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  • tinabatinaflc
    tinabatinaflc Posts: 98
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    3 days a week at the gym: 5 minute warm up, 20-30 minutes HIIT treadmill or elliptical, 30 minutes of weights - alternating lower and upper body on different days, abs every day, 5 minutes of stretching

    2 days a week: 5 minutes of warm up, 20-40 minutes HIIT and plyometrics at home (possibly a warm up run for 10 minutes or 1 mile outside if the weather is right), 5 minutes stretching

    rest days: light yoga or nothing at all

    So, I guess I spend no more than 1 hour MAX at the gym...i don't shower or anything there though...

    I abide by the rule that you should work as hard as you can for a shorter period of time rather than not as hard as you can for a long time.
  • cljabusc
    cljabusc Posts: 48
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    i try to go 2 or 3 times a week to the gym. lately i've been doing heavy lifting there, as I don't have any machines or heavy weights at home. with 5 min warm up and stretches at the end it usually takes me just over 1 hour.

    the other days of the week I stay at home and do cardio/yoga with P90X. that usually takes 1-1.5 hr.

    :)
  • fatfrost
    fatfrost Posts: 365 Member
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    On the weekends I run b/n 4.5 and 6 miles with pull-ups, crunches and dips before and after. During the week I get at least one 3.5 mile run in with pull-ups, crunches and/or dips before or after. I'm in for 2 hrs each day on the weekend and 1 hr during the week.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
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    As I'm not interested in endurance training, 60 minutes tops. It's about being effective rather than spending hours. For fitness, it'd be HIIT. For weights, so heavy I don't want to do many reps. Less is more! Plus I'm thinking long term - can I do this for life? If it required me to train every day for 2 hours, I don't think it'd fit my lifestyle forever!

    The only exception is when I go climbing - more is better so I'll try to stay for hours (I mean up to 8 hours). It'd be partly for exercise and partly for socialising. I love climbing. :)
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    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

    More weights and less other stuff....
  • Anthonydaman
    Anthonydaman Posts: 854 Member
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    One hour in the gym for resistance training, I do cardio at home
  • supermodelchic
    supermodelchic Posts: 550 Member
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    workout 6 days a week.
    30-60 minutes of cardio either Spin class or Stairmaster
    then 16-20 sets for 1 bodypart
    I fit in ab's 3 times a week
    do legs twice , different exercises per workout
    length is 60 minutes to 90 minutes
  • Melo1966
    Melo1966 Posts: 881 Member
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    Cut the treadmill time in the beginning you only need 10 min for a warm up before the circuit training. If you want more cardio run outside on non gym days.
  • 3lilkids
    3lilkids Posts: 90 Member
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    M W F full body strength training, 45 min. Tu Th 45 min cardio, treadmill or my new fav, arc trainer.
  • raisingemilyjune
    raisingemilyjune Posts: 181
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    I'm at the gym usually an hour to and hour and a half, depending on how much I feel like doing. Today, for instance, I was there for an hour this morning - 30 minute interval run on the treadmill + 5000m row, tonight I'll be going back with my fiance and doing probably 30 minutes on the arc trainer, 10-15 minutes biking and then some weights.
  • johnbatzer
    johnbatzer Posts: 17 Member
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    I guess I'm lucky, in that my gym offers free parking, so I tend to go multiple times, for shorter amounts.

    In a "perfect workout day at a gym," I would spend:

    60 minutes in a weight/step circuit (30 minutes x 2)
    30 minutes rowing
    45 minutes on the elliptical
    60 minutes swimming
    15 minutes between sauna & shower

    But it's rare that I ever spend more than 60 minutes at the gym at any one time, and if I have more time than 60, I'm out on the road (running or cycling)
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
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    I go to the gym for 45 minues because it's at work and I only have an hour total to get changed, get my burn on, shower and get back to my desk. On the days when I go after work, I usually stay closer to an hour. On the weekends in the summer, I can be outside walking and/or running for up to two hours.

    As far as what I do...typically 30-35 minutes on cardio machine and 10-15 minutes of strength training or a 45 minute circuit training routine.
  • stormsusmc
    stormsusmc Posts: 228 Member
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    Lol...gonna burn yourself out quick.

    Me:
    60-75min weights
    15-30 min cardio (45 if swimming)
    10 stretching
    10 steam room/shower
    MAX I'm there is just a bit over 2 hours.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
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    Can't believe some of the numbers I'm seeing here.

    Do you people seriously plan on spending 8+ hours in the gym every week of your life for the rest of your lives?
    YEP...give or take an hour or so. I've been doing it for over a year, and its more of a habit now than anything. If I miss a day for some reason, I feel irritable all day.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    Can't believe some of the numbers I'm seeing here.

    Do you people seriously plan on spending 8+ hours in the gym every week of your life for the rest of your lives?
    YEP...give or take an hour or so. I've been doing it for over a year, and its more of a habit now than anything. If I miss a day for some reason, I feel irritable all day.

    yes as I plan to have 10% body fat into my 50's...
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    Lol...gonna burn yourself out quick.

    Me:
    60-75min weights
    15-30 min cardio (45 if swimming)
    10 stretching
    10 steam room/shower
    MAX I'm there is just a bit over 2 hours.

    Man that's what I'm thinking. Even guys like Jim Wendler keep their workouts to under an hour.

    The last thing I want to be doing when I'm 40, 50, 60 years old is spending 12 hours a week in a gym hammering at a rowing machine or elliptical. Totally pointless and unsustainable. I'll do my 3 hours of lifting a week, find some hours to play tennis or racquetball, and call it good.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    Can't believe some of the numbers I'm seeing here.

    Do you people seriously plan on spending 8+ hours in the gym every week of your life for the rest of your lives?
    YEP...give or take an hour or so. I've been doing it for over a year, and its more of a habit now than anything. If I miss a day for some reason, I feel irritable all day.

    yes as I plan to have 10% body fat into my 50's...

    I went from 25% body fat to 10% without ever spending more than 3 hours a week in the gym. I can't imagine it takes 3-4 times that much to maintain 10%. I guess if you want to be a bodybuilder you can spend a lot of time targeting certain muscles though.
  • dcalentino
    dcalentino Posts: 21 Member
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    Wow very interesting to read what people do at the gym. I am lazy, time for me to step it up!
    I do strength training for 30 minutes and then either run or elliptical for 20 mins.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
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    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

    ^^^This.
  • dcalentino
    dcalentino Posts: 21 Member
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    I know right....I thought the same thing!

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