Out of interest - howmuch exercise do you do in a week?

HBMairi
HBMairi Posts: 84 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Out of curiosity I guess, and something to measure from.. how much exercise do you do a week? and what type of exercise?

Thanks
HB :)
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  • lorigem
    lorigem Posts: 446 Member
    1.5-2 hours of lifting - mainly high-rep compound lifts at the moment
    2 hours of cardio but upping that to 3-4 hours - jogging/mountain biking
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Probably 3 to 3.5 hours of lifting, maybe an hour total of HIIT, 6 or 7 hours of walking/hiking, and about 3.5 hours of foam rolling/stretching/mobility work. So 13 to 14 hours a week spent on some form of training.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    60 mins/day 6 days a week minimum..try to walk loads on top of that as well :)

    (30 mins strength training/ circuits and 30 mins jogging)
  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member
    30 to 1h of cardio 6 days a week - running.
    Body weight training (Calisthenics) 5 days a week for around 20 min a workout.
    Stretching for about 20 min every day.
  • dcresider
    dcresider Posts: 1,272 Member
    4-5x a week: cardio 3x a week(includes runs or HIIT class or TRX class), strength training 2x a week.
  • media2law
    media2law Posts: 13
    I HAD been doing an hour a day of cardio and weight training three times a week but that was before the stomach bug. Now that I am better I am getting back into the flow - but slowly.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    i'm doing P90X3 at the moment, so 30 minutes 6/7 times a week.
  • danidaggers13
    danidaggers13 Posts: 22
    I do around 1 hour a day, 5 days a week of HIIT. Sometimes I do an hour of cardio (running and jump rope) at the weekend
  • J_Cuso
    J_Cuso Posts: 9
    I do a HIIT routine on a bike 3-4 days a week Then I lift 6 days a week. I've read you shouldn't lift and do HIIT on the same day but I really don't care I workout the way I want to workout.
  • MarioLozano16
    MarioLozano16 Posts: 319 Member
    About ten hours of lifting, and maybe an hour of cardio D:
  • coolblondenerd
    coolblondenerd Posts: 90 Member
    I'm doing an at home exercise plan for half an hour a day (give or take), 6 days. It includes cardio, strength, body weight training.
  • f1redshoes
    f1redshoes Posts: 79
    All-in, it usually works out to be at least 20 hours. I'm a dancer, though, so that's pretty standard ;)

    It's mostly dance (classes, rehearsals, practice at home), a little bit of gymnastics, sometimes some extra walking or jogging.

    That total doesn't include stretching, which is another 3-4 hours a week most of the time.
  • coolblondenerd
    coolblondenerd Posts: 90 Member
    I'm doing an at home exercise plan for half an hour a day (give or take), 6 days. It includes cardio, strength, body weight training.

    I will be upping that in a couple of weeks, but life is a little hectic for me right now and I can't spare more than a half an hour unfortunately.
  • Sedna_51
    Sedna_51 Posts: 277 Member
    Before my appendix was removed earlier this month (oops!) I was doing 30 minutes a day, 4 times a week, split evenly between walking on an incline treadmill and doing bodyweight and light dumbbell workouts through Youtube (love the Fitness Blender channel). My next goal is to get to 30 mins 5x/week. After that? We'll see!

    And for what it's worth, I didn't exercise regularly at all until this past October, and I kind of hated exercising up until very recently. Now I...actually look forward to it? It's weird and exciting!

    ETA: This is all done at home, fwiw.
  • HBMairi
    HBMairi Posts: 84 Member
    How do you guys fit it all in?
  • iPlatano
    iPlatano Posts: 487 Member
    4 times a week.

    Upper Body Heavy
    Lower Body Heavy
    Off
    Upper Body Lighter
    Lower Body Lighter
  • kupster76
    kupster76 Posts: 4
    I am going to start with - I am not nor will I ever be a gym rat. I go in do my thing and get out. That being said, I tend to work out 4-5 times a week between 45 and 60 minutes. I try to vary my workouts so I don't get bored. One day I may do a water aerobics class (which is 45min at my gym) and the next day I may do 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight training. Then my next work out would be a yoga class. So my suggestion to you is to make a plan and make sure to keep changing things up - this is good for both your body and your state of mind.
  • collingmommy
    collingmommy Posts: 456 Member
    Lift 3 days a week, cardio on the other two days. Rest one weekend day, one week day.
  • dont_tap_my_aces
    dont_tap_my_aces Posts: 125 Member
    just 3 times a week.. for 45 min to an hour. no cardio
  • aprilwellsjohnson
    aprilwellsjohnson Posts: 6
    1.5 Hours Weighlifting and about 20 miles running per week. If the weather is nice I walk the neighborhood with my daughter before bed too.
  • AlliSteff
    AlliSteff Posts: 211 Member
    I do 5 days a week- mixture of kickboxing, HIIT, Spin, weights/resistance training. Occasional yoga (which I need to do more of!)

    Usually adds up to about 6 hours per week. If I add in bootcamp or yoga or a jog, it is 7

    Plus I walk to and from work (and really everywhere- NYC living/no car)
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Depends on what you consider exercise. I do 1.5-2 hours a week of organized, shut the door, nobody bother me while I lift, workouts.

    However, I am going up and down stairs all day long every day, and I walk 1.5 miles every day during lunch. There are various other activities I do that I would consider workouts but don't log as exercise. For example, right now, I'm laying bricks in my front yard. That is some hard work.

    Edited for clarity.
  • butlersoft
    butlersoft Posts: 219 Member
    60-70 mins in the gym Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings at 06:30 comprising of 30-40 mins Cardio (usually treadmill / rowing) and the rest weights / resistence.

    Then - daily 3-5 mile walk of the dog in the evening 7 days a week.

    One longer run at the weekend....
  • Snapshotgirl
    Snapshotgirl Posts: 57 Member
    How do you guys fit it all in?

    I get up before dawn, eat a quick breakfast, digest quietly for a few minutes and I begin. I keep going until I have to stop to get ready for work. I hate getting up early but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
  • Sedna_51
    Sedna_51 Posts: 277 Member
    How do you guys fit it all in?

    I started small. 20 minutes, two times a week, then expanded from there. I also work out at home though, so that cuts down on travel time. I also multitask- I watch TV shows I want to catch up on when I'm on the treadmill.
  • a_stronger_me13
    a_stronger_me13 Posts: 812 Member
    4 hours of lifting, 3 to 4 hours of running or walking, anywhere from 3 to 10 hours of hiking or snowboarding or other outdoor stuff depending on the season and some warm up/recovery time in there too.
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
    1.5-2 hours of 5x5 strong lifts, 1.5-2 hours of crossfit, and a few hours (2-3) of cardio. Cardio goes up in the summer when I can swim.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    I run five times per week, one long session of 2-3 hours, one short easy pace of about an hour, 3 threshold orinterval sessions of up to an hour.

    Two sessions of cycling or rowing, 2-3 hours if the former, an hour if the latter.

    Sometimes a couple of bodyweight sessions.
  • cmazurek85
    cmazurek85 Posts: 99 Member
    6 days a week. I lift for 3, do cardio for 2 (no lifting) and hot yoga on the last day. it took me about 2 months to build up to this schedule. On my lifting days I will also do some cardio (30 mins or so.)
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    About 6 hours of lifting, 2 -3 hours of biking, 30 minutes-1 hour of boxing, and gobs of hours walking and doing "stuff" because I rarely sit.

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