How much/often do YOU workout?

Monroe121
Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
edited November 20 in Fitness and Exercise
How many days/week do you work out? How do you break it up (cardio to toning ratio)?
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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    cardio to toning ratio? What is that?

  • LolaKarwowski
    LolaKarwowski Posts: 217 Member
    5x a week! I do weight lifting and just a little bit of cardio (HIIT) each day.
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    Nowadays 3 times a week based on the classes I want to take. Currently that is 2 times cardio and 1 time strength.
    I am however considering adding a bodyweight routine twice a week.
    The schedule I'm considering:

    Mon: bodyweight
    Tue: bodycombat
    Wed: pump
    Thu: rest
    Fri: bodyweight/trx
    Sat: bodycombat
    Sun: rest
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I generally ride 4-5 days per week and lift 3. I usually take one rest day.
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    Even on bad weeks, unless I'm sick, I get in at least 4 workouts. I aim for 5, and right now I'm at 6/7 days a week (though if it's 7 days, one day is just walking a couple of miles).

    Typically, I do strength training with my trainer once a week, a light strength type class once a week, and running 3 to 4 days a week. Sometimes I'll casually bike on the day I meet with my trainer too.
  • tedioustrainingap
    tedioustrainingap Posts: 78 Member
    Cardio + resistance (swimming) five times per week, for between five and eight hours in total.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    I walk about a mile everyday, and am doing c25k.
    I also do yoga 3x a week for an hour or 2 each day.

    I started adding angled push ups and tricep dips at the end of my morning runs
  • Monroe121
    Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
    That's pretty awesome!! Do you break it up or go 5 straights days?
    5x a week! I do weight lifting and just a little bit of cardio (HIIT) each day.

  • Monroe121
    Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
    Not a bad schedule!!

    AsISmile wrote: »
    Nowadays 3 times a week based on the classes I want to take. Currently that is 2 times cardio and 1 time strength.
    I am however considering adding a bodyweight routine twice a week.
    The schedule I'm considering:

    Mon: bodyweight
    Tue: bodycombat
    Wed: pump
    Thu: rest
    Fri: bodyweight/trx
    Sat: bodycombat
    Sun: rest

  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    6-7 days a week (1 or 2 being walking of I do 7) Currently I have 2 heavy lifting days, 1 just cardio, the other 3-4 are some lifting and HIIT.
  • Monroe121
    Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
    This workout regime is pretty sweet!!
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I generally ride 4-5 days per week and lift 3. I usually take one rest day.

  • beansandchips
    beansandchips Posts: 36 Member
    I do 30 mins per day every day as a minimum - alternating swimming and weights - free and on a machine. Plus a slow walk, 'cause my dog is very old!, for a minimum of 20 mins a day! Not always strenuous, but I try to get my breathing to a point that I can just talk!
    I want to start running, but waiting 'til I weigh a bit less for the health of, my already rickety joints! How often do you work out?
  • WhiteRaven
    WhiteRaven Posts: 138 Member
    At the gym training 3-4 days a week. On these days only 15 mins or so of cardio as warm up then it's on to training. IE weights, suspension trainer, lunges squats etc.

    On the days not at the gym I am either mountain biking, road biking or walking for an hour or more.

    One day of rest from cardio/training

    No cheats days or off days from nutrition. There is no plan or diet here either. Just conscious changes and resolve to eating healthy :D
  • Monroe121
    Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
    WOW~~ This is a great workout! I am also interested in beginning yoga!
    moyer566 wrote: »
    I walk about a mile everyday, and am doing c25k.
    I also do yoga 3x a week for an hour or 2 each day.

    I started adding angled push ups and tricep dips at the end of my morning runs

  • Monroe121
    Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
    Swimming is an awesome workout!!
    Cardio + resistance (swimming) five times per week, for between five and eight hours in total.

  • Monroe121
    Monroe121 Posts: 358 Member
    Do you normally do machines or do you use free weights?
    omma_to_3 wrote: »
    Even on bad weeks, unless I'm sick, I get in at least 4 workouts. I aim for 5, and right now I'm at 6/7 days a week (though if it's 7 days, one day is just walking a couple of miles).

    Typically, I do strength training with my trainer once a week, a light strength type class once a week, and running 3 to 4 days a week. Sometimes I'll casually bike on the day I meet with my trainer too.

  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    My schedule looks something like"

    Mon: Strength / Row / Indoor cycling (tri club program)
    Tue: Run
    Wed: Strength / Row
    Thu: Run
    Fri: Strength / Row
    Sat: Run
    Sun: Run (LSD)

    My strength sessions are a full body workout intended to support my running rather than what someone who is bodybuilding would do (higher reps / lower weight) & lots of core / hips / glutes

    Not listed is cycling......I commute to work by bike 2 or 3 times per week depending on weather / meeting schedules etc so it's pretty variable.
  • 460mustang
    460mustang Posts: 196 Member
    I walk 2 or 3 miles a day, and weight lift 3X a week
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    What is this "toning" you speak of? I believe you mean strength training, since toning isn't a thing.

    I lift for about 90 minutes five days per week. This is the main component of my workout routine that I don't skip unless I'm injured or legitimately too sick to work out.

