How much exercise?

Chantelledc90

Newbie here!
How many days do you exercise and for how long?

Last 8months I’ve been doing 1hr a week pole dance class. Currently quit smoking (2months now yay!!) and have started taking a 2nd class along with 3days of 1hr home cardio workout. Walk 30-60mins a day.

UltraVegAthlete

I run 7 days a week, between 50-75 miles total. Some days I only run for 45 minutes, other days I can run for 2-3 hours.

bendyourkneekatie

6 days, 3 days running 1.5-3 hours, 3 days of 2 hour gym workouts. So about 12 hours a week.

sardelsa

4-5 lifting sessions per week, about 45-60min each. Plus yoga once a week

pamfgil

As with everything thing else, if you're new to exercise, start slowly and build up gradually, newbie gains are awesome, but newbie injuries suck

Ekoth1017

Starting out I've been aiming for 3-4.

Ekoth1017

pamfgil wrote: »

As with everything thing else, if you're new to exercise, start slowly and build up gradually, newbie gains are awesome, but newbie injuries suck

Yes they do suck! I started out doing some sort of high intestity work out DVD and ended up tearing something in my knee. I couldn't walk up and down the stairs for quite a awhile. Lesson learned.

NorthCascades

About 8 hours this week, it's the off season. Three hours lifting, two skiing, the rest on a road bike.

sgt1372

Currently workout doing "something" at least 6-7 days a week.

Rowing everyday. 50k meters/wk (5 or 10k per day). Takes 1/2 to do 5k meters and 1 hr for 10k.

Plus about an hr of lifting (just DL, SQT, BP, OHP & Rows) and body weight (BW) exercises (just pushups, pullups and dips) 4-5 days a week.

Was also hiking 5-10 miles 1 day/wk (which takes me 2-4 hrs but the weather has turned bad and haven't done that in a couple of weeks.

That totals 9-10 hrs/wk for rowing, lifting and BW exercise plus an extra 2-4 hrs if I do any hiking.

Machka9

7 days a week.

I might take half a dozen days off each year.

But what I do varies: walking, running, rowing, weight lifting, and lots and lots of cycling!

callsitlikeiseeit

when i first started?

i didnt want to spend the money on the gym, if i wasnt positive i would go. so, i started by taking a walk every other day or so. built that up to (almost) every day. started going to the gym with my friend once or twice a week. decided i liked that, then got my own membership. when i lost most of my weight, i was at the gym 5-6 days a week. often, i supplemented that with a walk/jog that night. But I was working from home and had the time for all that.

now.... it depends on the week and what is going on, but i can go anywhere from 3 (on average) to 5 times a week.

LivingtheLeanDream

I used to do 90 mins a day x 5 - for some reason I felt I wouldn't be able to maintain my weight unless I did that much! (Turns out I just had to eat 200 cals less a day so went from eating 2200 cals to maintain to 2000).

Last year I cut back to 30 mins a day (due to work commitments and joint issues because I was over doing exercise) and am finding I am able to keep my fitness/strength up on that amount of time.
I like that now I have more time to do other things I enjoy - draw/sketch and cook.

Do exercise you enjoy, but its really not necessary to spend hours each day working out imo. 30 mins is absolutely adequate.

sijomial

It's been 40 years since I was a newbie to exercise....

I exercise most days, alternating between cycling (or sometimes other cardio) and strength workouts.
Strength 60 - 80 mins
Indoor cycle training 60 - 90 mins
Outdoor cycling 1 - 8 hrs but fairly typically around 2 - 4 hrs


Although exercise is fantastic for health do also factor in enjoyment and sustainability. I wouldn't stick with my exercise/training routine if I didn't enjoy doing it and enjoy the results of doing it.