heavy lifters: how many mins do u spend on lifting

awomaame25
awomaame25 Posts: 189 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
so whats your typical lifting routine and how many mins do u spend on a lifying session.
i spend 15mins warming up & 60mins lifting(my version of stronglifts 5x5)
talk to me, i'd love to hear what ur sessions consist of and how many mins u spend in the gym lifting
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  • awomaame25
    awomaame25 Posts: 189 Member
    bump
  • Hishtagat
    Hishtagat Posts: 27 Member
    Anywhere from 70 to 100 minutes in total, depending on which lift I am doing and the assistance work I pick for the day.
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    Depends on the routine, really. Kind of hard to generalize.

    I spend longer on chest, shoulders, and triceps than the bicep/back and lower body days due to more exercises... I usually pair my core with bicep/back and lower body days and rarely do core on chest/shoulder/tricep days for that reason. I suppose most days about an hour or a little longer... if I stay steady...
  • awomaame25
    awomaame25 Posts: 189 Member
    oh nice
  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    same as you, but, i really only spend a few minutes actually lifting if u wanna get technical...
  • RoxyBaroque
    RoxyBaroque Posts: 40 Member
    Takes me 2 hours to do a 5 min warm up, workout (pretty much all my splits apart from core and back) and 15 minutes of sprintervals! No idea where the time goes!!
  • elainek79
    elainek79 Posts: 499 Member
    i do pretty much the same 10 mins warmup and 60 minutes lifting

    but i have found myself there for nearly 2 hours if im waiting for machines to free up :(

    you look awesome by the way!
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    I never spend more than 60mins at the gym, I dunno what you guys are busy doing.
  • beckytastic
    beckytastic Posts: 13
    I'm doing New Rules of Lifting at the moment and have only 60 sec rests between exercises/sets so I set everything up first. That takes about 10 mins then after that the routine takes around 45 mins. I've only just started the second half of stage one so have moved on from 2 sets to 3, eventually this'll change to 4 sets which will take a little longer.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    Depends what else I'm doing at the time as I've got my own setup, so no problems 'hogging' the rack etc.

    From half an hour to an hour generally for something akin to starting strength.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    I'm doing Sheiko at the moment and that usually takes me around 2 hours. If I'm pushed for time I can usually squeeze it into 1hr 40 though depending on how tough I'm finding the sets / how long rest I need. This is 3x a week.

    On the 4th day I just do a shorter lifting session, with the stuff that's not included in Sheiko (OHP/Rows/Chin ups) and that takes me 50-60 minutes roughly.
  • ryankerzan
    ryankerzan Posts: 4
    It isn't so much about the time as it is the work. I can get in and out in 30 minutes and be drenched and spent. Do circuits and intervals with little to no rest. Your heart benefits from this also. Set up stations with multiple movements or lifts and get to it. Do this with variation 4-5 times a week. Always incorporate your core (planks, or burpees are the best). Just alway be mixing it up so you do not get bored. That's my 2 cent.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    It typically takes me between 75mins and 90mins for my SL workouts.

    How much time am I actually lifting ? Usually 1min per set...rests are defined by the weight I am lifting, anywhere between 2mins and 31/2mins.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    It isn't so much about the time as it is the work. I can get in and out in 30 minutes and be drenched and spent. Do circuits and intervals with little to no rest. Your heart benefits from this also. Set up stations with multiple movements or lifts and get to it. Do this with variation 4-5 times a week. Always incorporate your core (planks, or burpees are the best). Just alway be mixing it up so you do not get bored. That's my 2 cent.

    If you are lifting heavy (with squats and deads) there is no need to do separate 'core' exercises. Do planks and burpees if you want, but they aren't required for your 'core'.

    Edited to add that also, sweat isn't an indication of a good workout.
  • pursuittofit
    pursuittofit Posts: 97 Member
    25-30 minutes three times a week. Ive choosed Stronglifts 5x5.
    What is your version of it?
  • EpsilonGamma
    EpsilonGamma Posts: 96
    a workout should really take no more than an hour. This includes warm up. Anything else and you're fluffing about in the gym. playing on your phone (i'm guilty of this). Watching other people lift. getting a drink, have rest breaks that are too long etc. The list goes on.

    I do a modified Rippletoe Workout.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    My lifting sessions are usually about 30-45 minutes. However, I only rest for about 30 seconds in between. I also do my cardio on the same days for about 20-30 minutes.
  • Boogage
    Boogage Posts: 739 Member
    I do my own circuit/dumbbell thing at home and it takes between 30 minutes and 55 minutes usually. I try not to rest between sets.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    a workout should really take no more than an hour. This includes warm up. Anything else and you're fluffing about in the gym. playing on your phone (i'm guilty of this). Watching other people lift. getting a drink, have rest breaks that are too long etc. The list goes on.

