How much cardio do you do?

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  • JanAlyssa825
    JanAlyssa825 Posts: 43 Member
    Probably 60-80 minutes 4-5 days a week - the 2-3 I do maybe 15 minutes. I love any kind of fitness class - I take spin classes, and on the days I do strength training, I hop on a treadmill to burn some extra calories before or after class. I'm motivated by the calorie count and my heart rate monitor... I love eating back the calories!
  • SunOfMan
    SunOfMan Posts: 67 Member
    50-60 minutes, 5 times a week.
  • Pookylou
    Pookylou Posts: 988 Member
    I do HIIT at the end of my lifting session 3x a week, walk my dog at least twice a day, and do a couple of pub shifts a week too (they can be a real workout depending on how busy we are! :laugh: )
  • DawnEH612
    DawnEH612 Posts: 574 Member
    I usually take two, 1 hour spin classes per week, a boot camp thats a mix of cardio and compound strength moves, and then do something 4 more days a week ranging between 20-60 minutes of walking, elliptical, stairs, hiking, running or whatever...i get bored easily so i like to mix things up. I do cardio mostly for the cardiovascular benefits and to get my blood circulataing.. I notice many people say that lifting is what helps them loose the weight, and I completely agree with that as I lift most days of the week as well, but they are missing the health benefits of cardio.. Our heart is our MOST important MUSCLE, least we forget to give it atleast 20 minutes 3 times per week..
  • mamosh81
    mamosh81 Posts: 409 Member
    i do a lot of cardio at least 40 mins a day 6 times a week but usually end up doing 100+ mins and then go hiking for 4-6 hours on the weekend. I am not a big strength training fan so i keep it to 1 hour a week but when i am pushing it its 3-4
  • ghostrider1970
    ghostrider1970 Posts: 127 Member
    30/40 minutes cycling (stationary bike) everyday, 30/40 minutes swimming 3x week, plus lifting 3x week
  • l0vedim0
    l0vedim0 Posts: 42 Member
    I do cardio 4 times a week. 2.4 mile jog with hills and flat areas (almost like nature's built in interval training lol) on Tuesday. 45 min interval cardio on the elliptical Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    About an hour a week.
  • Synapze
    Synapze Posts: 499
    2 x 20 min sessions before and after workout, 7 days p.w.

    Been pushing 30 & 30 lately, just testing my limits.
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    I lift primarily but do around 60 minutes once a week...if I feel like I need it, I do it for more endurance really than anything else.
  • dellk
    dellk Posts: 4 Member
    Quite a bit I guess with five to six 50 minute/14 mile cycle rides per week.
  • mperrott2205
    mperrott2205 Posts: 737 Member
    I play football (soccer for you yanks) competitively at least once a week. So that's 90 minutes of constant running/sprinting.

    Other than that I sometimes go on the rowing machine in the gym...
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    I walk everywhere for transportation...does that count? I do some high volume training with kettlebells a couple times a week...I think of that as my "cardio". Once in a while I like to hop on the rowing machine and row 5000m. Sometimes I run hill sprints. I don't really have any set amount of time I want to do cardio each week, because I just don't fancy it at all. It just sort of happens here and there, I guess, in between the lifting sessions.
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    At least an hour a day, but generally in short bursts - walking to and from work (15 mins), walk at lunchtime (20-25 mins) morning workout (20 mins) evening workout (30-50 mins) in the week, minimum 1 hour walk Sat and Sun plus I have 1 hour Zumba on Monday nights (insted of my evening workout). Some of this is more toning stuff - crunches, press-ups etc - which i log as calisthenics.

    Its working for me.:smile:
  • Garywf
    Garywf Posts: 7 Member
    I go to gym 3 times per week & do, at least, 30 minutes of intense cardio each session plus weight training. On the off days I climb a local hill (1 hour round trip), run 5k or ride my bike. Cardio is a very necessary part of any fitness program as is weight training. For most people the more cardio you can do the better.
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
    Now: I generally do a 1.5 to 2 mile run 5 days a week as my warm up before strength training with a walk (between 4 and 8 miles) at the weekend.

    Previously, before taking up Strength Training: I used to run between 3 to 6 mile 5 days a week with a 9 mile run on Saturday.
  • blackcloud13
    blackcloud13 Posts: 654 Member
    Away from specific training for races, I tend to run twice a week(typically 3 miles, 6 miles) and then cycle 4 to 6 times a week (15 miles typically). But that can vary a lot!
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I usually do 10 minutes of elliptical or 20 minutes of treadmill when I feel like doing a cardio warm up before lifting. I feel like the elliptical loosens up my legs before leg day...

    I might go on a walk with my family or friend once or twice a week when I DON'T go to the gym as well.
  • tomwatso
    tomwatso Posts: 1,304 Member
    I do 25 minutes of cardio 4-5 times a week. I use the programs off a Cybex Elliptical cycle as my training.
  • ktliu
    ktliu Posts: 334 Member
    4 times a week for at least one hour,(Zumba and other classes) and two 20 mins session for the weight training days.
  • luckynky
    luckynky Posts: 123 Member
    I've only been at it for around 2 months, and I do 60 minutes of cardio at least 4 times a week. I am adding kettlebell (strength) into the mix next week, and I plan on doing more strength training as time goes on, and reducing some of the cardio to high intensity intervals. From what I've been reading, long-term cardio-only workouts will only get you so far before your body adjusts, so it's really important to mix it up with strength/lifting. But, I feel that cardio is really important for someone like me who has decades of sedentary lifestyle under their belt (literally). I needed to get my heart in shape and my metabolism moving and my stamina up right away.
  • lizzzylou
    lizzzylou Posts: 325
    I usually don't do any cardio, it's not necessary to weight loss, but every now and then I'll do some HIIT like car pushes or sprints

    What's a car push? Do you like benchpress a car?
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I do 1-3 times a week of HIIT sprints, bleacher runs and stairs. 15-30 mins top, but it's not a priority of mine. Lifting 5 days a week for 45-60 mins is my priority.
  • ravegee
    ravegee Posts: 999 Member
    I do cardio every single day. I try to do at least fifteen minutes of cardio. I switch up my cardio though. I do the elliptical some days, the treadmill some days, and a stationary bike some days as well. There are some days where I do a mixture of all three in the same day. I'm hoping to get to the point where I can do an hour of cardio without stopping.
  • kc7175
    kc7175 Posts: 11
    4 hours a week spread over 5 days. 4 days are cardio only, one day is weights/cardio.
    One of the cardio workouts is about 20 minutes HIIT, the others are steady state elliptical.
    3 days weights (Rachel Cosgrove),
    I'm trying to work down to weights/HIIT only with a full rest day before I get some kind of injury (I don't take one now).
    I just can't mentally let go of the need to exercise every day.
  • damajole
    damajole Posts: 11
    45-55 minutes of cardio, 5-6 days a week. dont look at my diary, been too lazy to log in the last week!
  • leannerae40
    leannerae40 Posts: 200 Member
    I currently strength train with my personal trainer 3 days a week. The other four days I am doing cardio. I do interval aerobics and I'm about 30 minutes or so including 2 minutes warm up and 2 minutes cool down.
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,658 Member
    I run three times per week for 50 minutes to one hour at a time and weights once per week.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    5 days per week.

    2 days of 50+ min of plyos, sprints speed work
    2 days of 35-45 min of plyos sprints speed work
    1 day of 7-10 miles...whatever, plus some boxing

    Lift min 30 mins 4 days.
  • thekyleo
    thekyleo Posts: 632 Member
    running days a week. walking everday for a half hour on my lunch breaking. biking after i weightlift

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