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How many hours a day do you exercise?

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edited February 6 in Fitness and Exercise
Just curious! I know they say on average you need 30 minutes a day...just seeing what yall do :)

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  • Posts: 513 Member
    30 to 50 minutes cardi, then maybe 20 weights with a 15 minute sauna. I dont time it.... but push myself. I also try to do this 7 days a week. Am workouts
  • Posts: 9,532 Member
    60-120 minutes, depending.
  • Posts: 200 Member
    I'm about 45 minutes a day for weight lifting and about 10-30 minutes of cardio depending on the type (if HIIT it's about 10-20 minutes) I'm about to start the following schedule:
    Monday, Wednesday, Friday - Ladies Strength Class - 45 minutes
    Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - YOGA - 45-60 minutes (depending on DVD)
    Monday, Sunday - cardio - 20-30 minutes max (whatever I feel like doing on those days - ride bike, treadmill, HIIT, etc.)

    Short answer - about 45 minutes a day.
  • Posts: 3,495 Member
    And hour or more bike ride 7 days a week.
  • Posts: 1,679 Member
    45 minutes a day for weightlifting
    5 minutes for warm up at the beginning
    5 minutes to stretch at the end
    1-2 rest days a week
  • Posts: 5 Member
    I only just started at the gym, but as of right now I do 30 minutes cardio and then 15-30 minutes of strength.
  • Posts: 27 Member
    This week 100 mins average a day
    Cycling pretty hard, recovery swim after a cycling injury left my shoulder pretty bad, hard youtube classes, running a bit but I push, electric bike short, pretty easy
    Weights a bit
  • Posts: 173 Member
    I run 3-4 days a week for 40 minutes to an hour, do 45 minutes of cross training twice a week and yoga (75 minutes) once a week. I have one or two days of complete rest, so sometimes those double up - anywhere from 40 minutes to two hours of working out on any given day (or zero if it's rest).

    Currently it looks like -

    Monday - Run 4 miles, yoga (this is actually "yogalates" and is pretty intense)
    Tuesday - Run 4 miles or rest
    Wednesday - Cross train with circuit training/boot camp (45 minutes); sometimes speed runs in the evening (2 miles full tilt)
    Thursday - Run 4 miles
    Friday - Cross train with circuit training/boot camp (45 minutes)
    Saturday - Long run (currently 6 miles, this will go up in December)
    Sunday - rest


    This does not factor in walking or biking as my commuting choice, or warm ups, which is an additional 20 - 60 minutes a day.
  • Posts: 127 Member
    My average day:

    30 minutes strength training
    30 minutes cardio.
    10 minutes bike to school, 10 minutes back over large elevation differences.
    30 minutes swimming class M-W-F.
    20 minutes bike to work and back, same hilly ground.
    Plus I try to do a little swimming after work, usually 10-15 minutes. Not high intensity, just working on form.
    Also my work is pretty active, I am on my feet the entire 4 hours or so.

    For TDEE I only count the 1 hour of workout that I do 6 mornings a week. My actual net calories is probably a little less.
    I would consider that I do 60-90 or more minutes of exercise per day.
  • Posts: 46 Member
    25 minutes of "strength training"
    55 minutes of cardio
  • Posts: 739 Member
    I'm working out every other day usually, right now. I workout for about 40 minutes including warm up and stretch
  • Posts: 2,286 Member
    it depends on my crazy schedule. busy days - 20 or 30 minutes, days I have off a couple hours.
  • Posts: 41,865 Member
    It depends...right now I'm not really training for anything and actually nursing a bit of an injury...I do a 45 - 60 minute maintenance cycle 2-3 times per week and I lift 3x per week. I also like to go for a 30 minute or so walk at lunch on my lifting days.

    When I'm training for an event it's a little different story...most of my workouts are still in the 60 minute or so time frame but I'll usually have one long ride or run or whatever.

    I currently take 1 day per week to rest...when I'm training I often will take 2 days or will have 1 day of complete rest and another day of very light exercise...but I need more recovery from my vigorous workouts than I need right now. I will usually take a de-load week as well...about every 4-6 weeks depending.
  • Posts: 2,835 Member
    Who is "they"?
  • Posts: 101 Member
    biking or jogging 30-50 min, 4 or 5 days a week
    DDR for up to 2 hours, 1 or 2 times a week

    I kinda feel like such a slacker looking over this thread.
  • Posts: 1,857 Member
    I walk an hour to an hour and a half and lift some sort of weights for about the same amount of time 5x per week. The other two days I just walk for an hour or two.
  • Posts: 139 Member
    45 minutes to 1 hour
    3 days per week
  • Posts: 125 Member
    I exercise about 30 minutes every two weeks or so. It's pretty bad.
  • Posts: 985 Member
    It depends on the exercise performed. If I'm doing sprints I keep it to around 20 minutes. Body weight exercises currently get performed HIIT style in between zumba sets a couple days a week, so those usually end up being about an hour even. (I'm testing to see how this works for now.) If strength training is the only exercise of the day than those run about 1/2 hr. Depending upon how gung ho I'm feeling, I'll do these 5-7 days a week, though for the most part I'll get one rest day snuck in there.
  • Posts: 843 Member
    Who is "they"?

    The voices. Shhhh.... they'll hear you.
  • Posts: 106 Member
    Mon though Fri - 30-60 minutes of cardio (rowing/elliptical)
    Mon/Wed/Fri - weights (different groups usually 30 min+)
    Sat - 3 to 6 hours of walking or other non gym activity
  • Posts: 243 Member
    according to MFP, about 5.5-6 hours per week. 4 runs, 2 other w/o's
  • Posts: 843 Member
    I'm at the gym 3 days a week for 45 to 90 minutes, depending on what I'm in. And I run 4 or 5 days a week: anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 or 3 hours. And I sneak some yoga in there every once in a while.
  • Posts: 11,118 Member
    Some days I exercise for zero minutes. Weights days about 45 minutes, which includes a warm-up. Long runs up to 2-3 hours. Short runs 30-45 minutes. It all depends on what I'm doing that day.

    During the summer I'm in rest mode, so all I do is weights and maybe some light cardio - a couple hours a week, tops. We're moving into fall/winter, which is my training season, so I'm doing more like 6-8 hours a week. :flowerforyou:
  • Posts: 196 Member
    At this stage a minimum of 60mins, and anywhere up to 90mins max is all I can handle. I'm only exercising 3-4 times a week at this level due to injuries though and hope to increase it to 6-7 days a week over time.
  • Posts: 155 Member
    Damn you people do a lot of exercise, I think I would die if I tried to workout as much as some of you.

    I do 40mins daily, 6 days per week. So averages 34mins per day over the week.

    I do some other things, like walking and recreational activities like kayaking that aren't included in that. That is just my workout exercise, not so much my fun exercise lol
  • Posts: 2,459 Member
    I do 40-45 minutes right now with a few workouts hitting the 60 I'm aiming for as everything gets stronger (tendons/joints issues).

    My rest day or two is still usually 40-45 minutes but of restful stuff ;) Sometimes only 20, though.


    This is all for very planned working out. Other activity is whenever, although I do have to skip my planned workout if the other is too hard a day!
  • Posts: 513 Member
    1 hr to 2 hr every 2nd day....geteeer done!
  • Posts: 3,251 Member
    Currently shooting for 3 to 4 hours of cardio per week. I also do 2 hours of strength training a week.
  • Posts: 947 Member
    I workout 4/5 days a week. 30-80 mins cardio and 20-40 mins strength.
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