What is your work out schedule?

Hi Everyone!
I am curious how many people out there are organized and have a plan...
Meal plan , eating schedule and workout schedule. I am working on one now and can use some help and tips.
Thanks!

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  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Mon-Fri - get up at 4:50 a.m.
    Sat - afternoon or early evening

    Mon/Wed/Fri - weight training
    Tues/Thurs/Sat - cardio
    Sun - rest day

    I pretty much eat at the same time every day and plan my meals ahead of time.
  • lawlorka
    lawlorka Posts: 484 Member
    Mon - Friday up at 6am - walk the dog for 1hour (roughly 2 or 3 miles) At the weekend we head out a bit later and he gets 90mins

    My evenings are like this
    Mon, Thur, Sat - Cardio - 30min run, 2000m row
    Wed, Fri, Sun - Strength Training
    Tue - Rest Day

    I sometimes do a lunch time fitness class too during the week - Step, Spin etc

    I don't have a meal plan -I use the TDEE method so my daily goal is 1670 every day and as long as it fits in my calorie goal I'll eat what I fancy
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    This is a cut/paste of my workout schedule for this week:

    SUNDAY - OFF
    MONDAY - Upper Body (5x3)
    TUESDAY - Legs
    WEDNESDAY - Arms
    THURSDAY - Abs
    FRIDAY - Squats + Olympic Lifts (form work)
    SATURDAY - Upper Body (3x8) + Cardio

    I workout on weeknights/worknights 1st thing when I get home. Weekends I just fit it in whenever.

    Don't have a meal plan set. Just try to hit my calories and macros everyday.
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    I lift mon-fri at around 12:30 on a five day bro split: shoulders/back/chest/legs/arms/rest/rest

    I eat breakfast on the way to work. Eat lunch about 11. Have a protein shake around 2:30-3:00. Eat dinner whenever I get home after picking up my kids. Have some kind of snack to get the rest of my calories in after the kids go to bed. Usually ice cream.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Ideally?

    Mon - Lift
    Tues - Run
    Weds - Lift
    Thurs - Run
    Fri - Lift
    Sat - Run
    Sun - Rest

    I drink coffee, no breakfast. Lunch is usually 12-1 and dinner anywhere between 6-8pm, depending on how long it takes to cook.
  • rassha01
    rassha01 Posts: 534 Member
    Ideally?

    Mon - Lift
    Tues - Run
    Weds - Lift
    Thurs - Run
    Fri - Lift
    Sat - Run
    Sun - Rest

    I drink coffee, no breakfast. Lunch is usually 12-1 and dinner anywhere between 6-8pm, depending on how long it takes to cook.

    Almost identical but I add a protein shake after the morning workout.
  • Exercise....Monday-Saturday goes as follows....EVENINGS ONLY

    MONDAY: Run 6 miles, 30 mintues weights (arms), 10 minutes abs
    TUESDAY: Run 4 miles of intervals, 30 minutes weights (legs), 10 minutes abs
    WEDNESDAY: Elliptical 45 minutes, Stationary bike 15 minutes
    THURSDAY: reapeat Monday
    Friday: repeat Tuesday
    Saturday: long walk, light jog, golf, tennis, swimming....something different!!

    Diet.....Alll the time

    LOW CARB....I am doing Atkins right now and am eating less than 20 NET grams of carbs per day.....as I get further into it I will add more in. So far, I have lost 8.2 lbs in 4 days.....I have been drinking on this diet too, and it hasn't inhibited my weight loss (surprisingly!).

    Good luck!
  • soehlerking
    soehlerking Posts: 589 Member
    Mon- 30 min lift/30 min run
    Tues- 4-mile run
    Wed- 30 min lift/30 min swim
    Thurs- rest
    Fri- 30 min lift/30 min swim
    Sat- 60-90 min run
    Sun- rest

    I do a lot more cardio than I "should," but I enjoy it. The running is really the only thing that relieves stress for me. I eat a full bagel before my long run; the other days I tend to stick to a Greek yogurt. I used to do a protein shake (and should return to it), but I got sick on one once and it just put me off for awhile. TMI.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    As Adini said...ideally..lol.

