Whats your workout?

I try to plan what I do at least the night before. Currently, I'm doing more cardio than anything... my favorites are the elliptical machine and stationary bike set to "Random". It really gives your legs a good work out and gets your heart pumping! I also am trying to start running again, I get on the treadmill and walk/run for a time!

I also enjoy taking some fitness classes like Kickboxing and Spin... Definately gets the heart pumping and if you aren't sore the next day, you know you could push harder the next time!

Hope that helped!

well, i really love the exercise tv and my own home dvd's.

I wake up at 7 am. watch the 1st 15 minutes of the news and then off to the ladies room. Potty break and then i strip and weigh myself. I then get dressed in my work out clothes. I set up my wii fit plus and do my body test. I then do a 2 mile walking dvd. I have added a jog at the end. I started out with 1 minute, then every day i am adding a minute. I then go and eat breakfast (1 cup of special k and 1/2 cup of whole milk). If i am still starving after that i have a 1/2 cup of lite fruit. I am usually full at that point. I get ready for work. drink water and watch what i eat. then i come home, heat up my zero point soup and start dinner. have dinner. about an hour after dinner i get changed into work out clothes and I try to do different work out routines until 11 pm. I then cool down by slowly stretching and walking around while i want the 1st 15 min of 11 o'clock news. then a quick shower and bed.

I think it is best to set up a schedule - something you can stick to! If you don't have something written down it's much harder to stick to and you can easily make excuses. I pretty much to the same thing every week so it's easy for me to stick to my plan. That seems to work for me. If that doesn't work for you then sit down on Sunday and draw up a plan for the week that you can stick to.

Here's an example of my week:

Monday: Run and yoga
Tuesday: P90X and yoga
Wednesday: Run
Thursday: P90X and yoga
Friday: off
Saturday: kind of depends. We usually run but this weekend we're skiing
Sunday: P90X and yoga

I pretty much stick to this same routine every week. That way I know what I need to do every day!

You are going to get so many answers for this one because it really is a personal decision -- you can read all the responses and pick and choose from those what works for you but always remember that your body and exercise will evolve as you continue and so the best thing to do is change it up so that you are enjoying yourself.

My "workout" depends on my kids, the weather and whatever else gets thrown at me unexpectedly.

I try to plan out my week and my "ideal" workout would be
monday - AM gym - 30 minutes eliptical, 30 minutes another cardio machine, PM yoga (for stretching and relaxing more then calorie burn)
tuesday - AM at home workout - a DVD (my favorite right now is Kettlenetics) I try to do something that incorporates stength training and cardio (the kettlenetics workout has a 4 lb kettleball and cardio)
Wed - same as monday except one of the 30 minutes is on the treadmill doing the C25K program
Thursday - same as tuesday
Friday - same as Wed
Saturday - long cardio day - go to the gym and do cardio machines usually 60 minutes and I take a class (this is my time away from the family for me, I sit in the sauna, maybe go for a relaxing swim)
Sunday - same as Friday

The above is my "goal" - each week though something happens to throw me off - and that is what you have to be preapared for - a sick child, an emergency at work, a family gathering, a meeting, a traffic jam etc....my back up plan is my at home workouts (a DVD and a yoga)..I rent tapes/DVD's from the library. I try to do somethign everyday -- Im in New England so the weather is always a factor in the spring, summer and fall I try to go for a walk every night - with the family or without... thats an added bonus to just reflect on the day.

Find what you like and do it -- exercise can be anything running to bowling, stretching to hiking....

Adding this to my topics, great thread.
Thanks for sharing.

It really depends. On the days I do not really feel like working out, I take a book to the gym and ride the recumbent bike. It happens at least once a week. I know I'm not pushing as hard as I do other days, but when you compare it to the other option of sitting at home and reading my book, it is the better alternative. One day a week (usually Wednesdays) I go to the pool. I can't swim continuous laps yet, so I do breast strokes for a lap, then do lunges for a lap. I repeat this 5 times. Then I do freestyle for a lap, and then football shuffle for a lap, repeating five times. Then I do side strokes for 10 laps (This I can do continuously, lol). Then I doggy paddle/tread water for a final 10 minutes... Whew does this tire me out. I love the elliptical at the gym, and also the arc trainer. I used to do weight lifting 2 to 3 times a week, but need to get back into it. I also used to do couch to 5K, but got lazy around week 5.

I don't have a set schedule (other than the weights every second day, when I'm doing them). I kinda just do whatever I feel like doing when I get there.

Here is my routine...
Monay- Either belly dancing or Zumba 1 hr
Tuesda- Zumba 1 Hr
Wednesday- 45 Minute Zumba + Weight training (either upper or lower body)
Thursday- 1 hr. belly dancing
Friday- Weight training (Opposite of what I did on Wednesday)
Sat- 1 Hr. Zumba

Mon: 50 minutes elliptical (am) 20 minutes "conditioning" (pm)
Tue: 50 minutes elliptical (am) 20 minutes "conditioning" (pm)
Wed: 30 minutes elliptical (am) 20 minutes "conditioning" (pm)
THur: Personal training
Friday: 50 minutes elliptical (am) 20 minutes "conditioning" (pm)
Sat: 50 minutes elliptical (am) 20 minutes "conditioning" (pm)
Sun: 30 minutes elliptical (am) 20 minutes "conditioning" (pm)
Mon: REST
...and cycle...

wELL, I drilled into my own head that I will walk every day 45-60 minutes, NO excuses, cause I can walk to work, and back to the train station after work.., I TRY (key word,my little ones make it impossible) TO DO THE jILLIAN mICHEALS 30 DAY SHRED.. And I also do free wieghts when my kids go to sleep.. maybe some crunches/push ups, But I work ALLLLL day, and I don't even have the energy to clean when I get home, But making the effort counts..
I ahven't weighed myself ina week, but I ahve been walking and eating better for the past 2 weeks, so hopefully the scale will show it!

Are my lost twin? You just wrote my life! My son sits on me while I try and crunch! ARG :laugh:

Whatever I can fit into normal life. M-F I take the bus to school, but walk home as fast as I can (which usually ends up 25 minutes). I walk up two flights of stairs as fast as I can to get to class everyday. After I get home, I do lunges around the house (to go bathroom, to go kitchen for food, etc.). I just got a resistance band for Christmas, so I do a 7-minute upper body workout with it from spark people (I figure with my 25-minute speedwalk, stair-climbing, and lunges, my legs are in decent shape) every day. On weekends, I go to the pool and do laps for about 20 minutes while my dad does aqua jogging. I don't swim very fast, but I can usually get in at least 5 laps. Saturdays, I also follow along with a 1-hr fit tv program with Gilad. It includes cardio and strength training.

I have been aiming for the gym so I try to do 30 -45 min on the treadmill at 15 percent ncline at 3.2 mph it burns about 350 cal in haf an hour 500 if u do the full 45 min .. I try to do this on mon and Tues but someties I have to use the treadmill at home.. which can be diff cause my kids always interupt my workout.. weds I take a beg spin for 45 min at the gym.. thurs treadmill again and same on fri then sat I do wii fit and walk and sunday rest or vice versa depending on schedule.. Good luck I also love Leslie Sansone's walk away the piunds videos they r great and if u have older kids they can join in and they will love it to my girls do..