how long do you workout for?

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  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    I workout everyday at home, 60-70 minutes. This includes a long yoga workout once a week, short hiit workouts with strength training 3x/week, cardio or circuit training 3x/week and a 12 minute stretch routine after each workout. Some times I will take the dogs for a 15-20 minute walk after I'm finished with my workout, but the dogs get more out of it than I do. When I hit maintenance, I will probably re-evaluate my routine, but for now this is working for me.
  • Fonarios
    Fonarios Posts: 31 Member
    i'm going to shoot to getting it down to 1.5 this week and about an hour next week...the extra hour at home will def be nice!!
  • lhourin
    lhourin Posts: 144 Member
    20-40 min, 4ish x/week. I like super quick, intense workouts, and they have been giving me better results than my previous longer gym workouts.
  • bongochick45
    bongochick45 Posts: 130 Member
    1) I have never heard of gaining fat because you work out too much. That sounds like foolishness, but I could be wrong. I'm no expert.

    2) I work out about 30-60 minutes 5-6x a week. I'm traininig for a 10k though and I'm pretty slow so I know my running workouts will eventually hit the 90 minute mark. But that's it. Unless you're a professional athlete or training to be the Rock's stunt double I don't think you should need to work out for that long.
  • StaticEntropy
    StaticEntropy Posts: 224 Member
    about 45 minutes, excluding warm up sets.
  • JeremiahStone
    JeremiahStone Posts: 682 Member
    I usually do about 30 min of cardio and 60 min of weights every other day, in between ill usually do about an hour or two of light/heavy interval training and rest the weekend
  • RoyBeck
    RoyBeck Posts: 947 Member
    I wouldn't say there is a right or wrong answer. Just do whatever you do, ensure your form is right and take as long as it takes.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    That does seem like a lot and counter productive ..I'm usually 45 mins to an hour especially if your not wasting too much time in betweent sets

    He said 2-4 hours a WEEK.... so Im thinking that is not all in one workout, right?

    He said 2 hours 4x weekly.
  • ktliu
    ktliu Posts: 334 Member
    M-F 1-1.5hr
    Saturday 2+hours
    Sunday. Die
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
    Generally 45 minutes: Mon-Fri, 60 minutes:Sat - very occasionally I will do a longish run around 90 minutes
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    cardio = everyday - 60 - 80 minutes
  • ahmadfahmy
    ahmadfahmy Posts: 214 Member
    I'm typically in the gym about 2 hours 4 days a week. that includes the stretching,water breaks and rest between sets (no chitchatting as i always have my headphones on full blast :-) ) someone else mentioned that anything over 45 minutes will actually build up your fat? not sure what to do??? please help!!

    as long as youre making progress with each workout it shouldnt matter how long youre in the gym.
  • RunnerElizabeth
    RunnerElizabeth Posts: 1,091 Member
    Currently 3 hours a week of running and 3 hours a week of bodyweight strength training.
  • jsdcap
    jsdcap Posts: 46 Member
    Crossfit 1 hour 3x per week, can barely finish the hour, non Crossfit days, swim 45 minutes
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    In general my current workout is

    Strength train 3x week for 15-25 minute a session

    Run 3x week for 30-60 minutes
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    weights: 45min-75min

    Cardio: 20min - 45 min (The latter barely ever happens)

    4-6 days a week
  • rapidity
    rapidity Posts: 10
    For optimal muscle gain keep workouts under 45 min. This is because of hormones. So 1 session 45 min. You could do multiple sessions a day like a morning and late afternoon session. But mind the time of 1 session. So an hour also works for people, but under 45 min. is optimal for muscle gain.
  • M8R5on8ym
    M8R5on8ym Posts: 23 Member
    SL 5x5 Mon, Wed, Fri 30 mins

    Walking/Jogging (C25K ish) Tues, Thurs 30 Mins

    Walking 3 miles into town Saturday & Sunday (recently tried starting to walk/jog back)

    Basically try to do 30 mins a day
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    For optimal muscle gain keep workouts under 45 min. This is because of hormones. So 1 session 45 min. You could do multiple sessions a day like a morning and late afternoon session. But mind the time of 1 session. So an hour also works for people, but under 45 min. is optimal for muscle gain.

    Too much useless broscience ... Time has nothing to do with it , I can do 16 sets in 60minutes . some can do 16 sets in 45minutes . Depends on rest between sets , intensity , your personal goal etc..
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    i go four days a week upper/lower split usually about an 1hr 15 minutes..maybe 1hr and a half..

    run/abs on wens about 45 minutes total...

    two hours seems like a lot...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    45 minutes to an hour. I was told by a trainer not to work out more than 45 min, 60 min max. Go short and go hard. When you workout more than 1 hour your body releases the stress hormone called Cortisol, which eats your muscle. More does not always mean better. You should change it up and see if you see better results. 45 minutes, intense!
    this sounds like garbage to me....
  • britttttx3
    britttttx3 Posts: 458
    4-5 days a week 45 mins-1 hour
  • default
    default Posts: 124 Member
    The release of cortisol is not garbage, it does depend on your fitness level and body though. A more "fit" person will release lower cortisol in response to stress on the body.

    Cortisol functions to be released from the adrenal glands in response to stress (i.e. exercise). In response to the moderate to intense training, cortisol will make more fuels available, through a process called gluconeogenesis, which is the process of making new glucose. These fuels will be available in the liver where glycogen (storage form of glucose) levels will have increased. This will also block the action of insulin and not make glucose uptake by the muscle possible, thus increasing blood glucose. In addition to this process, cortisol will increase muscle protein breakdown and fat in the adipose tissue, depleting the energy stores and releasing this fuel into the bloodstream for use.
  • rapidity
    rapidity Posts: 10
    For optimal muscle gain keep workouts under 45 min. This is because of hormones. So 1 session 45 min. You could do multiple sessions a day like a morning and late afternoon session. But mind the time of 1 session. So an hour also works for people, but under 45 min. is optimal for muscle gain.

    Too much useless broscience ... Time has nothing to do with it , I can do 16 sets in 60minutes . some can do 16 sets in 45minutes . Depends on rest between sets , intensity , your personal goal etc..

    No broscience.. real science.. I didnt say you cant gain if you go over 45 min. I am however saying that will not give you OPTIMAL gain.. has to do with hormones as I saw somebody else post just now.. for muscle gain also per exercise do 3 sets of 4-10 reps.. other methods might work, but science shows time and time again what actually works best, also they measure actual muscle gain better without the fat gain most gym members think is muscle weight...

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