Who works out 5 days a week?

guitarguyshred

If you workout 5 days a week you're amazing and keep it up. Let me know what your routine looks like, Im a personal trainer so im interested in getting a lot of viewpoints on how and why people do what they do at the gym. Feel free to add me.

PeggysDad

Every day - 2 miles walking in the morning with the dogs.

Monday - weights, back and biceps

Wednesday - weights, chest and triceps

Friday - weights, legs, shoulders and abs

Saturday and Sunday - an hour of Wii Fit Plus in the afternoon.

TiffaniBarrett

Monday AM - Weights - Core and Legs (1hr)
Monday PM - Body Combat (1hr)

Tuesday PM - Zumba (1hr)

Wednesday AM - Weights - Core and Arms/Shoulders/Chest (1hr)
Wednesday PM - Boxercise (1hr)

Thursday PM - Body Combat or Attack (1hr)

Friday AM - Weights - Core with mild legs/arms


Will do a Jillian Michaels DVD on the weekend if I have the energy x

DarleneBDA

Monday- biggest loser cardio max....
Tuesday- Wii Yoga and stretching
Wed Biggest loser Cardio max
Thurs Wii Yoga and stretching
Fri Biggest loser Cardio Max
Sat/Sun try and get ont he wii for a few hours with the bf

I have done this for a week.. I am making a commitment to myself to do this week after week

Just ordered two more dvd's Biggest Loser Sculpting and Bob Harpers Boot Camp

Can hardly wait to get them

cdl8

Finished Turbo Fire and Insanity. Both were 6 times / week. Right now, following P90X schedule which is 6 or 7 times/week depending on your choice at the end of the week. :happy:

MrsSpinks

A good week looks like this:

Every day: 2-4 mile run with dogs (occasionally longer on a weekend!)
Monday to Friday: 1 hour hike with dogs carrying baby in sling thing
Monday to Friday: 30 minutes to an hour exercise dvds (circuit training style)

Good work to all those who work out a ton!!

shamr0ck

I work out with a trainer 5 days per week, and then i do light cardio or yoga on my own on day 6. Mondays are a mandatory rest day, or The Boss gets pissed.

Currently this is what we're doing:
Monday - rest
Tuesday - zumba or yoga
Wednesday - back and arms, 2 hours; 1 hour mixed cardio
Thursday - heavy chest, 1 hour; 1 hour interval training on the treadmill
Friday - heavy legs, 2 hours; 30 minutes cardio to cool down
Sat - bodyweight and shoulders, 2 hours; no cardio
Sun - light legs and chest, 2 hours; 1 hour mixed cardio

Pookylou

Every day-walk the dog in the morning, walk/run with her in the evening.
C25K every other day, on the days I'm not doing that I do 30day shred/yoga.
Try and have a rest day once a week!

RobDelco

I try to be in the gym anywhere from 5-7 days a week.

Usually just split it up by doing something like this:

Back + bi's
Chest + tri's
Legs
Shoulders + tri's or bi's

Off day I'll just do arms + more cardio.

Each day I also do 3 mile bike ride either before or after workout, and also try to max out on pullups + sit ups.

runnercheryl

I exercise five days a week (plus one day of 'lighter' exercise), but not at a gym.

I walk five miles from Monday to Thursday, and I cycle or do a Kinect workout from Monday to Friday. Saturday is light exercise, Sunday is rest.

Rainforst

Monday am- 1hr. Cardio, 1/2 hr. weights
Tuesday am- 1hr. Cardio. Tues pm zumba 1hr.
Wed. am - 1 hr Cardio , 1/2hr. weights
Thursday am 1hr. Cardio, Thurs pm. zumba 1hr. Aqua fit 45min
Friday am 1hr. Cardio, 1/2hr. weights
weekends rest

DeniseAS

I try to do 7 days a week. No break. I did this for two months straight until this week. I took last Sunday off and I might take this one too. Everyone needs one day rest, I think.

