Is this excessive or am I unevolved? Professionals please r

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if you sit home and have no kids/job/social life then it might be doable

Oh, you're not alone! I can't fathom a universe in which someone is capable of or willing to do all that, let alone to enjoy it! And are they really going to do that for the rest of their life??? I figure that I will do what I can for as long as I'm getting results and when I stop getting results I'll find a way to change it up in a way that I can fit into my life. I'll NEVER be that type of person, but that doesn't mean I can't achieve success in my own way - slow & steady, with everything in moderation.

I just read a post that went something like this...

" Is this okay to do every day?

30 minute run
45 minutes of Zumba
1 hour of weights
30 minutes on trampoline
45 minutes TaeBo"

What?! Who DOES that? That's three and a half hours of intense exercise! Every day? Not to mention driving or running here and there to participate in these different activities. :noway:

I want to get healthy and fit, but this is completely beyond my comprehension. This same person eats next to nothing and admits much of what they do eat is junk. I am completely boggled. How does one get to this point and why? This behaviour looks more like a disorder than a drive to be healthy and others on this site were encouraging this person! Am I so far removed from that level of fitness and am I so unevolved in my own weight loss process that I am incapable of comprehending it? Is this really what it takes to be fit and healthy? :huh: Is my own expectation too low? I imagine myself at my ideal weight being willing and able to do about 30 to 60 minutes of intense exercise a day. I can't ever imagine myself wanting to do more than that. I get the whole endorphin thing. I do an elliptical trainer 20-25 minutes a day and I really enjoy the feeling I get. But three and a half hours? Maybe a hike to a specific destination, but three and a half hours or more of intense workouts? What?! Am I alone?

I'd appreciate hearing from professionals.

Hollycat
:flowerforyou:

I'm with you Hollycat. I have a job, family and many other things going on in my life ~ dedicating that much time would be impossible. I was "that person" in my early 20's working out 3-4 hours per day but it's not something you can stick with long term!

I think this is excessive, I believe an hour a day of varied exercise is best. If you go on a hike as someone mentioned or spend half a day doing something active it is good and I think your body will benefit as long as you provide the right fuel but as far as that much everyday I feel that is too much!

Definitely an Endorphin Addict. What you are doing for exercise is fine. I never understood Ultra Marathoners, but to each their own.

I just read a post that went something like this...

" Is this okay to do every day?

30 minute run
45 minutes of Zumba
1 hour of weights
30 minutes on trampoline
45 minutes TaeBo"

What?! Who DOES that? That's three and a half hours of intense exercise! Every day? Not to mention driving or running here and there to participate in these different activities. :noway:

I want to get healthy and fit, but this is completely beyond my comprehension. This same person eats next to nothing and admits much of what they do eat is junk. I am completely boggled. How does one get to this point and why? This behaviour looks more like a disorder than a drive to be healthy and others on this site were encouraging this person! Am I so far removed from that level of fitness and am I so unevolved in my own weight loss process that I am incapable of comprehending it? Is this really what it takes to be fit and healthy? :huh: Is my own expectation too low? I imagine myself at my ideal weight being willing and able to do about 30 to 60 minutes of intense exercise a day. I can't ever imagine myself wanting to do more than that. I get the whole endorphin thing. I do an elliptical trainer 20-25 minutes a day and I really enjoy the feeling I get. But three and a half hours? Maybe a hike to a specific destination, but three and a half hours or more of intense workouts? What?! Am I alone?

I'd appreciate hearing from professionals.

Hollycat
:flowerforyou:

I am not a professional but i look at that and dont really think its too excessive. This is an example of a normal workout week for me

Monday- AM ; lift (45- 50 min), Turbo Fire PM: Run 5-6 miles, Softball game
Tuesday - AM: Insanity, Turbo Fire HIIT PM: Insanity Asylum, Abs, Softball game
Wed- AM: lift ( 45-50min), Insanity Asylum PM: Run 5-6 miles
Thurs- AM: Turbo Fire HIIT, PM: Insanity or Insanity Asylum
Fri- AM: lift (45-50min), Turbo Fire PM: Run 5-6 miles, Softball double header
Sat- Turbo Fire HIIT, Insanity or Insanity Asylum, Run 6 miles

I normally take sundays off. And I eat about 2000-2200 calories a day ( I am 6'2")

I have to say, I think it's a bit gross that you started a thread just to rip on another member of this site.

But I'm not a professional.

Gotta agree.

Why someone would train for 3 hours a day if they were not an athlete is beyond me.

Maybe they enjoy it? Crazy thought, I know.

