 times a week anyway so depending on how many doubles I do I might have a rest day.

BrianSharpe

I was wondering how often people exercise, I am aiming to do an hour a day without no rest day.
What do you think?

The need for rest/recovery days is dictated largely by the type and intensity of exercise you're doing.

Running and weightlifting both require recovery days to allow tissue to heal / adapt. Non-impact activities such as swimming, walking, biking etc can be done 7 days a week by most people without worrying about injury (having said that if you were biking competitively you would have rest days in your training schedule).

Personally I do something every day (with the occasional full rest day) often twice a day (eg run in the morning, weights after work) but I alternate impact and non-impact days and will normally have one day a week that is low impact as a recovery day (eg: yesterday was rowing and walking)

paulperryman

other then work which is usually 9-10hrs M-F sitting on a forklift driving fast non stop.
i do 60-90mins a day 5-6 days a week at the gym after work during the week and in the morning on weekends.

I need atleast 1 rest day a week or i get depleted and too achy specially in the knees and feet and the bursitis in my hips that flares up periodically.

and as have gotten 20Kgs lighter then i started and it's harder to burn the same calories i don't always go as hard as i did just a month ago and b4. plus i've increased my time doing weights and core workouts in addition to the usual cardio i was doing more of consisting of 5-7miles on the bike and 30-40mins of cross training, walking jogging and rowing

Next week i am on leave from work for the week so i may well end up going twice a day to catch up lost time when i can't get to the gym or am too tired after work.