How many hours per week do you workout?

baldzach
baldzach Posts: 1,841 Member
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
Just wondering what kind of fitness junkies we have out there... how many hours per week do you workout, and what do you do for those hours?

As for me, I spend 4-8 hours a week working out. Sometimes as much as 10, sometimes as few as 3, but rarely more or less than that. In a typical 6 hour week, I'll run for 2 hours, ride for 1 hour, and spend 1 hour in the gym and 2 hours in a group fitness class offered by my workplace. Longer weeks will be more running or cycling on the weekend, usually; like a long run or a long group bike ride.

How about you?
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  • Candiceg13
    Candiceg13 Posts: 218
    I work out at home and probably average 7-8 hrs week, sometimes a bit more/bit less.....

    I would love to put in more, but 4 kids, FT job and all that comes with it, def restricts time....
  • Bretto
    Bretto Posts: 196 Member
    For me it is between 7-11 hours too. I swim for 2 hrs, bike for 2-4 hrs, run 2-3 hrs, weights 2 hrs.
  • jenlayport
    jenlayport Posts: 154 Member
    8 hrs/wk.
  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    oh my...i only do like 2 1/2 hours of cardio a week. :/ i lift and stuff but im not counting that as gym time because i dont know the exact time it takes. Is on 2 and a half hours bad a week??
  • Chiquita_Banana
    Chiquita_Banana Posts: 500
    at the least 10 average 12
  • Mariamnroger
    Mariamnroger Posts: 1
    I work out 45mins to an hour and a half a day. I think it is whatever is healthy for you.
  • bmontgomery87
    bmontgomery87 Posts: 1,260 Member
    I spend around 4.5 hours strength training. sometimes 5.5-6 if I throw in another leg day on the weekends.

    Then I spend anywhere from 2-10 hours a week playing soccer. Which is my cardio for the most part. If its bad weather I run tuesdays and thursdays at the gym.
  • savlyon
    savlyon Posts: 474 Member
    About 8-10 hours week. The next few weeks it will be more because I want to drop a size to fit in a new Easter dress! :)
    I vary what I do though--zumba, elliptical, pilates, body pump, running, biking, swimming.
  • terri0702
    terri0702 Posts: 17 Member
    oh my...i only do like 2 1/2 hours of cardio a week. :/ i lift and stuff but im not counting that as gym time because i dont know the exact time it takes. Is on 2 and a half hours bad a week??


    I do the same.
  • ka_42
    ka_42 Posts: 720 Member
    oh my...i only do like 2 1/2 hours of cardio a week. :/ i lift and stuff but im not counting that as gym time because i dont know the exact time it takes. Is on 2 and a half hours bad a week??

    I don't think it's bad. You're seeing progress, right?

    Same here 3-4 hours cardio 1 hour strength training a week
  • carribear
    carribear Posts: 32
    I do core work outs at home, a twenty minute work out three times a week, Tues/Thurs/Sat. Mon/Wed/Fri I do C25K for 40mins. However, with baseball season started I will be adding a hour walk to some nights, not a big baseball fan,lol.
  • daddyzgurl
    daddyzgurl Posts: 58
    about 10 a week.. 7 hours cardio (eliptical and running), 3 strength training (weights and Jillian DVD's).

    Being a single mom with 3 little kids and a FT job, I can't do much more.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,331 Member
    About 4 or so.
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    I'm doing a partial P90X. I do an hour of weights 3 days a week (sometimes the 16 minute Ab Ripper X after). I try and get at least one 30-40 minute HIIT. On my off week with weights I try and get a couple of days of cardio (30min to an hour depending on what I'm doing). In fact last week was my off week (2 days of cardio) and I did weights on Monday and I dropped 2.2lbs in 2 days.

    I'm not very strict with myself. At a healthy weight too much exercise can have a bad effect (especially cardio).
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    I shoot for an hour per day but usually miss a day and make that time up over the rest of the days so I'll say 7 hours per week. Once it warms up more I'll add more time on the bike though.
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    oh my...i only do like 2 1/2 hours of cardio a week. :/ i lift and stuff but im not counting that as gym time because i dont know the exact time it takes. Is on 2 and a half hours bad a week??

    I don't think it's bad. You're seeing progress, right?

    Same here 3-4 hours cardio 1 hour strength training a week

    You're close if not at a healthy weight. You should switch your focus now. Get in more strength than cardio. Check out the post in my link: "Relatively Light and trying to get leaner". It's a long, long post but has some amazing information.
  • damonmath
    damonmath Posts: 359 Member
    I run a 5k and lift heavy weights for a total of an hour every M-F (5 hrs.)
    I perform footbag freestyle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUbgxvjn_g8) for 2 hours on Saturday and 1 hour on Sunday (3 hrs.)

