How do you exercise?
Rhozelyn
Posts: 201 Member
Hello. I would be grateful if those who have lost weight/ maintained weight loss could tell me and others their exercise regime. I would like to know your answers to these basic questions.
1. How often you exercise per week
2. What exercise you do
Thanks :-)
1. How often you exercise per week
2. What exercise you do
Thanks :-)
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Personally, I used to run a lot and do mostly cardio. I lost the most then. But looking back, I think I lost a lot of muscle mass with the fat. Currently I'm using the Dailyburn website doing the Cardiosculpt program... It's been really helpful considering with winter here, running outside is impossible. It focuses on a combination of cardio/strength training, and I've noticed that I've lost but maintained my muscle mass for the most part.
Really love it! Hope this helps some!0 -
Cardio 6 times a week and body weight training 3 days a week, full body.
What helps me stick to my cardio is setting a goal and being on a program to achieve it. So now my goal is to run 10k under certain time, it used to be run 5k by certain date, doesn't matter what goal it is fore me, I just need to have a goal and routine for it. Otherwise I feel it is too easy to skip my workouts. But when you have a program you follow you can not move today in tomorrow so it's what get's me going more easily.0 -
Strength train 5 days a week (1 body part per day). Cardio 6 days a week not exceeding 1 hour (mostly 30 minutes unless I'm instructing a class).
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition0 -
Hey there
I have 4 intense workouts a week , then try to squeeze in a half hour of yoga every day.
My workouts are strength training that I do at home, sunday and wednesday I do upper body : weighted pushups (wide arm, diamond, regular, dive-bomber) , pull-ups, traveling planks, etc. Monday and Thursday I do lower body/core (squats, lunges, jumping squats, leg circles, russian twists, planks with leg lifts, side planks, etc)
You can definitely get an excellent workout even from home!
But what matters if finding an exercise routine that you enjoy, and that you will be able to make a habit of so try out different things and find what you like! I do recommend incorporating some sort of strength training though, just because it is wonderful for toning up the body and changing your body composition.
Oh and I rarely do cardio. But when I do, its High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) because the workouts are shorter but just as effective (if not more) than long, steady cardio like running.0 -
Depends on the season.
Going in to winter, lift weights as focus 4 x weekly split upper/lower routine, with easy level cardio (swimming and jogging) for recovery on 2 of those days, and another day of enjoyable cardio (spin bike) at funner intensity.
Going in to nicer outdoor weather, lift weights 2 x weekly full body or skip lower and do hill sprints or HIIT, along with 4 days of cardio (swim, bike, run), some hard, some easy, to allow improvements.0 -
Dedicating each day to either cardio or strength Training, 6 days a week on different days. Example:- Mon-cardio, Tues-strength, Wed-cardio etc . I also mix up the cardio sessions rather then always do the same thing like jogging, i try other forms of cardio like sprint training, mountain bike riding, swimming, HIITS etc, otherwise cardio just becomes to repetitious & boring for me. Sundays usually is relax day but il sometimes go for a casual walk, hike or stretching for 20-60 mins example.0
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Weight lifting x 4 days a week with Cardio x 6 days a week with 1 rest day worked in... on my lifting days my cardio is light and always after my lifting session. Normally incline treadmill. The other cardio days are usually Abs before and then 70-90 minutes of strenuous cardio...... Best of Luck...0
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For the majority of the year my weekly routine would be:
3 x weights - mixture of free weights, machines & body weight exercises, usually in a high tempo, full body, circuit training style often using pyramid sets.
3 x cardio - usually one high intensity & one LISS session indoors and one cycle outdoors. I use a mixture of spinning bike, rowing machine, elliptical and more rarely treadmill. Outdoor cycling varies from one hour to six hours.
At the moment I've switched to 2 x cardio and 4 x strength sessions and in early Spring will switch back to 3 & 3 and concentrate on endurance building ahead of the cycling season.
As you can probably guess I like a bit of variety.0 -
I walk.0
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I did/do a lot of exercising on my weight loss journey. It definitely is a factor. I want to eat more than 1200 cal. a day and still lose, so exercising a lot was the only way. I have been on MFP almost 7 months now and actually have exceeded my goal, but the last few lbs came off slowly.
I am a cyclist, so thats where i started and continued. I hadn't ridden in about 8 years on a consistent basis, so i really got back into it and would ride 60-90 min a day about 5 days a week - increasing my speed all the time.
In the summer i really got into gardening. This was pretty heavy duty as it was a lot of clipping hedges (with small clippers) and lots of weeding. I would do this 3-4 days a week. I still do it, but there is not much left to do! So I am out there 1-2 days a week for about 90 min each. (my yard looks much better and it saved $$ by not hiring someone!)
