Has anyone done two workouts a day?

A lot depends on your fitness level and workout intensity. (How fast will the treadmill be? Hill mode or incline? What kind of workout class?)

My cardio is mostly walking; I shoot for 2 hours per day, but not necessarily all at once. Today I had to be downtown for an appointment. I walked both ways, 90 minutes each way with a roughly 90-minute rest in the middle. When I got home, I did my strength-training workout (30 minutes to do lower body, plus 5 minutes warmup and 7 minutes cooldown stretches). I'm fine doing that, but I've been exercising for two years, the walking wasn't intense for me, and I waited about two hours after I got home to do the strength. For me at this stage? Perfectly fine. Go back two years to when I started at Obesity Level 3 and I probably could have done the walk one way at a slower pace. And I don't think I'd be lifting any dumbbells heavier than 8lbs, as opposed to the 25s and 30s I did today.

See how you do. And if it feels like too much, don't feel bad about cutting back till you're ready.

I hit the gym for weights and cardio in the am and attend an exercise class most evenings. Try it, your body will let you know if you over did it through soreness and/or exhaustion.

It sounds like you're doing zero workouts now, am I reading that correctly? If so, then start with one workout 3x week. Do that for a month, then add one more workout to your weekly schedule each month. Too much too soon is a recipe for burnout and injury.

bluesheeponahill wrote: »

I am thinking of doing two workouts a day, one the morning and one in the evening. the morning one is a gym workout class of one hour and evening would be a run on my treadmill at home for about 45 mins (including warm up and cool down). Would there be any issues with this? I'm keen to kickstart the weight loss. I'd make it more of a 90 min one go but I have kids and need to work around them.

I usually weight train in the morning, and run and then dance in the evenings. (My running fatigue is actually worse the day AFTER weight training rather than the same evening).

Occasionally I'll do that (exercise twice a day). Once on my lunch break and once at night at the gym. Both cardio. There's nothing wrong with working out twice a day so long as you don't overdo it and end up injuring yourself. It depends on one's physical ability.

I do it on Mondays and Wednesday. Chair yoga in the morning and the gym in the afternoon (strength training and moderate cardio).
My workouts are not extreme, but on then other hand, I am not "new" in the exercise department, I am at my goal weight, and my fitness level is pretty good for my age. I can handle this routine without a problem, and I modify if needed.
Bottom line, I think that it depends in your fitness level and in the intensity of your workouts. Just start slowly and steady and you may be able to increase the intensity or time of the workouts as you lose weight and your body becomes more efficient.

pierinifitness wrote: »

I have a saying: “The cardio pony can build a stallion appetite.”

Another one: “The calories burned in one hour of exercise can be eaten in five minutes.”

I find not being as ravenous when doing short and intense workouts. Your mileage may vary.

I don't find myself especially ravenous after long workouts that are cardio heavy, be it rowing, cycling, running, or swimming. I mean I row inside 3 days a week at 5:30am (fasted because I don't have the energy to wake up early enough to also get food in me) and my breakfast afterwards consists of a bagel and a pastry. I had to be convinced that I should also do something to get more protein after that, so now I'll also mix up some protein powder. Yesterday's breakfast was around 590 calories, that's after burning over 700 calories on the rowing machine.

This is definitely dependent on what your body can handle.

Days I double up on workouts I usually am doing two different types: i.e elliptical & horse riding, elliptical & barre, 5mile walk and horse riding. But I do not do any intense workouts on days I double up. Both are light-medium. My intense days i.e. long runs, intense spinning workouts, I have to let my body recover.

I'm the opposite with @pierinifitness, big calorie burn sessions --> spinning or long runs are days that don't leave me ravenous after I eat a nice breakfast, whereas if I go to barre in the morning I still want to eat the same amount of calories even though I've only burned a fraction, which is why I end of doubling on exercise on those days.

Too much too soon = burnout and injury. Not sustainable.

I often/mostly do 2 workouts a day. I do cardio, weights as well as Pilates, so I have a plan that integrates a balance of all 3.