How long do you WO?

When I lift it's usually 35-40 minutes, but all my other workouts are 15 minutes or less. I'm a big believer in Tabata, HIIT, in general. I'd rather die than run on a treadmill for hours.

Although I do rock climb for longer periods of time, but that's more of a sport/hobby for me and less of a workout.

I lift for about 30 minutes, then do 30-50 minutes of cardio. The results work for me, but I have yet to try HIIT - maybe if I run into a plateau at some point I'll give that a shot to get myself out of a rut. But for now, I like the longer cardio - I listen to my podcast and I kind of enjoy it in a freakish way, haha.

I am one of "those people" you speak of lol I work out two hours a day, 6 days a week. I do either a 60 min zumba class or 60 min on the elliptical and a 60 min body pump class (light weight lifting). I think how much you workout all depends on the person. Me, at 5'6 and 235 lbs, I dont think its a lot at all. Though I am going to switch it up from body pump everyday to alternating days with a yoga class (just learned I should give my muscles a 24 hr break), but other than that its 2 hours for me.

I am a high intensity short duration person. I LOVE HIIT!

One of the reasons I keep cardio short is that it can start to use up your muscle for energy if you go for too long.

Nice short bursts of high intensity exercise alongside a strength training programme = perfect :-)

I work out as long as it takes me to do that day's run. I'm currently doing a half marathon training program. If it's a 3 mile run, then it's about 30 minutes. If the plan calls for 5 miles, then I plan on 50-55 minutes. 8 miles this past Saturday took me 91 minutes. Cross train days I go around an hour and don't measure distance.

I try and exercise at least 6 days a week, but sometimes I get l-a-z-y or life gets in the way - whatever you want to call it.

40-60 minutes (cardio or strength, including warm-up and stretching)

not sure, do long session of cardio and sometimes short bursts or weight training. Keep moving everyone!

Typically, I'm in the gym 45 minutes to an hour.

On strength days I aim to lift for 40 minutes keeping my rest time to a minimum. Then I finish off my trip with 10 minutes of intervals on the stairmill (I'm ready to fall off the thing when I'm done with this one). I think that I could probably lift a bit longer, but I don't really want to be in that gym any longer than I have to. I can get everything done in 40 minutes.

On cardio days I will do 30 minutes of intervals on one machine (stairmill) and 15 minutes of intervals on a second machine (bike). Add in a few laps around the track afterward to cool down, or my legs are in a state where it's hard to walk down the stairs.

I don't feel there is a decent reason to be in the gym for more than an hour a day. That's not to say there's no place for longer sessions... Sometimes I plan to eat a large portion of particularly bad stuff, so I try to burn off some extra calories. Or I hang out in my basement and bounce between the spinner and speed bag for a few hours watching football so I don't have the desire to sit on the couch eating chips and drinking beer. I also advocate running for extended periods of time.

Between 30-60 minutes.. any longer and I want to shoot myself.

I just said it in another post, but I have a life. and I'd like to live it outside of the gym

I workout 2 hours each day with a cardio rest day every 10 days or so and resistance rest day weekly.

My exercises are cardio for 90 minutes for fat burning with high intensity interval training for 30 minutes and 60 minutes low intensity.

I tried that short high intense stuff - don't like it, because it leaves me restless all day.

When I do cardio, I do it while thinking of business related things dealing with my work as a broker.
Also, I do 30 minuted of light resistance 6 days a week with one day of rest per week - breaking up upper and lower body.

Based on my goals and result expectations, this works better than anything.

I've lost 64 lbs, 16% body fat - went from 46" waist down to 36", heading to 32" by May of 2012.
Additionally, I am very active during the day - playing tennis, working in the yard, walking around the neighborhood while I talk business on my headset cell phone.

I need all that exercise.
I eat over 3000 calories daily - good stuff except on "free day" like yesterday.
And I am losing a little over 1 lb each week.

It works, and I wouldn't trade this for anything on the planet. People can argue exercise and diet philosophy, but I know what works, and results speak volumes. I judge a man's result before his workout philosophy.

What fruit has it produced?

That's where we start; nothing else matters except results.

I do the Leslie Sansone walking DVD's. My favorites are the fast miles where it's about a 12 minute mile and end in two minutes of jogging. I do two sessions a day five days a week, and one session a day the other two days of the week. My morning workout is generally 30 to 45 minutes and my afternoon 45 to a hour.

i also do the leslie sansone walks. did the 2 mile this morning (only 30 mins) :-)

i am always puzzled why people workout twice a day. for me it's easier to get if all over and done with at once. also, unless i didn't work. i could not see how i would be able to fit this in my schedule nor can i see what i would gain from it.

People who WO for more than 90 minutes per day are addicts. They're not "seeing" benefits but rather "feeling" them. Much like a drug abuser, without that burn or rush, they'll go into withdrawl. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but like any addiction, it can lead to over training. I don't care how perfect your form is or what kind of cardiovascular health you're in, parts of your body don't last forever. Anything over 90 minutes per day is, in my opinion, excessive and does no good. Cheers!

I workout over 90 min a day and I'm both seeing AND feeling results. But thats what works for ME. To each his/her own. Everything didn't work for everyone but there is no need to speak negatively on something just because maybe thats not what works for you.

In additional to my regular "real" workouts, I will often watch a movie while taking a nice and easy 3mph walk on the treadmill. Sometimes I take a break in the middle, and sometimes I just walk straight through the entire movie. Are you saying is not beneficial for my weight loss? I should just sit on the couch and enjoy the movie and I'll see the same weight loss results?

I am on my third week on run (outdoor) and bike (indoor) for 120min/day average, 6/7 days . I feel ok as long as I have my daily carbs and proteins. I only want to lose fat (I have a year of chocolate, peanuts, beer...belly) and decided yesturday I would tempt a marathon in 2012...maybe a triathlon. I hate to run less than 45 min and I love the feeling after 2h...I am addicted even though it is not recommanded. If I try to follow a training plan, I quit after 2 or 3 days (if I jump a training, I quit...I tried maybe 15 times). I like to wake up; look at the weather and decide what I will do in the morning. This is opposite to every recommandations, but I love it and stick to it for now. The only major weight loss (from 112kg to 68kg) was that way. Maybe when I will have lost my fat, I will concentrate on competition and stick to a personal training plan.

I used to workout for 20-25 minutes, but within the past few weeks I upped it to 40-45. I never workout over an hour. Most of my workouts are cardio or HIIT and I add 2-3 days of strength training in.