I had an ankle injury a year ago so my tennis was out until about 2 months ago. I now play 3 times a week - 90 min each.
And i joined a gym for strength training almost 2 months ago. I go every other day for an hour an lift as heavy as i can. - Increasing - but not a lot - this is slow - but i am increasing as i can.
So - exercise is important. I am in much better shape now and feel great. I log obsessively and am on day 214 - not missing.
I feel its also imperative to weigh some foods, measure others and log everything.
I have loved being on MFP as it has made me be accoutable - to something. And this works.
You can do it - but the key is - you have to really want this - its definitely attainable.
Stick to it - don't give up...go..............0 -
I run 4 times a week and practise yoga as close to 5 days a week as I can. Runs in the morning, yoga in the evening.0
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Thank you all for your replies. There is no room for laziness! I'm not sure I can do more than 4 times a week at the moment.0
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I've got 2 little kids so find working out for any length of time + a shower afterward is hard to fit in, so dragged out the old stationary bike, put it in the garage and do sprints on it whenever I go in there for anything, no more than a couple minutes a day but seems to help keep the metabolism going cause the weights coming off.0
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Run 4 days a week
Lifting 2 days a week
One rest day0 -
Thank you all for your replies. There is no room for laziness! I'm not sure I can do more than 4 times a week at the moment.0
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I lift 4x a week0
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Setting a Goal is first and foremost! you have to know what you want in order to achieve it, having said that;
I do:
Strength 3 days
Cardio 3 days
Rest 1 day (Just like the Lord )
It really depends on what you want out of your program. There are so many ways to work out ans as many different types of programs
The key for me has been to keep it interesting. I never do a "program" or routine for more than 3 months because it just becomes formulaic and I get bored.0 -
I lift 3 times a week and do cardio the rest of the days. I run races (2 half marathons this year plus other shorter races) so I run a lot. I also like kickboxing, biking or spinning and swimming. I usually take 2-3 days off a month but even on my days off, my dogs need to be walked so I still get exercise on my rest days.0
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While I was losing I did a lot of running and some kickboxing mostly with some weight lifting. Now, I have been maintaining for almost two years, I mostly just lift heavy (Stronglifts 5x5 with some accessory lifts) and occasionally run.
3-4 days a week by the way0 -
I walk 5 miles 5/6 days a week.
Lift 5 days a week, alternating upper and lower. 30 to 45 mins a days.0 -
I run 4-5 miles a day. I do interval training every 5 days.0
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3 times a week, no more than 30 minutes at a time.
I alternate cardio/weight training days.
Cardio, I switch it up all the time between boxing, step aerobics, and jogging.
Weight training, I try to do as much full body work as I can in 30 minutes.
ETA: I also do little things like take the stairs at work, walk during my lunch hour, etc. that I do not log as exercise.0 -
Like this.
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I was doing a variety of things - boxercise, Zumba, aerobics, step aerobics, core stability, spinning, legs, bums & tums, and personal training and gym sessions (strength training and cardio). I did 5 or 6 sessions a week, plus walks with my kids.
I'm pregnant now so have just toned it down a bit.0 -
i go 7 days a week
2 to 3 hours cardio a day
LOVE IT!0 -
I do a mini workout every morning with three kilo weights and swim hard, so I ache, three times a week. I dance the night away on Saturday nights and walk the dog at 'break a sweat' pace every day.0
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I workout about 4-5 times a week, I used to run a lot but the problem with that is it breaks down muscle mass. If you want to lose weight/fat do cardio but also lift weights, its the only way to gain lean muscle. Also eating clean is helpful.0
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Cardio 6 days a week. I Run for either speed or distance, and alternate.
Also, I lift 5 days a week. I usually concentrate on one body part a day (ie. chest, back, legs, etc). The beauty is that I don't have to go too much over board to make up if I miss a day because of work, Army crap, or just general fatigue.
I change up the strength training every couple weeks and just do body weight and functional training. It keeps my body guessing.0 -
last year i lost 30 pounds and now i'm back to lose the last(?) 40. overall i work out an hour a day 5-6 days a week. my goal is to preserve muscle while i lose
- i do cardio 1-3 days a week for an hour (running, rowing,versaclimber,swimming mainly)
- 3 days a week i do lifting with free weights things like deadlifts, bench press, front squats, back squats, turkish get up. i do as much weight as i can with these while still keeping good form, usually 5 sets of 5 or 3 sets of 5.0 -
I have a stationary bike at home so mostly I do that.0
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