Gym

lazydaydays

How long does eveyone spend in the gym and what do you do in that time?

I'm asking as at the moment I pay for 3 hours of parking in the gym car park and find that I'm running out of time.

At the moment I try and do 40 min on the treadmill, then do a circuit of weights, then i do as I much as i can on the cross-trainer which tends to be between 20- 30 min's ( unless I start on this first ) I then finish my session in the pool doing lenghts which can be another 30- 60 min's but this depends on what time I have left and I'm rushing my shower to make sure I'm not late back for my car.

Does anyone else have

guzzlingil

Typically 45 minutes in the morning...

pretty much have a plan/routine that I know I want to do going in...

hit it hard with very few breaks.

I save my cardio for the evening ...usually walk or run 2 miles around the house...it keeps me from eating

jzammetti

I spend just under an hour 3x per week: 1.5 miles HIIT on treadmill (or on street), streches, heavy lifting all muscle groups.

sierra_12

i go for about 2 hours in the early afternoon right after class
i do 30 minutes on the elliptical
45 minutes of incline 15 treadmill at 4.0 speed
quick stretch 10 minutes and all ab exercises
another 30 minutes on a cross ramp
full stretch (:

every other day i add another hour to hour and a half in the evening after dinner
i will do all my weight training on all of my muscle groups (1 hour)
finish with 30 minutes incline 15 treadmill 4.0 speed

hope this helps! (:

jonnythan

About an hour. I lift 3 times a week and that's it. Spending hours on the treadmill or elliptical every week is boring as sin and I don't bother. No need to. If you love the treadmill, good for you, but for the vast majority of people it's non-sustainable torture that they're better off not doing IMO.

fishgutzy

depends on what I am doing.
Some Saturdays I go 3 times. Morning swim, 1.5+ hours from parking to leaving. mid day lifting, 1.25 hours, afternoon swim with my daughter, 1.5+ parking to leaving.
Typical weekday evening is swimming and weights. 2 to 2.5 hours parking to leaving.

TR0berts

5 minutes on the bike to warm up.
30-50 minutes lifting - depends on if I'm on deload week or not.
5-10 minutes stretching - again, depends on if I'm deloading.
About 10 minutes to shower and change.

All told, about an hour. That said, on Saturdays I throw in an extra 15-30 minutes of cardio after lifting, so maybe 1.5 hours on Saturday.

DavPul

I'm asking as at the moment I pay for 3 hours of parking in the gym car park and find that I'm running out of time.

No. Reconsider what you're doing at the gym. Reconsider EVERYTHING

watchhillgirl

An hour and 1/2 in the gym, then 1/2 hour to shower and change. All in all about 2 hours but can really drop it down to 1.5 in needed. I work out 6 days a week normally...sometimes only 5 and sometimes 7. Depends on what I feel like.

MissFitee

* 60-75 min of lifting
* depending on my current goals 15-30 min cardio on top

jenmsu83

I'm asking as at the moment I pay for 3 hours of parking in the gym car park and find that I'm running out of time.

No. Reconsider what you're doing at the gym. Reconsider EVERYTHING

^ Yeah...I'd have to agree. That's A LOT of time at the gym in one day...don't you get tired??

ETA: I spend between 45-60 minutes at the gym about 4 times a week. It's always a mix of cardio, weights, abs, stretching.

BeccaLevine

You can get all your work done at the gym in less than 3 hours pretty easily I'd think! I usually spend no more than 90mins that's including lifting and cardio! Maybe you could save time by running/walking outside?

stephdeeable

I spend about 40/50 minutes at the gym. 10 minutes warm-up, the rest on free weights.

If I'm doing a class, I'm there for an hour and a bit.

Never spent 3 hours at the gym, and probably never will unless they add on a "napping room"

Shock_Wave

Typical day at the gym average times for me are:
35-45 min. Cardio 5-6 days a week
rest then
40-50 min. Weights 4-5 days a week

I built my own gym so I don't have to pay for parking, gas, or gym fees. It saves me a grip of time and $ to buy new stuff. I never have to wait and I get listen to my own loud music.

ndj1979

I spend about an hour and a half four days a week. That is all lifting though and someitmes some light ab work...if I want to run/do HIIT then I go outside..but then again I live in Florida and the weather pretty much always allows this..

SoViLicious

I spend about 40/50 minutes at the gym. 10 minutes warm-up, the rest on free weights.

If I'm doing a class, I'm there for an hour and a bit.

Never spent 3 hours at the gym, and probably never will unless they add on a "napping room"

Agree napping room.

stephanieb72

I spend about 40/50 minutes at the gym. 10 minutes warm-up, the rest on free weights.

If I'm doing a class, I'm there for an hour and a bit.

Never spent 3 hours at the gym, and probably never will unless they add on a "napping room"

hahaha! this really did make me laugh out loud!

erickirb

35 mins/day, 3 days/week, heavy lifting strength training. No need to kill yourself in the gym burning cals when it is much easier to just cut out a few cals from your diet instead.

carlom18

50 mins to 1 hour and 15 mins if i do stretching at the end. Lifting only atm.

3 hours is a huge amount of time for one day. that's how much i average 1 week in a gym maybe a bit more.

morningmud

On weekdays, about an hour to 1.5 hours. On weekends, I don't worry about time spent, last Sunday was over 2 hours. I don't have enough time to put in 3 hours and don't love cardio that much. I do my lifting at the gym and just a little cardio. I really only don't do much cardio at all (3 - 30min sessions per week) but am thinking of starting to get serious about a c25k plan.

ami5000psu

I'm there about an hour maybe an hour and a half tops. 3 hours is a long time to be at the gym. Have you considered breaking up your workout or dropping an activity?