How much do you work out each day?

mlcrec
mlcrec Posts: 66
in Fitness and Exercise
I am just curious, how much exercise every one does a day and how many days a week you exercise?
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  • jeffrey71
    jeffrey71 Posts: 432
    I am a triathlete and distance runner. I usually workout/train about 3 hours a day 6 days a week.
  • RainbootsToBikinis
    RainbootsToBikinis Posts: 465 Member
    5 days a week for about an hour each day. I do a mix of weight lifting and cardio.
  • gabijadc
    gabijadc Posts: 90 Member
    I try to do some exercise every day.
    Usually it's anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes all together (depends on how I feel that day):
    warm-up + a HIIT workout (10-20min.) + extra ab exercises + cool-down & stretching.
    I also try to do some yoga at least once a week.
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  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    55 minutes 3x a week heavy lifting and cardio warmups
  • aldousmom
    aldousmom Posts: 382 Member
    6 days: Most days are 1-1.5 hours, except on long runs or races.

    Sunday: 5 or 6 miles
    Monday: weights or bootcamp (1 hr)
    Tues: running speedwork (1.5hrs)
    Wed: run 3-5 miles (45 min ish), plus weights or bootcamp (1 hr)
    Thurs: hill sprints (1 hr)
    Friday: day off
    Saturday: long run (12-22 miles) or race (13-31 miles)
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    45 minutes lifting 2-3 days a week

    30 minutes cardio 2-3 days a week. Maybe.
  • leighdiane91
    leighdiane91 Posts: 225 Member
    3-6 days a week (basically if I have time it is 6 days a week, but if I am very very busy that week than I go 3 days) I work out for an hour. 30 mins cardio, 30 mins weights/machines.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    I lift M, T, Th, F. M & Th it's 3 exercises, 5 sets of 5 reps for upper body (bench, bent over rows & overhead press) T & F it's two exercise 5 sets of 5 reps lower body (squats and deadlifts). On upper body days I run (sometimes for a flat pace, sometimes intervals) and maybe do more cardio after I lift or some yoga, depending on my time. On lower body days, I do a dedicated ab workout and a 10 minute cardio video or two after. Wednesday is my cardio day, yester day I ran and did yogao, the week before I did a 30 minute boot camp video. On Thursday evenings, my daughters have gymnastics, and there is a little workout area that I can pay $20 a session for that over looks the gym, so while they're in class I do the elliptical (if I get there first, otherwise more treadmill) for 30-40 minutes and watch them, if they make it to the area in front of where I am. I've also been doing a bit of running or walking on my treadmill each evening, but that's not an all the time, scheduled thing like my morning workouts. I rest on the weeknds, although also might throw something in, depending on how I feel. My workouts typically do not take more than an hour.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    6 days per week:

    Monday - Aerobic zone Cardio...30 min
    Tues - Heavy lifting 30-45 minutes; 30 min recovery zone cardio
    Wed - Aerobic zone cardio...30 min
    Thurs - Heavy lifting 30-45 min; 30 min recovery zone cardio
    Friday - Aerobic zone cardio...30 min
    Sat - Heavy lifting 30-45 min; 30 min recovery zone cardio
    Sun - off...but generally active.

    Really, it just depends on your fitness goals. If you want to run a marathon or participate in triathlons and the like, you need a lot more cardio and endurance training. If you wanted to body build, you'd need a lot more time lifting. I'm just looking to be generally fit, good heart health, and strong with a fitness body so the above works for me.
  • Cassierocksalot
    Cassierocksalot Posts: 266 Member
    6 days a week, bright and early 4:30 am

    3 days cardio (C25K training plan so the actual time varies)
    3 days strength (30 min to 1 hour depending on how much time I have)
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    6 days a week for usually 45 minutes - 1 hour
  • amypomm
    amypomm Posts: 140 Member
    I do 1 hour and 20 mins. Thats about how long it takes me to burn 500 calories according to my HRM. I do that 5x a week. Strength train 3x a week.
  • sierra_12
    sierra_12 Posts: 249 Member
    i go quite a bit more than the average person, but I'm a college student and don't currently have a job so i go to keep me busy! better than sitting in my dorm room or going out and drinking my weight in alcohol like everyone else, right? (:

    6 days a week
    hour and 1/2 - 2 hours in the afternoon
    1/2 hour - hour and 1/2 in the evening