Why someone would train for 3 hours a day if they were not an athlete is beyond me. Just move for 45-75 minutes a day and you'll be ahead of 85% of the population. Do whats right for you and your goals, and ignore this type of stuff that makes you side- tracked and confused.

Maybe because some people enjoy it? Maybe because some people are good at it?

That particular schedule seems wacky to me, but thats just me. The time alloted for exercise is not necessarily crazy - if one has the time. If I didn't have to work I could easily see doing bike rides of two, three, four hours a day and strength training too. Not every day on the bike, but maybe a two or three hour trail run on alternating days. I know that HIIT is all the rage and it is good stuff, but I love long rides and runs. And throw in two or three swims each week. Hey, this is actually my dream life! Too bad I have to make a living.

Do you have to exercise like that to be fit/healthy? NO. But that doesn't mean it's excessive. If I didn't have to spend 8 hours at work every day plus another hour driving, I'd probably be doing 2-3 hours of exercise (in some form) a day, because I like how it makes me feel. It DOES concern me that you say that person doesn't eat much - if you're going to exercise that much, you need to properly fuel your body... but the amount of exercise in of itself is not necessarily concerning. Just to emphasize - that doesn't mean everyone should exercise that much - it's very much an individual preference... but if you have the time and the desire and you do it in a healthy way, then why not?

They arent using this time to play a sport or activity. They are using it for high impact activity. All 3 hours of high impact activity, 7 days a week for a regular joe is absolutely over training. Even athletes leave a day for rest. Youre using yourself as an example after telling me that I shouldnt base this on my own training protocol, after I havent even stated what that may be.

They arent using this time to play a sport or activity. They are using it for high impact activity. All 3 hours of high impact activity, 7 days a week for a regular joe is absolutely over training. Even athletes leave a day for rest. Youre using yourself as an example after telling me that I shouldnt base this on my own training protocol, after I havent even stated what that may be.

You said:

"Why someone would train for 3 hours a day if they were not an athlete is beyond me. Just move for 45-75 minutes a day and you'll be ahead of 85% of the population."


If you're referring specifically to the example in the original post, you're also wrong there since Tae Bo and tramponline work are not high impact. Even if it was, there are plenty of people who run marathons who do far more impact than that anyway. If you're not referring to the original post then you couldn't possibly be more wrong. Also, if exercise isn't a sport or an activity, what classification would you give it? If it's not an activity then I'm not sure what an activity is.......

Also, no one cares what your own training protocol is, just like no one cares what my training protocol is. The problem is that you're making broad statements which are false. Like I said, plenty of people can train 3+ hours a day without experiencing the effects of overtraining.

During the peak of my training, I will be at a 40 mile week running alone. 2 runs @ 50 minutes, 2 runs @ 100 or so minutes and 1 run @ 4 hours. I'm not paid. It will not be overtraining because I will have built my body up to do so. This does not include any time I will spend walking, biking at the gym, doing yoga, or weight training, etc. And running is considered high impact. I do it because I love it. I do it because it enables me to not only run marathons, but to run them faster and faster every time I try. And I add the extra exercise in there because, cross training and my other activities make me a stronger runner.

"If sufficient rest is not included in a training program then regeneration cannot occur and performance plateaus. If this imbalance between excess training and inadequate rest persists then performance will decline. Overtraining can best be defined as the state where the athlete has been repeatedly stressed by training to the point where rest is no longer adequate to allow for recovery. The “overtraining syndrome" is the name given to the collection of emotional, behavioral, and physical symptoms due to overtraining that has persisted for weeks to months. Athletes and coaches also know it as "burnout" or "staleness." This is different from the day-to-day variation in performance and post exercise tiredness that is common in conditioned athletes. Overtraining is marked by cumulative exhaustion that persists even after recovery periods." site= Mark Jenkins, MD Rice University Prof.

That is in Athletes. What do you think will happen to a non-athlete? The same thing, only faster. All training protocols include rest periods/tapering/de-loading so that progression can be attained. I agree with you, trampoline is not high impact, I was definitely generalizing the multiple activities. Using Marathoners as an example is probably not the best one you could use. Tapering is involved in training for Marathons. Marathoners also have a goal, to complete one, or to improve on their next marathon. Is the example's goal to keep improving on jumping on a trampoline, or Tai Bo-ing?
I guess my gist was that I agree with the poster. Do all that stuff if it makes YOU happy, but don't recommend it to others who obviously don't have the same goals. In my humble opinion (that is all) I think all that is overkill for someone just trying to simply lose weight/feel fit.