    8 hrs. per week total

    When I was burning fat and losing weight I did an additional hour M-F or around 13 hours total per week.
  • DeniseGdz
    DeniseGdz Posts: 592 Member
    I do about 5 -6 hours a week. Once schools out I'll be able to increase my weights/cardio!
  • CaraRadz
    CaraRadz Posts: 169 Member
    I just went back and looked at my exercise log from January through now, and here is the breakdown:

    <5 Hours: 1 week (I was out of town for work)
    5-6 Hours: 1 week
    6-7 Hours: 1 week
    7-8 Hours: 5 weeks
    8-9 Hours: 6 weeks
    >9 Hours: 1 week

    On average, I do cardio for about 8 hours/week.
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    I am still in the process of adjusting my program but in the past week it was 5.5 hrs running, 5.5 hrs walking, and a little over 3 hrs biking. That is a pretty big increase over what I was doing a month ago.

    It's easy to add up the walking hours by doing it at work during lunchtime.
  • baldzach
    baldzach Posts: 1,841 Member
    I'm not very strict with myself. At a healthy weight too much exercise can have a bad effect (especially cardio).

    Can't say as I agree with that statement, but to each his own.
  • modernmom70
    modernmom70 Posts: 373 Member
    7-10 hours a week.
  • jmathews
    jmathews Posts: 196
    12 hours but that's counting walking for an hour on my active rest day and an hour stretching on my other rest day.
  • damonmath
    damonmath Posts: 359 Member
    I'm not very strict with myself. At a healthy weight too much exercise can have a bad effect (especially cardio).

    Can't say as I agree with that statement, but to each his own.

    I know what they are saying... For me I have to time my cardio to keep from losing the muscles that I have worked so hard to carve out. I have actually lost strength and chest muscle by running too often and not eating back enough protein to recover.
  • stevemcknight
    stevemcknight Posts: 647 Member
    I know so much more now than before :)

    I workout for about 4 hours a week. That's it. Rough schedule:

    Mon: 30-40 lifting
    Tue: 30-40 teach a cardio class
    Wed: 30-40 lifting
    Thu: rest
    Fri: 30-40 teach cardio, 30-40 lifting
    Sat: rest
    Sun: group class (20-40 min cardio)

    Too much cardio can absolutely have negative effects.

    1. Resistance builds muscle.
    2. Cardio builds fitness.
    3. Nutrition controls weight.

    Don't mix up 2 and 3. :)
  • HolleeERL
    HolleeERL Posts: 313 Member
    Depends on if I'm training for a race. On a regular basis, I do: 4 hrs of running/wk and 1.5hrs/wk strength training (upper body) and 1 hr/wk Ab work. Sometimes I'll do some yoga or a P90X plyo or legs & back video workout but that is rare. If I'm training, I'll do an extra 2 hrs of running.
  • johnwhitent
    johnwhitent Posts: 648 Member
    My normal schedule is: about 2 hours fifteen minutes a week trail running (3 runs), around two hours 15 min strength training (3X of P90X or Supreme 90), and two and a half to three hours cycling (3 + rides). When weather prohibits cycling I do cardio dvd's such as Plyo-X and Tabata Inferno, but usually less time and frequency. That usually gives me a total of seven/eight or more hours a week spring, summer, and fall with more like five or six hours in the winter. I'm not adding in walks with my wife just because they are so low intensity; if added that would add an additional hour and a half. That is a fairly aggressive schedule for me but I have ben doing it for four years now. I should qualify that at 58 my intensity is not what it once was. My runs are really jogs and I take walk breaks. And when I was in my thirties I could average 19 mph or so on a road bike ride. Now I'm averaging thirteen to fifteen but it feels just as hard and just as good.
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    Well it varies, normally between 10 to 14 hours. Normally I do no less than an hour and a half but lately I've been doin no less than 2 hours a day @ the gym. And I usually go 6 days a week. But this week I am goin 7 days and I am gonna try to keep doin that for a while. Plus I wanna start doin a double workout @ least once a week where I include in either outside walkin (3 miles) or doin 1000 steps (an uphill mountain walk or run)
  • mustangurl
    mustangurl Posts: 104 Member
    probably between 7-8 hours for me. just depends on how busy my weekend gets ;)
  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
    I spin for about 2 hours a week and then lift for about 3 hours. Truthfully anything more than this is wasted effort if you do it properly.
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