    Monday, Wednesday Friday: 2 hours of cardio (afternoon), half an hour of cardio (evening)
    Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 1 1/2 hours of cardio (afternoon), 1/2 hour of cardio + hour of weights (evening)
    Sunday: "rest day" (about 1/2 hour of light cardio)
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    About an hour a day, 6 days a week. 3 days cardio / 3 days lifting. This allows me maintenance calories north of 4000 if I want. NOM NOM NOM eat all the damn foodz!!111!!!!!111!!1!!!!!!!!
  • mrandolph69
    mrandolph69 Posts: 197 Member
    Monday: cardio (one week 30 minutes of steady state, the next week HIIT) + 25-40 minutes of strength training (chest and back)

    Tuesday: cardio (one week 30 minutes of steady state, the next week HIIT) + 25-40 minutes of strength training (legs)

    Wednesday: off

    Thursday: cardio (one week 30 minutes of steady state, the next week HIIT) + 25-40 minutes of strength training (shoulder and arms)

    Friday: cardio (one week 40 minutes of steady state, the next week HIIT) + 25-40 minutes of strength training (abs)

    Saturday: 60-120 minute bike ride (>20 miles working up to 33 miles; training for a race)

    Sunday: off
  • aldousmom
    aldousmom Posts: 382 Member
    Really, it just depends on your fitness goals. If you want to run a marathon or participate in triathlons and the like, you need a lot more cardio and endurance training. If you wanted to body build, you'd need a lot more time lifting. I'm just looking to be generally fit, good heart health, and strong with a fitness body so the above works for me.

    exactly. If you did my work outs, you could be an ultra-marathoner, too! ha ha! but, most people aren't into that sport and are more into being generally healthy and physically fit. :)
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    About 90 minutes a day, 6 days a week.
  • michellelemorgan
    michellelemorgan Posts: 184 Member
    I try for six days a week, two hours a day.
  • DexterDarko
    DexterDarko Posts: 235
    I try to exercise everyday, I aim to burn 1k+ calories a day.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    For me it varies. I try to do some exercise every day, but sometimes it's just a few mini-workouts on my breaks at work, sometimes it's a long hike, sometimes Turbo Fire workouts, which vary from 15 - 60 min. Sometimes Zumba, running, walking, calisthenics, weights, resistance bands, swimming, playing on the water slide, playing with the grandkids, gardening, yard work... Sometimes I workout several times a day, sometimes only once. I just try to stay as active as possible when not sitting at my desk, which I do for too many hours.
  • MG_Fit
    MG_Fit Posts: 1,143 Member
    This week:

    Sunday: 45 min of HIT with CalRopes
    Monday: Strength Training - Chest & Bi (45 min), Cardio - Treadmill (35 min)
    Tuesday: Strength Training - Shoulders & Back (45 min), Cardio - Treadmill (35 min)
    Wednesday: Break
    Thursday: Strength Training - Tri, Chest & Squats (45 min), Cardio - Treadmill (35 min)
    Friday: Strength Training Day - Chest, Bi, Shoulders, Tri, Back & Squats (80 min)
    Saturday: Interval Cardio - Treadmill (50 min)
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Seven days a week for at least an hour. Four days involve resistance training, the other days are various intensities of cardio, from Zumba to kickboxing to walking.
  • MorgueBabe
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    Varies. Anywhere from none to a little over an hour.
  • Llorraine11
    Llorraine11 Posts: 350 Member
    i work out min of 2 hrs everyday except sundays ... on sundays 1 hr... at the most 4 hrs .. 2 hrs in the mor and 2 in the afternoon!!
  • wendybird5
    wendybird5 Posts: 577 Member
    I'm up to six days a week now. I try to get in at least 45 minutes, but prefer to go for 90 minutes total when I can.

    I'm back to doing just high intensity cardio right now while I try to get to my goal weight, but then will shift back to 50/50 weights and cardio so that I can work on my muscle tone.
  • bethFromDayton
    bethFromDayton Posts: 112 Member
    I walk 40 minutes (in 3 pieces) 5 times a week at work
    I sometimes walk another 20 minutes in the evening
    I'm starting to do a 25-30 minute low-impact DVD in the evenings

    It's way more than I was doing before.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I try to exercise everyday, I aim to burn 1k+ calories a day.

    That's insane unless you know how to fuel it...use your diet for weight control, exercise for fitness
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I try to do cardio at various levels every day. I do simple circuits a few times a week. I' working mostly for increased endurance, flexibility and mobility.
  • difabu
    difabu Posts: 143
    CrossFit weekday mornings for usually 45-60 minutes. Then I either hike or mountain bike one day each weekend. Hikes are 4-6 hours. Rides are 2-4 hours. If I backpack on the weekends, which means hiking both Saturday and Sunday, then I take Monday as a rest day.

    ETA: I also take my dog on our nightly 2-mile pack walk (takes about 45-55 minutes depending on how fast I feel like going).

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