Does anyone else work out two hours a day?
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I would focus more on what you eat then adding an extra hour at this point. If you are working out that much you have to make sure that you are eating to fuel your body, and your diary is all over the place. You are already looking very healthy and thin, so if you focus on your food diary and do strength training I think you will be in excellent shape!0
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I started out working out for 30 min then started working out for an hr and im slowly making my way up to 2 hrs not intentionally. Its just been nice out and I live in a small community where its lovely to just get out and walk stop and talk to the neighbor. I do think it i helpful because then I dont have to worry so much bout my calories because im burning so many calories.0
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agreed0
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I worked out for four hours a day one time0
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I do it for 1 hour a day and I am also about to kick it up a notch
I make sure that I eat all my calories alloted to me from MFP which is 1370 then I make sure to eat back at least 1/2 of my workout calories0 -
I lost 250lbs and while I was doing it, I was working out at the gym 2 to 2.5 hours for 5 days a week, and eating about 2,400 calories. Keep in mind I'm 6'6" and even at my goal weight I'm 240lbs.
For the 16 month I've been maintaining, I still workout about 2 hours/5 days a week at the gym, plus I run or bike 3-4 times a week for an hour at a time. Now I eat around 3,600-4,500 calories depending on the day.0 -
I do 30 minutes of HIIT 4 days a week plus some strength training. You are eating your muscle away with that much exercise0
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I do about 1hr 30 minute workouts. I do more cardio than anything, need to add strength to my routine. I do do yoga after workouts to keep my joints and bad leg limber. so that's a little strength training but only do that for 10 minutes max.0
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i walk 30 minutes each way and then i take an hour class. and sometimes i go back in the evening.
so yeah.0 -
I usually do 45 minutes/day during the week, and then maybe a little longer on the weekends. I mix up HIIT, biking,walking, family sporting activities, weights, etc. I have not lost that much weight, but I have lost inches and gained muscle and strength. I feel like I have too many other obligations to myself and my family that I would feel guilty if I spent 2 hours a day every day working out. My exercise time is very important to how I feel every day, so I am good about setting aside some time every day to exercise, but not 2 hours a day. Different things work for different people, but many people on this forum have lost weight without doing much exercise.0
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I go to the gym 5x a week, for at least two hours. One of those hours will be spinning, and I get some strength training done before/after it, along with a warm up on the treadmill/crosstrainer beforehand. I always eat over 2000 calories on those days (works out to about 30-70% of my exercise calories, depending on the day!) and I've been losing weight consistently enough. On Sundays, it gets up to about 3 hours (special 2 hr spin session haha)0
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2-2.5hrs per session 3x a week (no cardio). Not for the purpose of weight (fat) loss. That is what the calorie deficit is for.0
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so I think I am going to up my gym time and up my calories and hope the two balance out0
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2 hours..hmmmnnnn make it fun and vary the intensity..I enjoy 45 to an hour a day but its fun playful and only sometimes intense..
usually when we are stuck its almost alwayd how you are eating!0 -
Not needed. It's actually much more efficient to train harder in a shorter time.
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Not necessarily. I don't know the context your referring to considering the quote, but eating more can facilitate extra gym time without creating a bigger deficit, that's not a bad thing. Extra calories consumed may not actually equate to an equal amount of gym time......it could be beneficial in either scenario depending on someones goals.so I think I am going to up my gym time and up my calories and hope the two balance out
Increasing your calories will make your deficit smaller.
Increasing gym time will make your deficit bigger.
They don't balance out, they cancel each other out so you're right back to where you started.0 -
2-2.5hrs per session 3x a week (no cardio). Not for the purpose of weight (fat) loss. That is what the calorie deficit is for.
Chris you're doing more powerlifting now right? So you also have long rests, 3-5mins in between sets?