    Monday: Cardio and Lower Calisthenics
    Tuesday: C25K and Pressing and Pulling Work
    Wednesday: Cardio and Upper/Mid Calisthenics
    Thursday: C25K and Pressing and Pulling Work
    Friday: Cardio and Leg Work
    Saturday: Cardio or/and Yoga
    Sunday: Yoga and Other Cardio (Optional)

    *Cardio could be a run, elliptical, yoga, or a dvd workout.

    Don't have a meal plan. I try to hit macros and eat whatever I feel like that day. Not a clean eater if that is what you are wondering.

    As for meal schedules - it varies. I try to at least get a protein shake in the mornings but I don't have anything set in stone. I find being flexible with both food and meal times helps me more than when I try to be regimented with it.
  • southerndream24
    southerndream24 Posts: 303 Member
    Here's my last full week of training before.

    Monday: AM Lifting/HIIT

    Tuesday: AM Lifting/HIIT; PM Run- Speed work 5-6mi

    Wednesday: AM Run 6-7m easy pace; PM Nike Training Club

    Thursday: AM: Lifting/HIIT; PM Run-Temp0 run 5-6 mi

    Friday: Rest

    Saturday: Long run 10+mi

    Sunday: Run 5-6 mi easy pace

    Marathon on Sunday and once I reverse taper that schedule will change.
  • rbcrawford1
    rbcrawford1 Posts: 29 Member
    Sunday - Step class
    MWF - Lift
    Friday - Zumba (several hours before lifting)

    I may throw a 20 min HIIT workout or two in during the week, either on a rest day or 6+ hours after lifting.

    Meals: I eat 5-6 small meals. It helps me avoid binging, feeling too hungry, and heartburn. 40P/30F/30C, goal is 1600 calories. If I'm still hungry, I eat more. I always have a protein shake (whey protein + dextrose) after lifting.
  • adiggs2777
    adiggs2777 Posts: 111 Member
    I work Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. On Tu and Th I go to the gym after work - so, I'm there by 6:30pm. On Saturday and Sunday I go around 10 am. Sunday I like to make sure I am out of there before noon so I can watch the Bears game (because a girl has her priorities, LOL). I focus on cardio since I have so much fat to lose, but I do stay and do a quick and dirty weight routine Tuesdays and Saturdays. I try to make sure I hit all the major groups - chest/back, biceps/triceps, hams/glutes/quads, abs and stabilizers/low back. Eventually I would like to expand the weights to three days a week and get more variety. But, baby steps, yo.
  • Kevalicious99
    Kevalicious99 Posts: 1,131 Member
    For my meals you can check out my food diary. OP I know you have been snooping .. cause I look at yours. *winks*

    But my exercise plan ...

    Monday .. 60 min cardio (treadmill and stationary bike usually)
    Tuesday .. 60 min Group Power class. Like Les Mills Body Pump.
    Thursday .. 60 min cardio . . (treadmill and StairClimber)
    Saturday .. 60 min Group Power class.

    That's my week in review.

    Take care.
    - Kevin -
  • Mustgetbuff
    Mustgetbuff Posts: 267 Member
    I'm trying to bump up my workouts from five days a week to six, so in a perfect week things will go like so:

    Monday: Rest
    Tuesday: lift for an hour in the evening, full body
    Wednesday: gentle yoga
    Thursday: full body circuit for 30 minutes in the evening
    Friday: swimming for an hour during my lunch break (usually 30 minutes of intervals then 15 minutes using only legs and then 15 minutes using only arms)
    Saturday: full body TRX for an hour in the late morning
    Sunday: power yoga in the evening
    Rinse and repeat.

    I net 1800 calories a day; I don't bother to log my workouts, focusing instead on just hitting the 1800 calorie mark--I think this simplifies the process and saves me from overestimating calories burnt in a workout. I eat 50% carbs, 25% protein, and 25% fat through five meals a day: 400 calorie breakfast, 200 calorie morning snack, 400 calorie lunch, 200 calorie afternoon snack, and 600 calorie dinner.

    If anyone sees room for improvement, please feel free to message me as I'm as always open to changing things up!
  • luluinca
    luluinca Posts: 2,899 Member
    Mon: 5:30am-circuit 30 mins/swim 30mins
    Tues: 5:30am-swim 45/mins (1/2 mile minimum) 5:00pm-circuit class/60mins
    Wed.: OFF
    Thurs: Same as Tues
    Fri: Same as Mon
    Sat: OFF
    Sun: 5:30am-circuit 45 mins/swim 30mins

    I generally eat 1600 to 1700 calories except on my OFF days and those I try to stay at 1200-1300 (don't yell at me, I'm old)

    I eat a lot of the same things day after day for breakfast and lunch but only if I really like them and mix up my dinners and snacks to keep it interesting. I cook dinner almost every night and we eat pretty healthy.

