Who works out 5 days a week?

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

reneeileen

I work out 5-6 days a week.

Monday: 60-90 minutes elliptical trainer
Tuesday: Body Sculpt Class 55 min
Wednesday: Zumba 55 min
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Zumba 45 min
Saturday: Bike 45 min, Run 45 min
Sunday: Swim 30 min

I have a significant amount of weight to lose so I have been focusing primarily on cardio. I'm working on integrating more strength training in now that I'm getting more fit.

liroez29

I work out 4-5 days a week, I always aim for 5. I work out at home, I start with a workout dvd with Jillian Michaels, circuit training, then I run on my treadmill, usually 2-3 miles, 5 mph, then I walk for anywhere from 10-30 mins, at 3-3.5 mph, and then I finish with strength training, and I do this for anywhere from 10-30 mins.

midwifekelley2350

do crossfit workouts 3 days on and one day off and do TRX on saturdays so...usually 6 days

ajp913

I work out 5-7 days a week. I alternate cardio and strength training. I've got about 16 different workouts I've designed that challenge me in different ways, I pick one at random before I go to the gym and print it off. It keeps it interesting and fresh. In the warmer seasons I play rec league sports and I consider those to be "workouts" as well since it's why I'm playing. I dropped from 365 pounds to 295 from the beginning of summer last year to the beginning of winter... then immediately gained 25 pounds back when the weather sucked the life out of me... but i'm back at it.

I also make sure I'm listening to my body, too. I've had knee issues in the past, so say I go to the gym with the intention of jogging a mile, doing a mile on the stairs, then 30 minutes on the elliptical and my knees hurt, I might walk up an incline on the treadmill instead of the stairs to have a little mercy on myself. Also, if I'm super-setting lunges into my work out, and the knees are grumpy, I'll swap them out for push ups or crunches. As much as I want to keep it interesting, I also know that even a mild injury can derail all my efforts and put me on the shelf for a week or so.

Meggles63

I do the P90x weight workouts for 40 mins. MWF (I know the routines, so I can move forward less than an hour)
TThs I do tabata alone or tabata+20 min. walk
Sat or Sun, I walk 2 miles.
I take a rest day either Sat. or Sun.

meshashesha2012

I try to do something 5-6 days a week and sometimes 7. Some of my workouts are on the tough side so I make sure to listen to my body about taking a break. I belong to a gym. here's what my last week looked like :

Sunday : 60 minutes cardio (25 minutes versaclimber,35 minutes HIIT fast walking hills on the treadmill)
Monday: cardio kickboxing class
Tuesday : 10 mins versa climber, 26 min strength training tabata style, 12 mins HIIT uphill sprint combos on the treadmill
Wednesday : OFF
Thursday : same as Tuesday
Friday: 25 mins biking, 10 mins elliptical
Saturday : 60 mins water aerobics class

I prefer to keep my workouts 60 mins or less so i'm OK with increasing intensity.

beckylawrence70

I do six days, Sun, Tues and Thurs is strength training, Mon, Wed and Friday's some sort of cardio (treadmill, bike or elliptical) All my workouts are minimum 40 min......:)

Nerple

This is what I try to keep to, pending illness and availability:

Everyday: Stationary Bike 1 to 2 hours
Weekdays: Walking 1 to 2 hours
Every other day: Upper Body and Core
The other days: Legs

Though about to start traveling regularly again, so the routine is likely getting mixed up again. Chances are weekends will see less of the gym and much more walking. And want to get into Yoga, likely at the expense of the weekday walking.

jenniebean1680

I do 6 days:

Monday: weight circuit, 60 mins teaching spinning class

Tuesday: Rest or run 4-5 easy miles

Wednesday: weight circuit, 60 mins teaching spin

Thursday: Rest or run 4-5 easy miles

Friday: Run 6-7, weight circuit

Saturday: Long run, 10-16 miles (this will increase over the summer as I will be training for a full marathon)

Sunday: Weight circuit, 60 mins teaching spin.

I always, ALWAYS take at least one rest day a week, sometimes more if I am feeling burnt. Tuesday or Thursday is my rest day, depending on how much energy I have Tuesday. If I run Tues, I rest Thurs.

lialuck13

I work out at least five, sometimes six days a week.
I attend WVU and we have an AMAZING student recreational center, complete with swimming pool, rock climbing walls, tons of machines, an indoor track, basketball courts, etc.
I just go to the Rec every day and kill at least an hour doing anything & everything I can. My favorite = the elliptical machines.