How long does everyone work out per day?

Minimum of 30 minutes, but more whenever I can. Every day. If you left me on my own without any responsibilities (which almost *never* happens) I would workout for like 2-3 hours.

Gads. I only do the one DVD (30DS) - which is 20 minutes. No wonder my weight loss has kind of stalled.

Where oh where am I gonna find the time to do more? I don't know that I can cut more time from my sleep. That can be a vicious cycle. I can actually tolerate a fair amount of sleep deprivation but when I'm chronically sleep deprived the urge to eat increases ten fold, along with the urge to stay up later and later.. Don't know why.

Sometimes I think being able to prioritize, manage time, being OK with letting other important things go - is way harder than the calorie counting and sore knees.

This has been an eye opening thread though.

20 - 40 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week, but usually 6.

Cardio: 1hr30
Tone and strength: 1hr

Depends on a couple of things, your own personal goal being the primary factor and as others have mentioned, intensity being the second factor. If you're looking to lose weight the old addage is true, move more & eat less. However, studies are beginning to show that shorter durations of higher intensity workouts often prove more beneficial than lower intensity longer duration workouts. Add to the mix the idea of interval training and you can burn calories even more efficiently but this also adds to the complexity of your workouts.
Personally, if I try to keep my workouts somewhere between 20-40 minutes. While doing Insanity my heart rate is often in the 160-175 range. While biking on a Schwinn Airdyne knock-off it is around 120-140. Best of luck to you in whatever it is you do!

It depends on the day. I aim more for a weekly goal. Right now:

3-5 hours of cardio a week
3 lifting sessions (these take about 45 minutes)

My cardio goal can go much higher if I am training for a race, but right now I am just doing it for fun.

Usually about an hour M-F, longer on the weekends. Some times throw in a few 20 or 30 minute walks if I have time.

I do roughly 2 hours 4-5 days a week. It's a combination of lifting and cardio.

My shortest workout day right now is 45 minutes, and my longest is 3.5 hours, 2 rest days. When I'm not training for an event, it's 45-90 x5 days a week.

30 minutes for walking each day
30 - 1 hour of DDP Yoga every other day

3x/week on the Gazelle: 30 - 45 minutes.

4x/week (sometimes more): walking 60 - 140 minutes.

45 mins- 1 hr 15 mins. Depends on if I add in a Jillian video on top of my 45 mins on the treadmill. I do that 4-5 days a week.

The amount of time is less relevant then the intensity you put in to that time. I've spent hours at the gym and lest then 30 minutes and have gotten more out of the 30 minutes then the two hours.

What is important is that you have a plan going in. After years of being a gym rat, I switched to CrossFit which gears workouts around WOD's (Work Out of the Day) which are generally unknown until the morning of the workout or at best the night before. These WOD's consist of "warm up" and stretching but the actual work can be as short as 7 minutes or as long as 40 but I guarantee the 7 minute variety will kick your butt. My point is, the time you spend "working out" can be as long or as short as you prefer but if you are about efficiency and getting the most, sometimes less can be more. You've seen those infomercials about the T20 (I think that's what it's called), that's the kind of intensity you should but in to a workout if you want to spend less time.

I'm amazed when I go to a gym and see people I've seen there for years, doing the same thing, day after day, and putting little effort or variety into what they are doing. I see that as s social workout. Sure your burning some calories but if you have real fitness goals you need to follow a plan and put in the work and it doesn't have to be hours and hours to be effective but it does have to be efficient. Good luck to ya.

What you are doing seems completely reasonable for general fitness.

I work out usually about 7-12 hours per week, but I often do 2-a-days or go on long hikes. Some of that is yoga though, so it's not all harsh. I just like working out and eventually plan to compete in a couple of things. I do CrossFit usually three days per week, so I never know what I am going to get with that, other than a ton of high intensity, fast!

IMO...Exercise doesn't play a huge role in actual weight loss. It is only an aid to losing...but not a necessary aid.

I've seen this opinion from a few people, and I don't understand it. I agree that exercise isn't necessary, but it is as important of an aid/tool as reduced calorie intake. To lose wieght, its

Calories in < Calories out

If you chose to operate on the left hand side of this inequality or the right hand side, anything you do to make this relationship happen plays the same role, i.e. a calorie burned is just as important as a calorie not eaten.

There are a number of personal factors that come into play that may lead someone to chose to eat less, exercise more, or some combination of the two (goals, time, health, fitness to name a few). I just can't buy that one is necessarily better for you when it comes to losing unwanted weight. I do beleive that exercising has addtional benefits, and that is why I chose that path.

I personally lost 25lbs last year, and I didn't change my diet at all. I just chose to burn a lot more calories than I was consuming (10-15 hrs/wk of 15-20 mph biking). I realized that over the winter, since I'm not going to be able to be as active, I have to work on the Calories in part as well. As a result, I've started to use MFP to track my intake. It has worked, but I expect to go back to eating what I want pretty soon, as I've already started to ramp up my longer weekend rides.