How many times a week to work out?

I typically ride 4-5 days per week...Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, and sometimes Sun and lift 2x per week on Tues and either Fri or Sunday. Try to get to the climbing gym every couple of weeks or so.

My week day rides are typically shorter...about 10 miles which takes me about 35-40 minutes. Saturday is typically my longer ride...usually 20-30 miles and Sunday is often a ride to the gym...round trip it's about 10 miles, but sometimes I just drive...especially if I'm planning on hitting the climbing gym later in the afternoon.

Even being very busy, I don't have much problem carving out 30-45 minutes most days to do some exercise...and weekends are very active.

At least 5 days a week, sometimes 6.

Weight training at least 3 days, boxing (real boxing, against other fighters...), BJJ, FMA, coaching, et. al.

4-5 days a week, depending on my schedule. Usually, one of my rest days is "active" recovery and the other is fairly sedentary, but I try to hit my step goals daily.

I work out formally 5x week. Three BodyPump (resistance/light strength cardio class) and two Indoor Cycling (there's music but this is definitely not sugar-pop Spin class). I make the time before work MWF to hit a class at 0530, spin/spin/pump. Tuesday night after work is pump, and pump at 0700 Saturday. Thursday and Sunday are sort of rest days; sometimes I really do nothing intentionally physical those days. Because the weather's still hospitable outside, I've been trying to walk outside while I still can. Sunday featured a solid 70 minute walk just in my neighborhood. For week nights, we have a standard 25 minute route "the out and back" that can be squeezed in around dinner, although that's only while there's daylight left.
I'm hoping to force myself to swap (beginner level) yoga in for walking once it's cold and dark out...wish me luck!
When I have an unexpected free night (ie this Friday, fiance has to work late), I will typically use that time to, if nothing else, go gazelle on an elliptical for a half hour if I can't fit a class in at the gym. It's been 11 months of this gym routine and I am definitely at the point where I feel better if I move.
Finding stuff you enjoy helps you 'find' the time (magically!) to make it happen. I love the classes I take, and I found that I then made time to get to the gym for them, whereas I never made time to run because I.hate.running.

I schedule for five but usually do six. Since most of my workouts are easy running miles, adhering to a strict rest day schedule isn't terribly critical. The seventh day is purely rest - I don't force any specific attempts at being active.

Mon AM Swim PM Run club
Tue AM static bike + yoga class PM Circuits class
Wed AM Swim PM Run club
Thu AM Bike PM Body pump
Fri AM Swim PM MTB or off road run
Sat Park run
Sun Long bike PM coached swim

1hr weights followed by 1hr boxing 3 days a week then 2-3 days of light cardio 30-60min and one day of nothing, maybe some yoga at home one day

Strength training 3x per week followed by a 20 minute run, then two days a week where I run at higher speeds and for longer. Sunday and Wednesday to rest

3 days/wk doing weights at the gym. Then the other 4 days of the week, I do 1hr/day on my treadmill at home. But it all depends on how much your body is willing to do, and what your goal is.

scvreenen wrote: »

Well done to those who train on a regular basis! I however, started attending the gym a month ago after a 3 month layoff..I have them quite often! Just a quick question to those folk who manage to train more than 3 times a week, how did you manage to train more often,
and how long did it take you to commit to training so frequently?

I'm a stay at home Mum with one in school FT and the other in pre-school PT, my strength training days coincide with when the little one is in school. The 3 daytime classes I take are also on the same days. During the holidays I couldn't be sure that I would be able to hit the gym 3x a week and commit to my program so I took a break from heavy lifting and did volume work as and when I could. Depending on their mood, I just took the boys along to the classes (I think it's important that they actually Mummy trying to be healthy). The evening classes I go to after my partner gets in, PT I try to work around pre-school days or I'll have at 6am before everyone gets up. Same with running, I'll get up at 5am to run.

As to how long it took me to get to this point, well I started going to the gym in Jan 16, just 2x week for an hour (which killed me), then everything else just sort of developed over the next 20 months. I'd say I've been at the point I'm at now around 3-4 months ago.