What is/was you exercise routine like?

Walk four miles in the morning, as quickly as I can.

Walk two miles in the afternoon, briskly.

Walk two miles in the evening, slowly with the dogs.

Lift weights three times a week, then a four days a week with an upper/lower split here soon.

It's gardening season, so weeding, planting, pruning, moving heavy things from here to there.

Soon it will be swimming season!

I get short-term gym memberships in the winter when I can't do outside stuff. Although, I did do quite a bit of roof-raking this winter.

mday2107 wrote: »

In my opinion, success stories are the greatest motivation out there. So I'm curious. Everyone who has been successful and is at or getting close to their goal weight, what did you do to get there? I'm looking for more detail then just the usual "stay focused, stay motivated, eat clean, move more" sort of answer. What was your favorite exercise routine like? How often did you work out and what were those work-outs?

I did the same thing while I was losing as I do in maintenance...ride my bike a lot and lift weights. the difference between losing and maintaining has nothing to do with my exercise and everything to do with my consumption.

This is to say that your weight loss is going to be largely attributable to your diet, not what exercise you are doing. Try to open your mind up to the idea of fitness for fitness sake and just go do something you enjoy and that you can see yourself doing into perpetuity. That is where you will find success.

I have maintained for about 8 years. I run about 35 to 40 miles a week and do at home DVDs exercises 4 days a week. When I run more than 50 miles a week the other exercise gets reduced. I walk a lot on weekends in addition to running.

I walk home from work every day (3.8 miles with a 5-10 lb pack) and sometimes wander far afield to find my lunch, amounting to some 13k+ steps per day. I lift heavy with a lot of compound movements 2-3 days a week instead of lunch.

I've always been very active - running, Jazzercise, strength training, bicycle. I've also been a yo yo dieter.

So three years ago, I said, that's it. And I spent a year losing 30b and getting fit.

I work out almost every day usually, although there are times when my schedule doesn't allow a formal workout. In that case, the most sedentary I am is walking everywhere I go instead of taking the train - I don't have a car. Or else riding my bike to my errands or appointments.

I do about three strength sessions a week, either a class or a session in the gym. The other days I do Cardio classes: Zumba, ballet, Salsa. Weather permitting I ride my bike to the gyms (YMCA - various locations)

In the year after I reached my goal range, I lost two more clothing sized due to building muscle (for those who still think you bulk up when you lift weights).

Now I teach Aquatic exercise classes as well as attending group fitness classes of various types.

I post links to my youtube channel on MFP page with my workout routines

I've always lifted and done minimal cardio. Weights 4-5 days a week, and I probably did about 2 hours of cardio a week tops (now it's zero). At first I was just learning compound lifts, then I had something a trainer put together for me, then I did Wendler's 5/3/1 and now I'm doing PHUL in maintenance-4 day upper/lower power and hypertrophy splits.

Monday Belly Blitz
Tuesday 2 mile walk & kettle bells
Wednesday Boxing
Thursday B& T 1 mile walk
Friday belly blitz
Saturday Belly blitz
Sunday Belly Blitz
That's my week

Bought a recumbent trike late last spring, but did not get on it much due to remodeling last summer. Starting MFP seriously right at the beginning of August 2014 and started riding a few times a week. By late September I did a 20 mile bike tour and then another tour in October. Continued to ride as long as I could throughout the fall, some rides were long and slow, some faster and shorter- 3-5x per week.

The day after Thanksgiving, after reading a lot in the forums about weights and how they can really help change your body composition, I joined Anytime Fitness and have gone there pretty religiously 3x per week with always a rest day in between. I'm not a big lifter (and have never been athletic) but I have just tried to lift as heavy as I could and then added as I got comfortable and I can see a difference after six months. Throughout the winter I did other cardio there as well- on the weights days I usually did a little less cardio but on other days I tried to ride the stationary bike, elliptical or treadmill for 45-50 minutes 3-4x per week.

Now that the weather is nice again I am outside on my bike (still going to do weights 3x per week). Last night I went to a rail trail and rode 18 miles and was amazed and how easy it was compared to last year. I have a 20 mile bike tour on Saturday. I hope to be able to ride 30-35 miles by the end of summer comfortably. So I do have specific days I lift, but as for riding and how long and far, it depends on what else is going on, but I try to get out 3-4x a week at least to ride and again it varies depending on how much time I have.

Other workouts I have enjoyed in the past include zumba, yoga, step aerobics, and Tae Boe (did I spell that right?) And I would love to take a dance class but I live in a small town and would have to drive a ways to get there.

My exercise routine has varied quite a bit; I don’t want to get bored doing the same thing ever week. Most weeks I run anywhere from 2 – 4 times a week (average about 4 miles per run), I rock climb which acts as my strength training twice a week, and mix in occasional swimming (~1.5 mile swim), tennis or cycling (average 25 mile ride).

I try not to do too many days of the same thing. I try to listen to my body and rest as needed.

I am about 5 lbs from my goal weight, I've lost 67 so far in 320 days.

My workout routine is lots and lots of cardio. I run 3.5 miles, 4x/week and then do one day of elliptical. I count calories, so during each workout my goal is to burn at least 525 calories. It's worked for me, but everyone is definitely different in their preference.