How many hours a day do you exercise?

Rachlovesfitness

Just curious! I know they say on average you need 30 minutes a day...just seeing what yall do

cosmonew

30 to 50 minutes cardi, then maybe 20 weights with a 15 minute sauna. I dont time it.... but push myself. I also try to do this 7 days a week. Am workouts

Mr_Knight

60-120 minutes, depending.

leannerae40

I'm about 45 minutes a day for weight lifting and about 10-30 minutes of cardio depending on the type (if HIIT it's about 10-20 minutes) I'm about to start the following schedule:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday - Ladies Strength Class - 45 minutes
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - YOGA - 45-60 minutes (depending on DVD)
Monday, Sunday - cardio - 20-30 minutes max (whatever I feel like doing on those days - ride bike, treadmill, HIIT, etc.)

Short answer - about 45 minutes a day.

anaconda469

And hour or more bike ride 7 days a week.

socioseguro

45 minutes a day for weightlifting
5 minutes for warm up at the beginning
5 minutes to stretch at the end
1-2 rest days a week

hayleyrenea

I only just started at the gym, but as of right now I do 30 minutes cardio and then 15-30 minutes of strength.

CloudDogS

This week 100 mins average a day
Cycling pretty hard, recovery swim after a cycling injury left my shoulder pretty bad, hard youtube classes, running a bit but I push, electric bike short, pretty easy
Weights a bit

aelphabawest

I run 3-4 days a week for 40 minutes to an hour, do 45 minutes of cross training twice a week and yoga (75 minutes) once a week. I have one or two days of complete rest, so sometimes those double up - anywhere from 40 minutes to two hours of working out on any given day (or zero if it's rest).

Currently it looks like -

Monday - Run 4 miles, yoga (this is actually "yogalates" and is pretty intense)
Tuesday - Run 4 miles or rest
Wednesday - Cross train with circuit training/boot camp (45 minutes); sometimes speed runs in the evening (2 miles full tilt)
Thursday - Run 4 miles
Friday - Cross train with circuit training/boot camp (45 minutes)
Saturday - Long run (currently 6 miles, this will go up in December)
Sunday - rest


This does not factor in walking or biking as my commuting choice, or warm ups, which is an additional 20 - 60 minutes a day.

juniperfox

My average day:

30 minutes strength training
30 minutes cardio.
10 minutes bike to school, 10 minutes back over large elevation differences.
30 minutes swimming class M-W-F.
20 minutes bike to work and back, same hilly ground.
Plus I try to do a little swimming after work, usually 10-15 minutes. Not high intensity, just working on form.
Also my work is pretty active, I am on my feet the entire 4 hours or so.

For TDEE I only count the 1 hour of workout that I do 6 mornings a week. My actual net calories is probably a little less.
I would consider that I do 60-90 or more minutes of exercise per day.

tonyajohn

25 minutes of "strength training"
55 minutes of cardio

Boogage

I'm working out every other day usually, right now. I workout for about 40 minutes including warm up and stretch

Jennloella

it depends on my crazy schedule. busy days - 20 or 30 minutes, days I have off a couple hours.

cwolfman13

It depends...right now I'm not really training for anything and actually nursing a bit of an injury...I do a 45 - 60 minute maintenance cycle 2-3 times per week and I lift 3x per week. I also like to go for a 30 minute or so walk at lunch on my lifting days.

When I'm training for an event it's a little different story...most of my workouts are still in the 60 minute or so time frame but I'll usually have one long ride or run or whatever.

I currently take 1 day per week to rest...when I'm training I often will take 2 days or will have 1 day of complete rest and another day of very light exercise...but I need more recovery from my vigorous workouts than I need right now. I will usually take a de-load week as well...about every 4-6 weeks depending.

AlongCame_Molly

Who is "they"?

Kanlassak

biking or jogging 30-50 min, 4 or 5 days a week
DDR for up to 2 hours, 1 or 2 times a week

I kinda feel like such a slacker looking over this thread.

Lupercalia

I walk an hour to an hour and a half and lift some sort of weights for about the same amount of time 5x per week. The other two days I just walk for an hour or two.

tawanda6329

45 minutes to 1 hour
3 days per week

JumpingDog

I exercise about 30 minutes every two weeks or so. It's pretty bad.

paintlisapurple

It depends on the exercise performed. If I'm doing sprints I keep it to around 20 minutes. Body weight exercises currently get performed HIIT style in between zumba sets a couple days a week, so those usually end up being about an hour even. (I'm testing to see how this works for now.) If strength training is the only exercise of the day than those run about 1/2 hr. Depending upon how gung ho I'm feeling, I'll do these 5-7 days a week, though for the most part I'll get one rest day snuck in there.

Legs_McGee

Who is "they"?

The voices. Shhhh.... they'll hear you.

Rogsman

Mon though Fri - 30-60 minutes of cardio (rowing/elliptical)
Mon/Wed/Fri - weights (different groups usually 30 min+)
Sat - 3 to 6 hours of walking or other non gym activity

ayalowich

according to MFP, about 5.5-6 hours per week. 4 runs, 2 other w/o's

Legs_McGee

I'm at the gym 3 days a week for 45 to 90 minutes, depending on what I'm in. And I run 4 or 5 days a week: anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 or 3 hours. And I sneak some yoga in there every once in a while.

jenilla1

Some days I exercise for zero minutes. Weights days about 45 minutes, which includes a warm-up. Long runs up to 2-3 hours. Short runs 30-45 minutes. It all depends on what I'm doing that day.

During the summer I'm in rest mode, so all I do is weights and maybe some light cardio - a couple hours a week, tops. We're moving into fall/winter, which is my training season, so I'm doing more like 6-8 hours a week. :flowerforyou:

MickeyBoo

At this stage a minimum of 60mins, and anywhere up to 90mins max is all I can handle. I'm only exercising 3-4 times a week at this level due to injuries though and hope to increase it to 6-7 days a week over time.

watto1980

Damn you people do a lot of exercise, I think I would die if I tried to workout as much as some of you.

I do 40mins daily, 6 days per week. So averages 34mins per day over the week.

I do some other things, like walking and recreational activities like kayaking that aren't included in that. That is just my workout exercise, not so much my fun exercise lol

cafeaulait7

I do 40-45 minutes right now with a few workouts hitting the 60 I'm aiming for as everything gets stronger (tendons/joints issues).

My rest day or two is still usually 40-45 minutes but of restful stuff Sometimes only 20, though.


This is all for very planned working out. Other activity is whenever, although I do have to skip my planned workout if the other is too hard a day!

dannytrees1

1 hr to 2 hr every 2nd day....geteeer done!

omma_to_3

Currently shooting for 3 to 4 hours of cardio per week. I also do 2 hours of strength training a week.

RoyBeck

I workout 4/5 days a week. 30-80 mins cardio and 20-40 mins strength.