Curious about your eating and exercise routines

Getupgetatit
Getupgetatit Posts: 23 Member
edited November 19 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi I am curious about your meals and exercise routine if u car to share

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  • ldwatene
    ldwatene Posts: 150 Member
    Weights 4 days a week and cardio if I havent hit 80 mins for that day. 1 day cardio. 2 rest days.

    I eat 6 meals a day on training days and 4 meals on rest days.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Three meals a day and plenty of low-calorie snacks.

    I try to do some cardio every day, but the actual exercise varies depending on mood/need/other factors. My goal is to either walk at least two hours (to 'count', it needs to happen outside the house and back yard, but, for example, if I do a 15-minute stroll to the grocery store two blocks away, I log it), OR do an hour on the fitness glider. If I walk under an hour, I do both. Between 1 and two hours, I might do both OR I have a couple of cardio-and-dumbbell workouts in a book that I'll do instead. (One is for people just getting started and is recommended as a warmup once you're more comfortable. One is a bit more intense and incorporates a small lightweight ball, in addition to the dumbbells.)

    I mix up the strength training a bit. Some weeks, I do it every day, alternating between upper and lower body exercises. Some weeks it's every other day, either a full-body workout, or the cardio-and-dumbells workouts (since these work the whole body, I count them as full-body and give myself a day to rest in-between).

    I'm exploring gyms and fitness centers in my area, right now, trying to find one with reasonable rates that includes a session or two with a personal trainer, because I'm not entirely sure I'm getting the best strength-training workout I can. I get my exercises out of a book, and while I think I'm doing okay, with them, I'd like to get some outside confirmation.
  • Heather4448
    Heather4448 Posts: 908 Member
    My diary is open.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I lift 4x/wk on an upper lower split. I walk, run, bike at various times throughout the week. The past 3 days are not good examples because we are on vacation but my diary is open if you want to look a previous weeks.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Training and activity: Four lifting days per week, 5/3/1 with three added Joker Sets. Three recovery days of 15 miles easy recumbent cycle and some added mobility work. 8-10 miles walked per day.

    Food: 2950 kcals on recovery days, 3450 on lifting days. Roughly 50/35/15 (c/p/f) macro split. Whole food bulking is keeping my inner fat kid in check and fuelling my training without adding excessive fat.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    edited June 2017
    I lift 4-5x per week, full body lower body (glute) focus. I also do yoga and fit in some cardio.

    I am currently cutting... calorie cycling 3 days moderate cals, 2 days lower, 2 days higher
  • edlanglais5
    edlanglais5 Posts: 172 Member
    My diary is open. Feel free to add me.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    -I eat the same things all the time. I'm not a cook. I throw meat in a pan and put it on lettuce with hot sauce.
    -I get about a gram of protein per pound of body weight or at least .8, .35 fats and the rest in carbs
    -I lift 4x per week, typically running a powerlifting type of program with cycles of hypertrophy. Currently rehabbing an injury and working around that.
    -I take one or two private Olympic weight lifting sessions per week. Weight is light. Just trying to learn how to snatch, clean and jerk properly to be a more well rounded athlete/lifter
    -No cardio
    -Aim for 12k steps per day and I'm considered lightly active including my lifting.
    -Deficit of around 250 calories
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    My focus is triathlon, so my routine varies based on where I am in the training cycle. I am currently building for two 70.3 races this season. During the season, my typical weekly plan includes 3 swims(2 pool/1 open water) 3 bikes(2 indoor trainer rides/1 outdoor) and 3 runs. I also do strength work with a trainer once/week . I don't have a formal rest day, but my coach leaves Monday's as an easy 60-90 minute spin on the bike trainer to clear fatigue from my legs that builds up during the long workouts on weekends.

    As far as diet, I am following a plan based on approx 175G Protein, 240 G Carbs and 60g Fat daily. I eat 6 times per day. The challenge is to maintain a balance that provide enough calories to fuel my endurance workouts, while still keeping a slight deficit, so my weight stays as low as possible for race day. We tweak calories and move up/down based on how I'm performing and recovering. Right now, we are doing a slight carb cycling approach that reduces carbs on "normal volume days" yet still allows for me to consume fuels (EFS, GU, shot bloks, etc.) during longer workouts (2&hr bikes and runs) so I don't bonk. So far, so good.

  • Mike_take2
    Mike_take2 Posts: 2,150 Member
    I eat 5-6 smaller meals per day, about 3-4 hours apart...I weight train 6 days a week on average with training abs on even days and cardio on odd days. I also fit in running when time allows, and try to do a long run on the weekends ( 11 or more miles)
  • yoherbs421
    yoherbs421 Posts: 160 Member
    I do push/pull split mon-wed-fri. HIIT on tues-thurs for at least 15 mins. Looking to add one more run day and train for 10k in october.

    I eat whatever whenever and track. As long as im under my goal alls good.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    1-3 meals a day with some snacks sometimes, depends on my hunger and plans. Some people thrive on a schedule I thrive on the opposite, I just need that flexibility because my hunger is very unpredictable.

    Workouts: 3-4 times a week running, walking on non-run days, body weight exercises either a couple of times a week or a couple of movements a day.
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