Do you workout more than once a day?

Tasha_Fat2Fit
Tasha_Fat2Fit Posts: 49
in Fitness and Exercise
I currently workout 6 days a week one hour each day. Usually this consists of classes ( three strength training classes, two Zumba class and one R.I.P.P.E.D class). I am contemplating on adding in a morning routine before work - one hour each day.. What do you all do?
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  • xxghost
    xxghost Posts: 4,697 Member
    I do small workouts through-out the day. A short walk here, yoga there, a bit of circuit training in the morning when I wake up. It normally totals up to 700-800 calories. I like it, because working out doesn't seem so daunting. I don't dread it, because I am doing a little bit all day long.

    So if you'd like, try working in a bit of yoga, a walk, or some situps/pushups. I have a short core routine that I enjoy doing. Personally, I don't think more than one CLASS a day is necessary, but it is all up to you and what you want to do!
  • Tasha_Fat2Fit
    Tasha_Fat2Fit Posts: 49
    I do small workouts through-out the day. A short walk here, yoga there, a bit of circuit training in the morning when I wake up. It normally totals up to 700-800 calories. I like it, because working out doesn't seem so daunting. I don't dread it, because I am doing a little bit all day long.

    So if you'd like, try working in a bit of yoga, a walk, or some situps/pushups. I have a short core routine that I enjoy doing. Personally, I don't think more than one CLASS a day is necessary, but it is all up to you and what you want to do!

    Thanks ~ It's always great to hear what everyone is up to. Some of the morning classes are Yoga - which may just be a great start to the day!
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    When I'm at school, I do a video (like RI 30 or cardio/aerobics) before work, and then I use the gym after work to run or do weights. Sometimes I get a good walk in at PE. While home on vacation, I take the dogs for a walk twice a day and then also do a video or swim. I agree, it would not be as fun if I did all of it at once, but throughout the day it doesn't seem like too much. And it breaks up the day so I don't get bored.
  • xxghost
    xxghost Posts: 4,697 Member
    Thanks ~ It's always great to hear what everyone is up to. Some of the morning classes are Yoga - which may just be a great start to the day!

    Morning yoga is wonderful! When I have the extra money, I do the 6 AM hot yoga session. Makes me feel awesome for the rest of the day.
  • kaylurzz
    kaylurzz Posts: 121 Member
    Sometimes. When I'm back at my university's gym I may workout on my own in the afternoon, and then I might hit up a yoga or spin class later that evening.

    I usually do this once or twice a week to just mix things up some.
  • TattooedMuffin
    TattooedMuffin Posts: 174 Member
    i found that for me, I feel best and have better results when i started doing 2 workouts a day..


    Cardio in the A.M before breakfast

    Strength Training/Weight lifting in the P.M (usually around 6pm)
  • Eifersucht
    Eifersucht Posts: 34
    I split my workout into two parts. I do 45 minutes in the morning and another 20-30 minutes in the evening.
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    Lately I have been doing cardio in the morning and strength at night (until I broke my toe by dropping a can of paint on it like an idiot). I was hoping to restart that today but it looks like it's going to be tomorrow since the swelling in my foot isn't down all the way. But I still try to do SOMETHING each morning and each night. I like splitting it up. That way I get that feel good energy throughout the day.
  • Athena53
    Athena53 Posts: 717 Member
    Sort of. I do about an hour of cardio a day, but have been following that up after work with 10-15 minutes in the pool. Great way to unwind!
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    I do a video after waking up/before breakfast and then either another video or weights later in the day. Usually ends up being 45-55 minutes a day.
  • sevsmom
    sevsmom Posts: 1,172 Member
    There are several days when I run in the morning and then to some other workout on my lunch break. It may be more cardio. It may be strength.

    When it was cold, I would do my strength work at home and run on lunch.

    Not every day, but several days a week I work out more than once.
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    Not regularly, but sometimes. You can easily over exert yourself with two-a-days.. at least if you goes ballzdeep at the gym like I do.
  • cjcmrn
    cjcmrn Posts: 134 Member
    just make sure you do not burn out! I've done that before and it resulted in my taking a
    fitness' holiday for over 6 months
  • SilverLotusGirl
    SilverLotusGirl Posts: 537 Member
    On days that I don't work I tend to do 2 workouts a day, I try to have one be cardio based and the other toning-a barre workout or some aerobics with weights. When I work I try to get in one workout before going to work that is gentle cardio and sometimes at work I'll do some standing abs or more gentle cardio on my breaks.

