Just curious.. Exercise

Hey friend. I think it depends on what your goals are. I was doing insane amounts of cardio and started doing Insanity but got an injury, so I had to break and I stumbled across Weight lifting. That really has my heart now and I Lift 4 days a week and am currently trying to figure out how I want to do cardio (Hiit, light cardio, running, etc) But my workout days typically look something like this; I do light cardio for about 30 min on my lifting days.

Monday: Upper body pull days (pull ups, dips, lateral pull downs, rows, barbell curls, shrugs, bicep pull downs)
Tuesday: Lower body days (barbell squats, SLDL, goblet squats, leg extensions, leg curls, weighted calve raises)
Wed: This is the day I struggle with I WAS swimming for 45 min/hour, but got kinda burned out on it. I am now doing Hiit in the morning and jogging/walking 3.1 miles in the evening)
Thursday: Upperbody Push days:( Bench press, chest press, dumbbell OHP, Skull crushers)
Friday: Lower Body (leg press, dumbell walking lunges, goblet/plie squats, Deadllifts, sitting calve raises)

Saturday I run, and Sunday is my rest day.

ETA I normally take about 45min/1hr for the lifting, and do about 30 min for the cardio. I always try to run/jog/walk 3.1 miles as I am working myself up for a 5k in August.

lift heavy weights full body workout 3 x week
1-2 days intense cardio
any more cardio is optional and needs to be light
so it doesn't decrease my results for lifting workouts.

Iwork out 5/6 days out of 7, and I mix it up. 1-2 times a week gym, 1-2 times a week sports practice/umpiring, 1-2 x a week swimming in summer/stationery bike in winter, and a bunnnnnnnnch of walking.

oh and duration - minimum 30 but as l long as I can fit in to my day realistically

On May 1st, I started doing some exercise from a website; www.FitnessLadies.net. They have a free monthly exercise challenge that I have started. At first it was very hard because I am extremely out of shape. But I have stuck with it so far: no matter how long it takes me to do it. At first it took me 3 minutes to do a 1 minute wall sit :laugh: but now I do a 1 minute wall sit in 1 minute and it's only day 7; rest day.

My work out schedule:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
15-20 minutes warm-up on the spinner.
1 hour of strength training.
I do a full body work out, but I rotate what I start with, so if I start with legs on Monday then I start with arms on Wednesday. I do 4 to 6 exercises for each major group of muscles. I lift fairly heavy and I use what is called an inverted pyramid approach. I lift super heavy for 8 reps, them medium heavy weight for 10 reps and then 12 reps of the lightest "heavy" weight. Afterwards I jump in the pool and do 30 minutes of laps or 30 minutes of water aerobics.

Tuesday/Thursday: Spin Class 45-60 mins, the class has both interval training and resistance training. Afterwards I swim laps 30-45 minutes

Saturday - Swim for 60 minutes

Sunday -Rest

Starting Next Month I will change things up a bit, so that I rotate strength days with upper and lower body on different days just to mix it up and get more exercises in for each major muscle group. I am noticing I just can not do everything in an hour. But I really love cardio every other day and hate to give up more cardio than I already have, but I know I have to keep mixing it up to see results.

I work out usually 5-6 days per week and I do running, body weight training or intense cardio workout dvds (e.g. burpees, jumping jacks, etc.)

I would say get a heart rate monitor, seriously I love mine, mine was messing up today for some reason and I felt so lost! It keeps you moving to keep your HR up so you burn all you can when you can aqueeze in excercise.

I guess I do workout quite a lot. But I really really enjoy lifting so its not a drag for me (cardio is seeming that way more and more) I bet once you get moving and get into a routine you will crave it more. I find my own sanity in working out, it's the only real ME time I get.

On May 1st, I started doing some exercise from a website; www.FitnessLadies.net. They have a free monthly exercise challenge that I have started. At first it was very hard because I am extremely out of shape. But I have stuck with it so far: no matter how long it takes me to do it. At first it took me 3 minutes to do a 1 minute wall sit :laugh: but now I do a 1 minute wall sit in 1 minute and it's only day 7; rest day.

I'm going to try this, I haven't been exercising much, walking mainly, but think my mind is in the right place to start something new

I go to a Body attack class 4 times a week. Two hour long classes and tewo 45 minute classes. I also do squats, lunges, crunches etc when i can fit them in

I run 5 or 6 times a week (length varies, but usually adds up to 4-5 hours/wk), take 2 Pilates classes a week (1 hr each), just started 30-Day Shred yesterday (20-25 minutes, didn't time it exactly). Most often lately I've been running 5 days, and on the 6th go to the gym to hit the stationary bike and/or Stair Master to work my legs/glutes differently. Before I started 30DS I was doing a short arm/abs DVD about 3 times a week (15 minutes).

Now that my goal half-marathon is over, I might get my road bike out and sub in rides for some of my runs. At least until July or so, when I'll start training for a December marathon.

Monday - Spinning Class 45 mins
Tuesday - PowerPlates 15 mins, HIIT on Eliptical for 75
Wednesday - Same
Thursday - Same
Friday - Spinning Class 45 mins
Sat & Sun - Rest.

If I oversleep my 5:15am alarm on Friday (which I often do) then I'll go to Spinning on Saturday mornings instead

Almost every day, 1 hour cardio at the gym, 1 hour doing exercises with dumbbells at home.