Exercising every day?

I worked out 4 times a week while I was losing weight and now 3 times a week to maintain

When I read stuff like "no one should do cardio every day" - I am sorry but that's an unsubstantiated load of rubbish!

Yes, that surprised me. Aren't all the runners of the world "doing cardio" pretty much every day?

I do cardio stuff on my Wii Fit every day. I need to switch out a couple of days for strength exercises, but good glory do I hate strength training, so I haven't made the leap yet. I will, I just hate it.

My Wii Fit Plus gives me calorie counts for every exercise I do on it, and they appear to be pretty conservative, but they work. And the thing about the Wii Fit is that I have stuck to it, unlike any other form of exercise I have ever tried. I now have an exercise routine, and I have NEVER had that before two years ago.

My personal theory is: the thing that will work is the thing that you will actually DO.

I exercise 5 times a week. I would love to do more but I listen to my body and thats the maximum I can do.

On my rest days I do get at least a 30 minute walk in. While its not a huge calorie burner I believe its important to stay active.

CDC's recommendation:

http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/adults.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7530345.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7035557.stm

I think long walks are great exercise!! :drinker:

I think you'll get a lot more out of a good hour walk than some half-hearted faffing on an elliptical...

I am sure none of here are professional runners. Professional athletes work hard every day, we are all here to support each other and give advice to those who want to lose weight.

I gave the advice that I have read, so there really isn't any need to refer to my advice as "Rubbish" Everyone has their own opinion on everything, the least some could do is be polite!

I am sorry you were offended when I said your statement was "rubbish", but it was factually incorrect and there is absolutely no evidence to support what you said.

Now you say you read it somewhere and just repeated what you had read somewhere. Well, the problem with public forums is that some people will read what people post as if it is fact. I realise it's the reader's own responsibility to ascertain for themselves whether something is accurate or not, but as posters we also have a responsibility (it being a weightloss forum), not to be spreading inaccurate information about issues of relevance, whether that's nutrition, exercise or whatever.

Perhaps next time you just read something somewhere but have no idea of its accuracy, it might be worth adding that disclaimer, rather than stating something as if it were fact. After all there is a difference between fact and opinion.

I dont really follow a trainging schedule at all any more.
I'll train most days, and if i dont feel up to it, due to some soreness, or a slower recovery or something, then i'll rest another 24 hours, then see how i feel.

I like to do something every morning as it motivates me to get everything esle done during my day...like work/cleaning the house/ whatev's.

I'll traing for strength 2-3 days a week on average i guess. Just depends. I found when i tried to follow some prescribed program, that I never did...So now i literally wing it every day...and log absolutely all training sessions.

yeah look, basically, if you feel your not exercising enough (who knows! you might be doing plenty!), just make you session more intense.

If you post up what you do each week, i'm sure we can help you out for sure!