KimertRuns13_1

M-rest or Cross Train
T- Run 3 miles plus weights
W- 5 miles (or more depending on what week of training calls for) run
Th- 3-4 miles run, weights
F - rest (or cross train)
Sat - Long run (anything from 6-20 miles depending on what week of training I am in)
Sun - rest or Cross Train (depends on how week goes and if long run is on Sat or Sun)

I do anything from BodyPump or Spin classes to ARC Trainer and CrossFit workouts for my Cross training days.

angevee

I walk between 30 mins and an hour a day five days a week depending on the weather then I do an hour of cardio on the Biggest Loser on the Xbox. It seems to be doing the trick!

njean888

M- Spinning for 1hr
T- Sculpt & Spin 45m (weights & spinning)
W- Upper Body/ Lower Body 1hr (weightlifting class)
R- 3-4 mile run
F- Upper Body/ Lower Body 1hr (weightlifting class)
S- 3-4 mile run

Usually rest on Sundays but not today since I didn't get my run in yesterday.

violetness

I work out at least 6 days a week, walking for about 75 min, with weights for at least 2 miles, 4.0 mph. I just ordered Chalean Extreme, so will be adding that, and on the days I am not doing that cardio, I will still do my 2 miles with weights. I feel guilty about taking a day off from exercise 9usually Sundays) - so what do you guys think? Is it better to exercise EVERY day or take one day off?

mstormth

Hi,
I do 5 days but I use at home videos.

I am a mom of 2, plus my hubby, my career and my animals... I have to make my own time before the house gets up... I wake up an hour before I need to and spend 30-40 minutes with Jillian Michaels.
I do try to switch it up.. which routines I do and not necessarily the same style.

The past couple of weeks I am doing six pack in six weeks, and alternating with ripped in 30.

Justjoshin

Day1 3am Cardio- 7:30am Chest/Biceps
Day2 3am Cardio- 7:30am Back/Tris
Day3 3am Cardio- 7:30am Legs/Shoulders (heavy leg day)
Day4 Light Cardio/Yoga
Day5 3am Cardio- 7:30am Chest/Biceps
Day6 3am Cardio- 7:30am Back/Tris
Day7 3am Cardio- 7:30am Legs/Shoulders (light leg day)


My rest day rotates, so its not generally a day of the week thing but a day in the routine.

kbmnurse

Yes, 5 days sometimes 6. Walking treadmill x 30 min at incline 5/6/7/8 at 3.8mph. Then alternate days with weight routine or abd crunches. At least once a week a spin class at the gym-would love to do this at least twice. But, working out at home early in the am seems to work best for me. Keeps me motivated the rest of the day.

That's it for me

currlygirrl

I workout 6-7 day a week, currently I do Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 5-6 days with 30-45 minutes of cardio on the elliptical and two days a week I have roller derby practice for 3 hours. I typically do the Jillan workout on derby days but not the extra cardio and I do try to have one day a week of rest but not always.

marie2779

I am new to this- one month in, so far my routine is...

Monday- Jillian dvd
Tuesday- Jillian dvd and 20-30 minutes of jogging on treadmill
Wednesday- Jillian dvd
Thursday 1 hour of zumba
Friday rest day
Saturday 1 hour of zumba
Sunday- Jillian dvd and 20-30 minutes jogging on treadmill

kbmnurse

Take a day or two off. Body needs to rest.

Edphil2

52 yr old male:

Mon-Fri AM: 1.5 mile walk at 3.5 mph

Mon PM: Weight Training: Chest & Triceps

Tue PM: Weight Training: Legs

Wed PM: Aerobic

Thur PM: Weight Training: Back & Biceps

Fri PM: may or may not, if so, may do whatever

alikat42

I workout 6 days a week.

MWF I do cardio only. I prefer doing the stationary bike for 45 minutes, but my physical therapist wants me to limit that (suspected meniscus problem). So lately I've been doing 25 on the ARC trainer and 20 on the bike.

TTS I do weights and cardio. I use MyMobileFit at the Y which give me 5 minute warm up (walk/jog intervals), then varied body weight and free weight exercises, and 20 minutes cardio. Again, I prefer the bike but I've been doing the ARC per my physical therapist.

I also do PT exercises 2x daily. This is currently focusing on my hip abductors and quads.

niqua215

I do different workouts during the week. Something like this:

Monday: Shred It with Weights (Jillian Michael's Kettle Bells)

Wednesday: Zumba Class

Thursday: Power Circuit Training (Jackie Warner)

Friday: Tae Bo Amped

Sunday: Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii)

fatty_to_fitty

I only just started this in January but here is my schedule and I usually drop a Jujitsu day as a rest day. Zumba is my cardio and EA is more strength stuff, it's like having a personal training that works different parts of your body.