Been PL for a while (but was training for strongman before) but it differs. Currently running sheiko and up to 3mins rest max is all I require for the main lifts. Assistance is usually supersetted and with about 90secs rest to next set e.g. SOHP, then dips with no rest and then 90secs rest at end of dips.
Oh and my rest is typically kicking the heavy bag just cause I love it :happy:0 -
I hear ya. I've never actually counted calories while losing my 60 lbs, now I'm mostly mucking with composition. I found calorie restriction very one dimensional. The method I use now is lift weight. When progress stalls in lift weight, I eat more, not a lot, but more and increase lift weight until I stall again, then repeat that process. I can't be bothered with counting considering the inaccuracies........then again I'm not looking for immediate results, the process is what I like and enjoy, and I'll continue this way indefinitely.
Not necessarily. I don't know the context your referring to considering the quote, but eating more can facilitate extra gym time without creating a bigger deficit, that's not a bad thing. Extra calories consumed may not actually equate to an equal amount of gym time......it could be beneficial in either scenario depending on someones goals.so I think I am going to up my gym time and up my calories and hope the two balance out
Increasing your calories will make your deficit smaller.
Increasing gym time will make your deficit bigger.
They don't balance out, they cancel each other out so you're right back to where you started.
Her goals are weight loss. For performance reasons I would agree with what you're saying. I didn't say her deficit would be bigger. I will use a cheap example, she eats 1,300 calories a day and she increases it to 500 calories a day and she burns 500 calories a day(this likely won't happen) she will be at 1,300 net calories, right where she started.
More than likely, she won't burn an equal amount. She will more than likely burn less, it's easier to take calories from diet, not so much easier to burn it off.0 -
I do. sometimes I do 30 aerobics. 1to 2 hour elliptical, and I ride my bike to and from the gym, total 30 min.0
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It really depends on you and what your workout routine is.. Me and my best friend work out 2-3 hours 7 days a week. but manily cuz we do alot of dancing n when dancing time just flies n doesn even feel like your working out. ive been dancer since i wa young so i know that dancing along with 30-45 mins of strength trainning every other day helps me.
^^^^ This... I did Just Dance and Michael Jackson - Wii for the firs 60 for 3 -2 hrs daily, except Sundays, where I clean and/or play with the kids and Hubby on the Wii...
This last week, (Monday, April 22nd), I was getting bored and started Zumba exhilarate DVD's which I do between 1 1/2 - 2 hrs, depending on if I do the Zumba Ripped ( strength training with Zuma toning sticks) every other day...
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I recently had a similar problem - no weight loss for 3 weeks. I work out an hour a day 5-6 days per week. I have increased this slightly (by 15-20 minutes) and have only added cardio for those extra minutes. I wear a heart rate monitor and have noticed that my body seems to adjust to whatever exercise I am doing, thus my heart rate doesn't rise as high and I burn less calories. I switched things up this week and lost two pounds! Instead of increasing your exercise you might want to try doing something different.0
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No, never, I think that's too much and also personally couldn't do it for that long because my *kitten* is totally kicked after sometimes less than a 1/2 hour. I'd go for way more intense and a LOT less time, especially if you've hit a plateau.
For the record, I was not going for weight loss, but got a lot leaner--and actually did lose some weight--when I cut my workouts down from about 45 min to closer to 25-30. They are very intense (lots of jumps, burpies, weights, etc--fast-paced, difficult exercises, NO rest...) and not sustainable for much longer than I do them. Also, I have had clients and friends who do distance events (tris or marathons) and they generally do not have good results with so much training (a couple of hours a day). When they want to lean out, they shorten their time and distance. But, keep in mind, they do not have a ton of weight to lose. Still, though, if you were my client, I'd definitely suggest a lot less time working out...or at least vary what you do and have SOME days where you work out intensely for a short period of time. It's easy to hit exhaustion quickly when you are really pushing yourself.0 -
And, yes, like hvantassel said, your body absolutely becomes efficient when you do the same thing all the time. You definitely need to mix it up and also do less time. Your body is probably "bored" (ie efficient and has to work less hard to do the same work it used to) and also overworked, which is not the best combination.