    I do a modified Rippletoe Workout.

    eh..I don't go to a gym I do it at home and there is no fluffing about...playing on my phone, watching others...etc My rest periods are appropriate for my lifts...per most of what I have read a rest period between 1min - 5mins depending on the weight you are lifting...

    My PR for Squats is 180lbs...30lbs over BW..I need that 3min rest period between each set otherwise it's not safe.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    so whats your typical lifting routine and how many mins do u spend on a lifying session.
    i spend 15mins warming up & 60mins lifting(my version of stronglifts 5x5)
    talk to me, i'd love to hear what ur sessions consist of and how many mins u spend in the gym lifting

    you shouldn't have "your version" of stronglifts. there is only one version of the program, unless you're adjusting for certain injuries or limitations.

    i warm up for 5-10 minutes, usually by a fast walk or a run, and some dynamic stretching and calisthenics. then i lift for 30-60 minutes. i do 5/3/1, so it's 3 warm up sets of the main lift, 3 heavy sets with progressive overload. in between those 3 sets i usually rest the longest because i want to be as rested as possible to make sure my form is good and i can push my max.

    then i do 2-3 assistance exercises, usually in the 6-12 rep range. for instance yesterday after 5/3/1 of overhead press, i then did 5 sets of ten reps of bench press at 50% of my max, and superset 8 reps of pull ups. i wanted to do a few power cleans afterwards, but i was pressed for time so i didn't.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Did sheiko 37 equipped today. Started at 8:45am. Mobility stuff takes about 20mins. Finished squatting at 11am. Started benching, finished that at 12. Assistance stuff took another hourish, Finished at 1:15. So 4.5 hours all up today.

    A typical sheiko session, non equipped takes about 2.5 to 3 hours.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    Did sheiko 37 equipped today. Started at 8:45am. Mobility stuff takes about 20mins. Finished squatting at 11am. Started benching, finished that at 12. Assistance stuff took another hourish, Finished at 1:15. So 4.5 hours all up today.

    A typical sheiko session, non equipped takes about 2.5 to 3 hours.

    *crosses sheiko off her list of programs to try*
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    you shouldn't have "your version" of stronglifts. there is only one version of the program, unless you're adjusting for certain injuries or limitations.
    MR says similar for starting strength.
    But then I don't want to be a power lifter specifically - so I've moved it to a three day routine and added in pulls ups and dips, both of which are specifically useful for climbing.

    Maybe overall it's less effective, but it also has more focus on the areas I'm looking for.
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    I lift in CrossFit but I really never know what I'm going to get, so I do that 3-4x per week and sometimes it's in the workout or is the whole workout. Sometimes it's oly stuff, sometimes power lifts, sometimes both.

    On my own, I usually practice oly lifts, pull ups/dips and kettlebells once per week for about 30-45 minutes and then on Saturdays I oly lift with a coach for 60-90 minutes. On my own, I also do Wendler 5/3/1 on back squats, deadlifts, overhead presses, front squats, and bench presses. Those days I also work in accessory work and some body building stuff just for looks so that's usually 3 days per week for 60-90 minutes. Essentially I lift about 5-6 days per week but it varies in time from 45 minutes to up to 2 hours if I lifted and had a lifting-centric CrossFit workout in the same day.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Did sheiko 37 equipped today. Started at 8:45am. Mobility stuff takes about 20mins. Finished squatting at 11am. Started benching, finished that at 12. Assistance stuff took another hourish, Finished at 1:15. So 4.5 hours all up today.

    A typical sheiko session, non equipped takes about 2.5 to 3 hours.

    *crosses sheiko off her list of programs to try*

    It's not easy but it works. I would say about 90% of people at PTC Brisbane are on a sheiko program who are preparing for nats. There are a few equipped guys who prefer Westside but they are in the great minority.
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    My lifting sessions are between 60-70 minutes.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    I train one (with the exception of shoulders and arms together) body part a day so about 30-45 mins.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    upper/lower split …Monday - upper; Tuesday - lower; wens cardio/abs; thursday- upper; friday;lower…

    typical work out session is about 1 hour and 15 minutes ..give or take ….

    recently switched up from of strength based routine to hypertrophy …so doing 4 sets @ 8-10 rep range..
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    a workout should really take no more than an hour. This includes warm up. Anything else and you're fluffing about in the gym. playing on your phone (i'm guilty of this). Watching other people lift. getting a drink, have rest breaks that are too long etc. The list goes on.

    I do a modified Rippletoe Workout.

    no so sure about this…

    i go about 75 minutes ..and am not "fluffing" around….
  • Mobilemuscle
    Mobilemuscle Posts: 945 Member
    Maybe 20 minutes a workout of actual lifting.... prep and warm up is about 20-30 min and cool down stretching is about 10-15

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