    It all depends on how I feel, how much energy I have, how sore I am, how hard I've worked and all that jazz
  • Anthonydaman
    Anthonydaman Posts: 854 Member
    Sometimes i do, I generally resistance train3-5 times a week and run 2-3 times a week
  • SusanB148
    SusanB148 Posts: 72 Member
    Sometimes I do a hard workout and an easy workout in the same day -- such as a boot camp or strength training class, and then something light such as a gentle stretch yoga or dance class.
  • Tasha_Fat2Fit
    Tasha_Fat2Fit Posts: 49
    Sounds like a heathly way to go (without the burnout) is cardio 1-2 days a week in the morning or a yoga class 1-2 days a week.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    I'm going to tomorrow. I work out in the mornings, and am also taking my friend as my guest tomorrow evening. If it goes well I might make it a regular thing. We'll see. She's kind of a flaky workout buddy. :/
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I call them workout sessions I have been doing 8-9 weekly. Usually my longer session in the morning consisting of biking, walking and running. I try to get in at least 3- 20 min sessions at the work gym consisting of walking on treadmill.
    That is it for me. ALWAYS glad when it is over. LOL
  • Michellekutz1
    Michellekutz1 Posts: 122
    Insanity!
  • EDollah
    EDollah Posts: 464 Member
    Morning is for cardio
    Evening is for weights
  • greenmonstergirl
    greenmonstergirl Posts: 619 Member
    Treadmill 30 mins in the morning
    250 squats in the office about 11
    M/w/f weights...t/th-elliptical at 2 for 45 mins
    Sometimes 45 mins elliptical on m/w/f at 4 (and sometimes not!)
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    There are days when I am active all day long. I will be walking to get everywhere (so that could be an hour of walking), I will be dancing that day for one or two rehearsals (so that can be 2 or 4 hours), and then I still stop by the gym to do my 30 minutes of weight training. And play with my kids at the park, later.
  • TheEffort
    TheEffort Posts: 1,028 Member
    I workout 6 days a week as well; as of late, I have combined two programs into my early morning session, the P90X upper body workouts and the RushFit workouts. :smile:

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  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    I'm at the gym three mornings a week for Boot Camp (1 hour) + I sometimes do another 15 or 20 minutes of weights and core on my own. I run at lunch four days a week, and do long runs on Saturdays. And I do yoga once or twice a week.
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    This may not be what you have in mind, but...

    In the morning, if I want my Diet Coke to go with breakfast, I have to walk to the corner store for it, one to three miles depending on which store I choose (if I'm feeling pretty good and it's not too beastly hot, I'll run to the close one and walk back).

    At work, I park about a mile and a half away from my building, so that's another brisk walk one way and a more leisurely walk on the way back. Where I park is right across from the gym at my workplace.

    The walk back after work suffices as a warmup for an actual "workout," which includes one or more of the following depending on my energy level, attention span, and time available:
    - strength training circuit at the gym (I'm still using machines for now while I recover from recent surgery and read up on free weights)
    - cardio machines at the gym (I like the rowing machine and LOVE the adaptive motion trainer)
    - stair climbing at a nearby 6-story building, with push-ups on the bannisters in between floors on the way down (I did this when the gym was closed, and I still really like it sometimes -- 30-40 flights or so is definitely noticeable the day after)

    At home, I may walk back out for another Diet Coke to go with my dinner (this is pretty much the only way I allow myself to have them anymore). A while after dinner, I'll hop on the treadmill and walk/run if I've eaten over my calorie target during the day, or if I just feel like it. We have a pretty decent treadmill from when my kiddo was on the track team in high school.

    If it's the weekend, the walks will be much longer, running is nearly certain, and I may do a Pilates mat series at home instead of going to the gym.

    So that's a whole bunch of "mini workouts" in a day, most of which aren't really workouts but are definitely calorie-burning activity that adds up. It works for me. Taking classes, not so much really. I need exercise to be a normal-ish part of my day, or else I'll let other things crowd it out.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I have a question for those who run, walk, or otherwise workout at lunch: When do you eat? and... How long is your lunch break? Mine is only 30 minutes...if I was to workout then, I would be all sweaty and then not get to eat. Plus the fact that it would take half the time just to get to wherever I was going to workout. Do you just go back to work all sweaty?
  • prgirl39
    prgirl39 Posts: 108
    I do 4 to 5 miles of the Leslie Sansone Walk DVD's 2 days a week, Zumba 1 day a week and now started to do Step aerobics 2 days a week. I do not work out on the weekends, those are my rest days.
  • davideickelmann
    davideickelmann Posts: 87 Member
    I go to the gym every morning during the week at 430 AM (7 and 9 AM on Sat/Sun) to lift and then try to make time to do some cardio in the afternoon a few days a week.
  • Mario_Az
    Mario_Az Posts: 1,331 Member
    AM hit cardio then workout in the evening m-f

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