Sunday - EA Sports Active 25 & 40 min run
Monday - Zumba wii 20 min EA Sports Active 25
Tuesday - Jujitsu
Wednesday - jog 5k 30 min
Thursday - Jujitsu
Friday - Zumba wii 20 min EA Sports Active 25
Saturday - Jujitsu

pucenavel

Typical "Target" - don't always get to all of them, but this is the bar I'm reaching for

Winter:
Sunday - mid-day - Yoga, PM - Bike Trainer 60 or 90 minutes
Monday - PM - 1 mile run & Weights (upper body, abs)
Tuesday - AM - swim
Wednesday - AM - 5k run, PM - Weights (legs, calves, ankles)
Thursday - AM - swim, PM - bike trainer 60 min
Friday - rest day
Saturday - AM - 10k or longer run

Summer:
Sunday - PM - Yoga
Monday - AM/PM - commute to work on bike 8 miles one way, PM - 1 mile run & Weights (upper body, abs)
Tuesday - AM - swim
Wednesday - AM - 5k run, PM - Open Water Swim 1800m
Thursday - AM - swim, PM - Weights (circuit - arms, abs, legs)
Friday - rest day
Saturday - AM - 40 mile bike ride, 1800m Open Water Swim, 5-10k run

Saturday is a 20 mile ride to the lake, one "lap" (900m lake ), a 20 mile ride home, then a run - as I get towards the end of the summer, I'm hoping to up that to 2 "laps" and a full 10k at the end - I'm training for 1/2 Ironman this fall.

lookpretty

I work out twice a day 5 days a week and usually once or twice over the weekend as a whole. I was in a car accident so have been given 6 months (4 in) to not work out upper at all and middle body carefully. So given that I am limited to mostly lower body and some abs I am pretty casual about it, it gets a bit boring but since Im at golds gym and the ucf gym Ill usually go on the cardio floor and the cardio cinema and get on a machine for 5-10 minutes, pyramid up increases difficulty and back down, wipe down machine and hop on another, I do that for 30-45 minutes, my other workout I hop on the arc trainer for 5 minutes to warm up then hit a lower body circuit weight machines, it gives me the luxury of really maxing out a mucsle and getting the best I can out of it instead of quickly doing a few reps, Ive been known to squat several hundred time in a day going from high weight to low weight without ever really straining myself.

Guess it goes without saying my arms are flabby, my legs are built and my stomach is somewhere in between, solid abs under a bit of fat.

robinogue

Monday: cardio
Tuesday: hour boot camp class
Wednesday: Pilates springboard
Thursday: hour boot camp class
Friday: cardio
Saturday: hour TRX class

cheshirechic

I'm 26, female, 5'4.5, around 130-135. I usually do a three-day rotation, so some weeks I work out 5 days, some are 4:

Day 1: Cardio (Zumba, running, some rigorous vinyasa, etc.)
Day 2: Circuits/Strength (Insanity, Jillian, Jackie, etc.)
Day 3: Rest

Time length varies between 35-90 minutes, and sometimes I switch the days around for cardio/circuits depending on the intensity. If I do some crazy circuits on day one, I'll do yoga on day two, since I figure I'll benefit more from the long stretch the day after I do some intense/long circuits or weights, rather than if I did it the day before. That way, it assists in recovery, I guess.

When I worked out 6 days a week straight, I stopped getting my TOM. NOT healthy, haha.

Stazed

Monday - circuits for 30 mins then either abs or a run (sometimes both)
Tuesday - 1 hour training with a PT
Wednesday - 30 min circuit followed by spin
Thursday - 30 min circuit
Fri - usually day off or a run
Sat - circuits followed by treadmill class
Sun - circuits, vibroplate class (15 mins) and 1 hour session with PT

Yes I love circuits! And I find classes motivating and push myself more than training myself. I'm now trying to add in some weights after each session to add on from training sessions

PT does resistance training with me, adds in TRX etc. Leaves me to do my own cardio