    I'm recovering from a serious back injury and it's taken me quite a bit of time to work up to this schedule and I also gained about 30 pounds on top of the other 30 I needed to lose during the healing process...................yikes. On track to be back to my normal self by May or June, possibly July...................who knows?
  • odddrums
    odddrums Posts: 342 Member
    I wake up at 5am for work M-F so I work out in the afternoons and pretty minimal -

    weights 3 days a week doing 3 sets of 8-12: bench, squat, assisted pull ups, deadlift, then either planks, leg lifts, reverse crunches, crunches, pumpkin smashers or other ab stuff.
    I try to alternate squat and deadlift so I don't kill my back. Once I hit my goal weight and focus on a slow gain I'll start doing all the smaller exercises but right now I just want to maintain my strength.
    My main philosophy [stolen from an MFP friend] is "Get fit in the gym, lose weight in the kitchen."

    I NEVER schedule my workouts more than a few days ahead of time. My weekly schedule changes so much thanks to different evening and weekend activities/obligations that it's just easier for me to schedule that week than have a set thing. Plus, I don't feel bad if I miss a day, I just feel good when I get a day!
  • Matt24442
    Matt24442 Posts: 324
    lift 3 times, cardio twice, and if i can, yoga once.

    Work and school make it so I find myself lifting or doing hiit at 11 at night.
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    When I am in full swing, (am not right now since I mangled my shoulder a couple months ago)
    I get up at 330am, go to work, home around 1-15.

    Monday: Bench, jiu jitsu
    Tuesday: Deadlifts
    Wednesday: Jiu jitsu
    Thursday: Overhead press
    Friday: Squats
    Saturday: Strongman event training
    Sunday: Off

    Average weight training time: 1.5 hours. Jiu Jitsu: 60 minutes.
  • UCSMiami
    UCSMiami Posts: 97 Member
    Day 1 CST
    Day 2 BB
    Day 3 Legs
    Day 4 rest or cardio
    repeat
    One mandatory rest day every eight days if previous two rest days were used for cardio
  • M- Cardio 1hr.
    T- Strength circuit full body 30m, cardio 30m
    W- Cardio 1hr.
    R- Strength circuit full body 30m, cardio 30m
    F- Cardio 1hr.
    SA- Strength circuit full body 30m, cardio 30m
    SU- Rest

    I like cardio and have a lot of time on my hands so. :)
  • ellskiNZ
    ellskiNZ Posts: 32 Member
    Monday: brief cardio (5-10 mins), weights, yoga
    Tuesday: 1 hour jazz dance class
    Wednesday usually off.
    Thursday: weights, longer cardio session
    Friday, usually off.
    Saturday morning: Personal training. Usually weights/body weight type exercises, or medicine ball type things
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    Currently:
    Mon: Strong Curves workout A
    Tues: Strong Curves workout B
    Wed: Gaelic Football
    Thurs: AFL 9s
    Fri: Strong Curves workout A
    Sat: Strong Curves workout C
    Sun: Rest

    New schedule starting Monday shifting the focus to speed and power:
    Mon: Sprint session
    Tues: Gym 3x3 bench, squat and DL and 10 x200m row sprints
    Wed: Gaelic Football and running session (longer efforts)
    Thurs: AFL 9s
    Fri: Gym 5x5 bench, squat and DL and 10 x200m row sprints
    Sat: 30 minute run
    Sun: Rest
  • honsi
    honsi Posts: 210 Member
    I mostly do les mills stuff classes:
    Monday : Body Pump, Gym , Body Balance ( 2.5 hrs)
    Tuesday: Day off or Cxworx and Body Balance ( 1 hr 15 mins)
    Wednesday: Body Pump and Body Attack ( 90mins)
    Thursday: Body Attack and Body Pump ( 1 hr 45 mins)
    Friday: Day off or walk (60-150 mins)
    Saturday: Body Pump ( 1 hour)
    Sunday : Body Attack and Cxworx ( 1 hr 15 mins)