What is your exercise routine?
What is your exercise routine NOW (currently)? Does it bring results?
What is your exercise routine? 26 votes
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Weights and Cardio on the same day
It’s mostly a mix of the options above. Some days I do cardio and no weights. I walk Am and Pm if weather permits M T W Th and one weekend day and I run on T and Th and one weekend day and strength train on M W F (lower,core,upper) and Yoga is supposed to be done on Sundays which I often slack off on.. as for results 🤔 i exercise for entertainment and stress relief and long term heart health and for the feel good boost. I suppose I am reaping some benefits. The immediate feel good boost and stress relief. My endurance and my stamina and my recovery time have improved. So I’d say I’m getting the results I’d hoped for. I also progressed from a walker to a runner so that’s proof my abilities are improving. As for long term heart health, I suppose only time will tell.
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Cardio Only
I do mostly cardio (walking 3 miles a day, running 6 miles 4-5 days a week, stationary bike once a week) but with occasional yoga, light weights, or calisthenics. It has allowed me to maintain a 50 pound loss for several years. I know I should be doing more weights, but find it very boring so usually skip it.
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Weights and Cardio but on different days
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing @herblovinmom and @spiriteagle99 ! Really spirit? I find cardio very boring and I absolutely love weights! To each their own as they say, right? :)
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Cardio Only
I don't know how to answer this poll accurately.
I said "cardio only", but cardio can be a huge range of very diverse things, some of them more strength-challenging than others. It's weird to me that we lump them all in one term as if they all had identical physical effects.
Strength exercise isn't necessarily just weights or calisthenics either.
HIIT started as a pace of diverse classic cardiovascular activities, but the term is used so widely now for so many exercise modalities - many of them strength challenging but fast paced - that it's hard to guess what a person is doing when they use that term.
I still think HIIT should be considered a pacing (or intensity) strategy for many types of exercise activities, not as a separate exercise type.
I row, boats when I can, machines when I must (Winter, mostly). Most of any muscle mass I have above the average for my demographic comes from rowing. Rowing is a bit more strength challenging than some other forms of cardio, and it's also mildly progressive. It can produce strength and muscle gains, but much more slowly than proper lifting will.
I don't enjoy lifting, so I don't do enough of it, just sometimes short durations in Winter, but do some bodyweight strength exercise slightly more often. I stretch semi-regularly - some most days.
I bike some, too: Paved trails in Summer, stationary bike in Winter.
Most of the time now days, I row or bike 5-6 days a week. In summer, usually 4 or more rowing sessions weekly, 1-2 bike rides or sometimes other stuff. Winter's usually closer to half rowing days, half biking, with longer bike sessions because it's not as intense as rowing. This Winter, I biked much more because I was intensity limited after an injury - medical limit at first, fatigue limit later. I also skipped more days than usual, same reason.
I do this stuff mostly for fun, a little bit motivated by health but not much. I account for the calories because performance requires fuel, but don't really think of it as a weight loss strategy for me because I had a similar activity load for the last dozen years while I was staying overweight/obese.
It has big benefits in the fun and happiness dimensions, or I probably wouldn't do it, lazy hedonist that I am. It also pays off big time in health, independence (I'm old), and physical ease of daily life activities . . . even though those aren't my direct motivation.
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Weights and Cardio but on different days
It was just a poll of a basic daily/weekly routine. I understand exactly what you're saying, but ….well, never mind. Actually, the reason I put some of the cardio separately is because, for example, a woman at my job does only Pilates. I bunched most of the other cardio together regardless if there is strength training included, in it such as boating, etc., because I wanted to get a basic idea of what everyone's primary daily/weekly routines are and their foundation. I also wanted to inquire about "cardio vs. weight training" and why they do what they do if they wanted to comment on their answer.
Thank you for your list of activities. I'm sure some can use them for alternative exercises that are/were not currently done.
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Weights and Cardio but on different days
oops I posted a new comment some how at 4:56 p.m. LOL Have a great weekend everyone!
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Yeah, I mostly run and lift weights. Results: I am somewhat fit and am getting stronger.
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Weights and Cardio on the same day
I voted cardio and weights on the same day - my routine is cycle commuting 5 days a week and hitting legs with weights twice a week. (squats, rdl, calf raises etc)
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Weights and Cardio but on different days
I lift weights three days a week (upper body M-F, lower body Sa)
I spend an hour on a treadmill at a walking pace with a steep incline three days a week (T-W-R)When I transition from trying to lose fat back to trying to gain muscle, the lifting will increase to four days a week and the treadmill will back down to twice a week.
