How often do you work out a week?
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lyssalosesit
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I’ve tried to tell myself I should go every other day, but some days after standing on my feet for 8 hours at work, I just don’t wanna go! Then I end up feeling guilty that I broke the every other day rule. I always have a problem sticking to it. I usually try to do Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.
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5 days a week if my work schedule allows (Tuesday and Saturday off) and I go twice on Wednesdays. I love going and I'm sad when I miss a day (like today, because I'm home with a sick kid)1
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Everyday, sometimes twice a day at home (light to moderate workouts only)...but I stare at 3 computer screens all day.
It sounds like you have an active job so I can see why you would be tired.
What kind of workouts are you doing and do you try to go before or after work?
Kudos to you for trying to be more active!6 -
Anywhere from 3-5x per week0
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This is going to be highly individual. Pick whatever is sustainable/attainable for you right now.
I started out lifting 3 days per week, MWF.
After a few years, I've worked up to 4-6 days per week and found that I really enjoy going to the gym on the weekends. It's not hard for me to stick to this most days, because I really enjoy what I'm doing. Life happens though and I can't always stick to that schedule, so I just accept it and move on.
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I go 5 times a week Monday-Friday, and sometimes twice in a day. I try and go in the mornings before work as I do have a job where I am standing all day up to 9 hours. Sometimes it’s hard getting yourself there but once you are it feels great and you’re so glad you have!5
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lyssalosesit wrote: »I’ve tried to tell myself I should go every other day, but some days after standing on my feet for 8 hours at work, I just don’t wanna go! Then I end up feeling guilty that I broke the every other day rule. I always have a problem sticking to it. I usually try to do Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.
I cycle 3-5 days per week depending on my schedule and other life obligations. I only go to the gym to lift, and I typically do that 2x per week on Friday afternoon and Sunday usually.
I learned a long time ago that I wasn't going to be the type to hit the gym all of the time...I'd rather just open my garage and get on my bike.2 -
rainbow198 wrote: »Everyday, sometimes twice a day at home (light to moderate workouts only)...but I stare at 3 computer screens all day.
It sounds like you have an active job so I can see why you would be tired.
What kind of workouts are you doing and do you try to go before or after work?
Kudos to you for trying to be more active!
I am notttt a morning person and already get up for work around 6:30. So I’m really not willing to wake up even earlier lol. So I’m supposed to go after work MWF. Saturday I go with a friend at some point during the day. I definitely struggle to go after work. I get home at about 4:30. Sometimes it takes me til almost 8pm to convince myself to go, if I go at all! I have no problem on weekends though. I even went twice this past weekend.
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I do weights MWF and cardio T Th. I just "discovered" aerial yoga and will add that in on Saturdays when I don't have other plans. My best advice is find workouts that are so fun you don't want to skip! For me, that's lifting and crazy tabata cardio a trainer plans for me....and aerial yoga for flexibility now, too, I guess.1
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7 - lift 3 times a week I do cardio 4/5 times a week.
If I need a rest day, I do a easy steady state ride on the bike or rower, just to rip through a few hundred calories rather than increase power.
I also run/cycle to work, so a little extra cardio on top2 -
6 days - varying intensities. Fridays are completely off.
Mondays - Yoga (and I may add in elliptical or tabata class)
Tuesday - Group Power
Wednesday - Run
Thursday - Speed work and either yoga or Group Power
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Run
Sunday - Long run0 -
lyssalosesit wrote: »rainbow198 wrote: »Everyday, sometimes twice a day at home (light to moderate workouts only)...but I stare at 3 computer screens all day.
It sounds like you have an active job so I can see why you would be tired.
What kind of workouts are you doing and do you try to go before or after work?
Kudos to you for trying to be more active!
Sometimes it takes me til almost 8pm to convince myself to go, if I go at all! I have no problem on weekends though. I even went twice this past weekend.
I would struggle if I waited until 8pm too lol
Can you go pack gym clothes and go straight there after work?
I have a snack a few hours before I get off work, stop home quick to change (I live 2 miles from work) and get out the door as quick as I can.
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4-6 days a week i try to go early mornings if i can manage it1
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5 days a week. But if I get back from working in a town with no real gym I workout for 7 straight since my CNS has had a full week to recover.0
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6 days a week, take Fridays off since I bowl on Friday nights.0
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lyssalosesit wrote: »rainbow198 wrote: »Everyday, sometimes twice a day at home (light to moderate workouts only)...but I stare at 3 computer screens all day.
It sounds like you have an active job so I can see why you would be tired.
What kind of workouts are you doing and do you try to go before or after work?
Kudos to you for trying to be more active!
I am notttt a morning person and already get up for work around 6:30. So I’m really not willing to wake up even earlier lol. So I’m supposed to go after work MWF. Saturday I go with a friend at some point during the day. I definitely struggle to go after work. I get home at about 4:30. Sometimes it takes me til almost 8pm to convince myself to go, if I go at all! I have no problem on weekends though. I even went twice this past weekend.
If you go to a gym to work out, I'd suggest going there on your way home from work, not just "after work." Once you're comfortable in your own home, it can be hard to leave it again, but stopping on the way home has always been easier, at least for me.5 -
Everyday..0
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lyssalosesit wrote: »I’ve tried to tell myself I should go every other day, but some days after standing on my feet for 8 hours at work, I just don’t wanna go! Then I end up feeling guilty that I broke the every other day rule. I always have a problem sticking to it. I usually try to do Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.
I got lucky and was blessed to get a detail with my job where I can use a work gym. I'm there 4 days a week and try to go to my regular gym the day I'm not using my work gym.
For those days I also don't want to go, I try to do one of the classes that the gym offers to break up the monotony and try something different!1 -
not_a_runner wrote: »lyssalosesit wrote: »rainbow198 wrote: »Everyday, sometimes twice a day at home (light to moderate workouts only)...but I stare at 3 computer screens all day.
It sounds like you have an active job so I can see why you would be tired.
What kind of workouts are you doing and do you try to go before or after work?
Kudos to you for trying to be more active!
Sometimes it takes me til almost 8pm to convince myself to go, if I go at all! I have no problem on weekends though. I even went twice this past weekend.
I would struggle if I waited until 8pm too lol
Can you go pack gym clothes and go straight there after work?
I have a snack a few hours before I get off work, stop home quick to change (I live 2 miles from work) and get out the door as quick as I can.
I have absolutely zero interest going straight after work. When I do actually go right after, I have zero strength and effort to push through the pain. Which is why I try to give myself a small rest period before I go. I’m sure I’d be more likely to go if I went straight there, but I feel I do better if I give myself some sitting time.
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I was going five days a week, but for me I just found it to exhausting with kids and work. I now do four days a week with the other three light walking for about 45 minutes. I also try to get in 10,000-12,000 steps a day so I consider myself fairly active. If my body would allow me to, I would live at the gym...I love it! I just know my body and it appreciates me more when I stick to four one hour hard workouts a week.3
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I currently workout 7 days/wk, which sounds much more rigorous than it is.
I currently row an hr/day on my Concept2 rower. I also lift and do body weight exercises for an hr on alternate days. But I never workout more than 2 hrs/day and there is at least 2-3 hrs of rest time between rowing and lifting (or body wt exercises) when I do them both on the same day.
So, I guarantee you that I spend much more time sitting around doing absolutely nothing than I do exercising or engaged in any activity that requires any more physical effort than typing on a keyboard, pushing a button on a remote or boiling a pot of water on the stove.
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