what kind exercises routine are u doing???

Your goals and personal preferences should dictate what you do. What we are all doing should be of little importance.

But to answer your question -
I lift (modified 5/3/1) 3x week
I play pick-up basketball 2-3x week
I run and bike whenever I can.

I'd like to say that I stretch 2-3x week, but that's more like 2-3x month.

I generally just do some weight training for about an hour or so a week, and will be adding in some light cardio shortly.

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Friday - Lift heavy for 1 hour from 11:30am - 12:30pm and more accessory work in the evenings from 6-7pm.

20-45 minutes of cardio 5 days a week (minimum)

treadmill 5 days a week for an hour each
bootcamp 3 days a week for an hour each
HIIT 1 day a week for an hour
Finally, a work out I found online I do with my kids each night

I run, weighted hoop, insanity, and my bo staff training.

I run 3 times a week and I also use a program called Body Beast to work 6 days a week. However jacksonpt is correct in stating you need to find what works for you and your schedule. Stay fit!

I do Brazil Butt Lift and Zumba DVDs most days (5-6 days a week). Hike when the weather permits, which is not often in Feb! And chop / stack wood on most Saturdays.

Spin class monday - friday (pending this awful new england weather lately), lift monday - friday. Weekends rest. Sometimes double sessions if I feel inspired.

i try to get in 60min of cardio 3x/wk...i get bored easily though so i'll often mix it up with elliptical, running, rowing and sometimes swimming along with throwing in some interval work, tempo training or hills. cardio days are always at a gym.

on the alternate days, i try to do a workout video or two...i use the website fitnessblender.com or the youtube channel BeFIT for a variety of videos...rarely lift weights since using your own body weight can be just as challenging! occassionally, i'll add a quick stretching routine/yoga poses to the end of one of these workouts.

i also give myself 1 full day of recovery a week

Right now, I'm in a training class 4x a week using kettlebells, TRX and medicine balls. Awesome strength training with a good cardio component. I should add on some other activity for 2 other days, but haven't figured out what that is yet.

I think I am doing something completely wrong lol I am on week 5 of P90. I do that 6 days a week which I did P90X a few years back and it was so intense that nothing I do feels like it is worth my time. I also do a Zumba class twice a week if there are no snow delays and I ship my kids out the house! The class has older ladies so I am afraid that even tho we shake it and move it for an hour, that its maybe low key to accommodate them. I feel muscles form easily and I feel like I'm bulking up instead of slimming down. I sweat my *kitten* off, but I'm so over weight, I expected that. My oldest son says that I need to do all cardio before I can tone. I am very overweight but not out of shape if that makes sense lol I don't know what's wrong with my knees but they grind going down stairs and I ache at night so the insanity and HIIT type stuff seem out of the question for me. I could bike, walk, and lightly jog until the cows come home tho. Have stamina, just still have fat in the problem areas! Sorry for the novel!

I do whatever my programmer comes up with for me. Sunday's are team training and a lot of fun (well, my definition of fun includes some combination of boards/bands/chains for bench and either squats or deads). Monday through Friday are individual training sessions - sometimes I meet up with a teammate but we are all on different cycles so doing different things. Sum total of 7-10 hours a week most cycles.

I'm lucky in that currently I don't have a car, so my commute involves a mandatory 40-60 minutes of walking each day. Additionally to that, I walk 20-40 minutes on lunch and try to stand most of the day(in spite of my very sit down job). I've had different exercise routines in the past, but I've found that doing much more than this makes it more difficult to control my eating habits. In the past I've followed Stumptuous's beginner weight lifting routines, done some HIIT, taken Bootcamp classes (which are very fun, I just injured my ankle while doing them or else I would have kept going with them), as well as Body Combat and Zumba.

It depends on what you're exercising for - right now I get some more intense cardio and bone strength going on with just skipping rope whenever I'm home and have the energy. If you're looking to build muscle and/or look stunning, weight lifting is definitely a good means to that end. If you're looking to stay healthy and do something fun, zumba or other group classes are great. If you want to get more flexible and help calm a restless mind, yoga's quite nice. Over the next few months I'll be easing in some strength exercises, biking and yoga, partly in an effort to look better and partly in an effort to be healthier and stronger. Try different things and never go overboard, as it's going overboard that tends to find me in a lazy slump again later, possibly nursing a long term injury.

Always make sure what you do can be sustained in most weather conditions and doesn't conflict with the rest of your life - if you decide to do something three to five times a week in the evenings, and then you keep having to turn down friends for nights out or rarely do anything interesting with your S/O anymore, you'll eventually feel pretty miserable and fall off the wagon. You can try doing any exercise first thing in the morning before you shower, but you will likely need to compensate by going to bed earlier. Short HIIT or Tabata might not be so invasive, just 5-15 minutes each morning in addition to regular walking would likely be sustainable for the long term while keeping you healthy.

Just be careful with your heart rate - both Isaac Hayes and Rik Mayall died of heart attacks just after running, which doesn't mean "don't run" or "don't exert yourself", but it certainly means "don't go to war against your heart. Take it easy and listen to your body, increase the amount of stress slowly and give it plenty of time to calm down afterwards.

christinabsmith5 wrote: »

I think I am doing something completely wrong lol I am on week 5 of P90... I feel muscles form easily and I feel like I'm bulking up instead of slimming down...

I have been doing P90 for well... I just finished my 1st week of the C series so 53 days?... anyways while I find this a great program, I dont find it as even or resulting as the first power 90 was... When I did that one I weighed 261 and lost 22 pounds in the 1st 2 months, this one I started at 249 and have lost only 10 pounds, even tho this one is far more challenging. where in the 1st power 90 you did 3 Sweat and 3 Sculpt it balanced out and while you lost weight the flab also diminished b/c of the sculpting, so I never found the skin hanging much... it does seem that this one is created to make muscle as I have also worked my butt off and tracked my calories trying not to use any calories gained by exercise and have seen gains instead of losses at times. Lately I have been switching weeks, one week is 3 Sweat and 2 Sculpt and the next is 3 sculpt and 2 Sweat allong with the SS... thats seems to help with seeing losses, at least it has the last couple weeks... just a thought. not sure what I'm going to do once I'm done P90... maybe try T25 again as my legs may be able to handle it... might even do P90 again along with the running I am starting up in a couple weeks.... good luck!