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I do cardio/weights/ yoga /calisthenics
Results are maintaining weight and keeping my muscle tone and energy up..
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what’s this split look like for a week ?
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At least 2-3 cardio sessions per week, (some have weights in the cardio sessions like SoulCycle.
1-2 days weights at gym. 2 yogas or super stretch a week.I try to do a 2 min plank every day. I don’t have a typical week… I work a combination of the above around my work schedule… When I’m traveling I tend to do more calisthenics.
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I like it. I can empathize with this!
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Cardio and stretching, with light weights. Almost daily
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Weights and Cardio on the same day
Upper Lower Split, with volume mods and 12-15k steps a day
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Weights and Cardio on the same day
Whole body workouts and Leslie Sesone walking videos 6 days a week. I do all my workouts at home. I have a pair of 25 lb dumbbells, a pair of 5 lb dumbbells, and resistant bands that I use for weights.
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Weights and Cardio but on different days
Hybrid of full body and upper/lower. I do my cardio on non-lifting days to focus on each workout separately.
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Weights and Cardio on the same day
I do a bro split broken into 4 days a week. I do cardio for 20-30 minutes after. Usually stairmaster. Most of my weight loss is from just accurate tracking during my cuts. I work construction so get a lot of steps in as it is. I don’t find cardio too much fun I mostly do it for the health benefits. This style is what got me shredded last year almost stage ready. I follow the same style when I’m bulking as well.
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3-4x a week - I train for Girevoy Sport so mostly it is high volume to keep my strength endurance.
Workout A - Strength/Accessory training (Full body) - Classic compounds like overhead press, squat/front squat, deadlifts and isolation exercises.
Workout B - Ballistic/Endurance training (Full body) - Clean/Jerk/Snatch - timed intervals/EMOMs
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Weights and Cardio on the same day
I work out 3x per week at a gym that has specialized equipment that maxes each muscle group in about 2 minutes. (Pretty soon I’ll go back to a “regular” gym but needed this to get past some injuries.) I follow each workout with about 5 minutes of cardio. On off days I try to walk 6,000 - 10,000 steps. I notice I get better results (muscle to fat ratio) when I make sure to get 80-100g of protein per day and LOTS of water. I’m trying to put on muscle because I’m post menopausal and that’s when muscle loss can set in.
The one change I started near the beginning of March that has dramatically increased my strength is to start taking peptides geared towards muscle formation and strength. I started seeing increases in strength immediately - so much that I documented it because it was so sudden and I was so surprised. So I will definitely continue with the peptides.
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3 days a week full body anymore. 1 hour. Id rather stick red hot needles in my eyes than do cardio so i do sled pushing and farmers walks. Both are amazing for strength and equally amazing for CV training.
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Weights and Cardio on the same day
I weight train everyday, but just one bodypart. Then I won't do that bodypart again till a week later.
I do cardio everyday about 3 miles a day intently for about an hour.
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I havent heard of anyone doing that bro split one muscle a day routine for awhile.
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My current program:
Upper: Mondays and Thursdays
Lower: Tuesdays and Fridays
Cardio / Rest : Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Workout sessions are taking roughly 1:15 to 1:30. Cardio is simple steady state 30min 3.0mph on top of 10k steps per day.
This is my first time running an Upper/ Lower split and having 3 days of rest per week. While in a calorie deficit it’s been nice.
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Nice… I loved doing one body part a day… I call it, meathead exercises…💪
You can really make some serious gains with that routine. Resting that body part for a week, really helps with recovery to pound that part again the next week… Im actually getting back into a more BB type workout… Been doing full body upper then full body lower with cardio type exercises for two days out of the week… lol keep at it bro…
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Upper #1 followed by 30 min SSC
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I do all of the above except callesthenics, plus things you haven’t listed. There’s lots of fun exercise out there.
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Cardio Only
I ride 4 times a week for 6-8 hours, yes I rode yesterday (5/14/2025) for 65 minutes. I also every hour from 6am through 6pm, do 15 squats. I am 57, male and over weight but getting there, my resting heart rate is 51 and my max heart rate is 174.
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