exercise schedules??

Right now, I'm doing cardio 5 days a week and strength one day a week. My cardio varies: some days I'm doing a HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout, some days I do a longer, normal (but still intense) workout.

bump...i was literally thinking about creating a calendar just for exercise at the gym today.

Depends what your goals are, what kind of time you have to do your workouts - lots of factors! Are you working towards something specific? Fat loss, or cardio improvement, muscle definition (or all 3!)? Do you have an event you're training for - 1/2 marathon, 5K, bike race, etc??

Personally I like to mix things up as much as possible, or else I get bored. Most people will tell you if you're doing a weight training program to change up the moves, reps, or sets every 4 to 6 weeks so that your body doesn't get too accustomed to what you're doing.

I also like to do weight moves that work more than one body part at a time in order to get the most out of my workout time... think compound moves like squats with shoulder presses, bicep curls with lunges, chest press on a stablity ball. As far as schedule goes, I aim for six days a week; 3 of some form of weight based routine, and 6 of cardio (so I double up three days a week).

At the end of the day, you have to find something that works for you - and I think it's less about right versus wrong and more about what makes you happy and what you can keep doing for the long run!

I do cardio everyday but some days I do a 10-15 cardio warm-up to get my BPM up then add weights and hit the cardio at the end again. It breaks it up. Keep in mind, when you do the strength, you can do it everyday, but alternate muscle groups to allow yourself a day to rest. Good luck!

I do a min of 30 minutes of cardio everyday and weights every other day. On the days I do not do weights, I do 45 minutes of cardio.

If you are trying to loose body fat, do cardio as much as possible with some added weight training. Look into doing circuit training which is a combination of cardio and weights and is usually done in about 30 minutes. It is an intense workout that gives you both. My workout schedule is running 1.5 to 3 miles at least 3x a week followed by core exercises. On non running days I do circuit training followed by some body weight and core exercises.

Starting out its good to stick with a full body workout routine for 6 months or so.

I did lifting on MWF and cardio on tuesday and thursday.
You could also run on saturday or sunday, but make sure to give yourself at least one rest day per work.

Build your workouts around compound lifts, and then change up your other lifts to hit your muscles in different ways.

Every workout should include bench press, some type of rows, squats, pull ups (even if you have to use assisted pullup machine)

Once you get the basic compounds down, pick an excercise or two for each muscle group
Shoulders: DB Military press, Arnold Press, DB lateral raise, DB front raise.
Back: Any type of row. Pull ups. Lat pulldowns.
Chest: Any push motion. Bench press(don't forget to do incline/decline on occasion). Pec flies.
Triceps: triceps pushdowns, dips (great one)
Biceps: BB curls would be easiest.
Legs: Leg press, calf raises, hamstring machines.

When I did full body workouts I would try to do 2 excercises for each muscle group. Biceps are gonig to get worked during back excercises, and triceps will be worked during chest excercises. But if you want to throw in some isolation work, its fine.
If those workouts are taking too long, you can split them up into an upper body day and a lower body day.

I would agree with Smashlee1984 that it depends on what you are working towards. I'm working towards my 1st Sprint Triathlon the end of May and another in June. I started with running organized 5k's and bike races/rides in March. They are both good group training. I try to do an event each weekend. My weekly schedule is M/W/F running 3-4 miles mornings/cycling 15 miles in the evening. T/Th mornings are a toss up bewteen a shorter run or a ride, evenings are 45 minutes of lap swimming. I take off on Sat or Sun, whichever day I don't have a 5k or a bike race. It will all change up May 1st when I begin brick training! Just figure out what your goals are and your workout schedule should fall into place. Good Luck!