    I do a 10-minute HIIT session at the end of each of those workouts (most of the time).

    My husband recently decided we're going to take up jogging (uh, yay?), so we started off with a short walk/jog/run yesterday and will continue to do that once a week and eventually more.

    I walk my dog for 20 minutes every evening, but not for the calorie burn. Puppies need exercise!

    I do something physical for the first 10 minutes of my lunch break at work, mostly because I have a desk job and hate that I'm not very mobile throughout the day. It used to be mini cardio routines but lately it's been more yoga/flexibility/mobility training type of stuff.

    TLDR: I work out for about 7.5 hours per week, with about 2 hours of physical activity that is exercise but not what I consider a workout. Mostly strength training, with a little bit of cardio.
  • solarfish
    solarfish Posts: 50 Member
    For the past two months I have been averaging about 10 workouts per week. 3 x weight training (usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday), 3 x core, 2 x intervals, 2 x cardio. As of last week the 2 x cardio is now focused on training towards a rowing marathon (come join me!).
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    I am currently training for a fall marathon, so my schedule has been running 6-7 days/week, some of those being long or intense runs and others just shorter recovery runs or occasionally cross training on the bike if my legs are really tired. Every third week I have a complete rest day. I try to do yoga and/or some type of core strengthening exercises at least twice per week as well.
  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    I used to go 5x a week. 4 days of strength training and cardio. 1 day of cardio. For the last month, or two....i've only been going 2 or 3 times a weeks. Usually strength training and cardio or if I have limited time it's only strength training. It's better than nothing at all.....but it's not nearly as good as the 5x/week was.
  • punkrockgoth
    punkrockgoth Posts: 534 Member
    Current routine:

    Monday: Zumba (45 minute beginner lunch class), heavy lifting (after work)
    Tuesday: Yoga (hatha/flow class, 45 minutes over lunch)
    Wednesday: Tabata/Bootcamp (45 minute lunch class)
    Thursday: Yoga (hatha/flow class, 45 minutes over lunch), HIIT-ME (after work, 25 minutes high intensity interval training immediately followed by 20 minutes of mobility exercises which consist of yoga, stretching gentle movements)
    Friday: Cardio - I switch it up between Kickboxing, step and spin (45 minute lunch class), heavy lifing (after work)
    Weekend: 5k run one day along with stretching, walk or rest the other

    I like to swim but right now it hasn't been fitting into my schedule as I am working Monday to Friday 7:30-3:30 so anytime I'm not working, the pools are super crowded. But I do like to fit in other active outings where I can such as climbing, trampoline park, archery, bowling... anything that doesn't consist solely of sitting around drinking/eating/staring at a screen.
  • MzLaLa29
    MzLaLa29 Posts: 258 Member
    At least five times a week. I walk 20min daily, zumba Tuesday and Thursday for one hour and 30min of toning Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Weekend workouts are optional and vary depending on how I feel.
  • LeanButNotMean44
    LeanButNotMean44 Posts: 852 Member
    I do something every day (unless my body tells me it needs a rest day or if business travel makes it impossible). I lift weights 2 days on/one day off and do cardio (usually running or stepmill) 3-4x per week.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    What is this "toning" you speak of? I believe you mean strength training, since toning isn't a thing.

    I'm still waiting from the OP for an answer.
  • erockem
    erockem Posts: 278 Member
    Sunday: Long run (6mi-13mi), bike (hour), swim (.5-1 mile)
    Monday: Bike (hour), weight lift
    Tuesday: Run (45-60minutes)
    Wednesday: Bike (hour), weight lift, swim (.5-1 mile)
    Thursday: Run (45-60minutes)
    Friday: Bike (hour), weight lift, swim (.5-1 mile)
    Saturday: Bike (15-60 miles)

    Walk during lunch at work when nice, and at night with my wife.
  • kellyship17
    kellyship17 Posts: 112 Member
    Running 3-4 days per week for about an hour each session. Lifting 1-2 times per week, and aerobics 1-2 times per week. I tend to do a combo of these making it 5 days of exercise a week and two rest days.
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I run 6 days per week. 30 minutes (~3.5 miles) or I run a 5K (3.1 miles) as fast as I can, which is approximately 25 minutes. Aside from that I log at least 10K steps on my activity tracker which means even though I'm running ~3 miles a day, I still have to go for an additional walk later in the day to reach my step goal.

    Sunday is my rest day, but I generally take 2 walks totaling about 4 miles.
  • krdews
    krdews Posts: 124 Member
    I shoot for every day and go weeks before I miss a day. I'm sure some will say you need a rest day - I follow my own rules and do what works for me. That being said, there are days where I might do the elliptical for 60 minutes and nothing else or a day like yesterday (because I have the time) where I run 10 miles, 25 minutes elliptical and tennis for 1.5 hours (that's a typical weekend Sat/Sun workout schedule). I do mix it up with Zumba, yoga and weights. If I miss a day; it is usually due to travel, business or a much needed girls night. Just like I don't plan a "cheat" day; I don't plan a "rest" day - I do however listen to my body.
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