Working out 3 days a week

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  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
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    3x per week is plenty. Most people working out every day aren't putting 100% into their workouts.

    Hit it hard, rest and recover.

    Uh...no, that would not be true. I work out with a group of women that give 110% 6 days per week and I bet they'd run circles around you even on Friday. Even the 68 year old.

    Working out 3 days is awesome and definitely way better than no days. However, most of the guidelines I have been reading reccomend 45-60 minutes of INTENSE exercise 5-6 days per week for the best results--that is as far as, calorie and fat burn, cholesterol lowering, age reversing, good sleep, etc.....


    ^^Wow....that came out a little harsh, didn't it!. Help it's the exercise police!!!!!!!!
  • LillysGranny
    LillysGranny Posts: 431
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    3x per week is plenty. Most people working out every day aren't putting 100% into their workouts.

    Hit it hard, rest and recover.

    Uh...no, that would not be true. I work out with a group of women that give 110% 6 days per week and I bet they'd run circles around you even on Friday. Even the 68 year old.

    Working out 3 days is awesome and definitely way better than no days. However, most of the guidelines I have been reading reccomend 45-60 minutes of INTENSE exercise 5-6 days per week for the best results--that is as far as, calorie and fat burn, cholesterol lowering, age reversing, good sleep, etc.....


    ^^Wow....that came out a little harsh, didn't it!. Help it's the exercise police!!!!!!!!

    Maybe it was a little harsh, but I really didn't mean it to be an attack! His comment reminded me of a young fellow I used to train kickboxing with who thought it was "humanly impossible to drink a gallon of water every day" and I took his comment in that light --that he truly believed you could not work out hard more than 3 days per week.
  • sbb4406
    sbb4406 Posts: 65
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    Or he could have just meant that your body can't perform optimally regardless of how much effort you're putting into your workouts because there was no time to recover... that's how I interpreted it anyway. lol

    But anyway, if you're just trying to maintain and stay in shape then 3 days a week should be fine.

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