Good luck! Experiment and find something that works for you...that involves a lot less time! 0 -
Sometimes 2 hours, sometimes longer on my long run days... Sometimes I take 2 classes at the gym which are an hour long each...0
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Originally when I was 245lbs about 7 years ago and decided it was time for change, I'm not getting any younger, I starved myself, not literally, but it seems like it at the time, taking into consideration I was overeating, which was more relevant than I though looking back. Lost 40 lbs over 7 months and got under 200, which was my goal. Never did any weight training, and my exercise at that time was cycling, hockey and golf basically, but no gym time. A good friend got me interested in lifting and said it would help get rid of some of the fat I still had kicking around, lol. Of course made a lot of strength gains at the beginning and immediately saw an increase in muscle mass and at that time I was eating maintenance, that's when it all started. If I want to shed weight I eat less food and try to maintain lift weight and when I can't and start going the other way I eat a little more, just a little to help maintain lift weight, but knowing while I'm losing weight, that I will continue to lose ground on my lift weight, so best case scenario is I look leaner in the mirror, the mirror is the ultimate and only gauge of my progress. I do from time to time check my weight and count my calories to make sure that what I fundamentally started out thinking is still close, like macros, and overall nutrition. I'm bulking right now, not really, just trying to add some muscle. I was in a pretty serious accident and couldn't workout for 1/2 year and lost lots of muscle and eventually ended up around 180. I'm just over 205 now and will stop when I reach 215, and start going the other way. Lots of fun.
I hear ya. I've never actually counted calories while losing my 60 lbs, now I'm mostly mucking with composition. I found calorie restriction very one dimensional. The method I use now is lift weight. When progress stalls in lift weight, I eat more, not a lot, but more and increase lift weight until I stall again, then repeat that process. I can't be bothered with counting considering the inaccuracies........then again I'm not looking for immediate results, the process is what I like and enjoy, and I'll continue this way indefinitely.
Not necessarily. I don't know the context your referring to considering the quote, but eating more can facilitate extra gym time without creating a bigger deficit, that's not a bad thing. Extra calories consumed may not actually equate to an equal amount of gym time......it could be beneficial in either scenario depending on someones goals.so I think I am going to up my gym time and up my calories and hope the two balance out
Increasing your calories will make your deficit smaller.
Increasing gym time will make your deficit bigger.
They don't balance out, they cancel each other out so you're right back to where you started.
Her goals are weight loss. For performance reasons I would agree with what you're saying. I didn't say her deficit would be bigger. I will use a cheap example, she eats 1,300 calories a day and she increases it to 500 calories a day and she burns 500 calories a day(this likely won't happen) she will be at 1,300 net calories, right where she started.
More than likely, she won't burn an equal amount. She will more than likely burn less, it's easier to take calories from diet, not so much easier to burn it off.
That sounds pretty interesting, never seen/heard anything like that. I have been doing this for a very long time, what type of progress are you making?0 -
I did for quite a long time....i essentially "burned out" you need more in life then exercise. Now i try to do a hour 5-6 days a week which I think is plenty.0
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I do two hour workout 3 days a week and one hour 3 days a week and the last day cant be anything from just over an hour to three
when was training for a race i would do 3 to 4 hours once a week0 -
1hr run, 3-4 hours walking. Yeah I workout heaps. Then add me doing my squats, pushups, situps & dips right after my run..... yeah I kinda do more than 2 hours a day.0
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I do 30 minutes of HIIT 4 days a week plus some strength training. You are eating your muscle away with that much exercise
Huh? I thought the whole idea was NOT doing exercise eats muscle away.
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Ain't nobody got time fo dat!
Seriously. If you have time for that, have at it. But if your eating is whack that whole idea is whack. :noway:0
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