How many times do you workout and how long for in a week

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  • jademh
    jademh Posts: 94
    I recently amped up my workout routine. Especially because my weight is stubborn and I love to eat.

    I work out every morning 6 days a week to the beachbody program Insanity. I LOVE IT! lol The first month of insanity is about 39-45 minute dvds, month 2 is about an hour.

    Then 5 evenings a night I go to the gym and usually do about 40 minutes on the elliptical followed by 20 minutes of the machines alternating between my arms & legs. (:
  • tracyjaynie
    tracyjaynie Posts: 28 Member
    So wow! A 500 calorie burn on the treadmill .... what speed and what in cline? I would love to know how to put my treadmill to use like that!
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    HIya! I sent a reply to your message that was sent to me.. but in case you check here first...

    Keep in mind, the settings are based on my height and weight....

    Im 5'6" weighing currently 239lbs (used to be 303lbs mind you)

    0 incline = Because I have heel spurs, the guidance of the Podiatry group that I work for, gave me a free assessment. This 0 incline does not flare up my heel spurs. So, to reduce the risk of tearing my tendon clear off the bone, I have to maintain a 0 incline.

    Good stretching is first....
    The first two minutes I work up to 3.5mph.
    By minute-3, I bump it up to 4.0mph while listening to music that has a tempo/meter of 130-138. Being a musician, this part comes naturally to me where I can grab the right music to keep a steady march to the music AND keep up with the speed. Or, I just retrack the music and bring it up to the tempo that I need to maintain a steady 4.0mph pace.

    At the end of the 45 minute powerwalk, I will do an additional 3 minutes to cool down - yup, you guessed it: I have music specifically for that too!

    Im dealing with heel spurs so I have to be extra vigilant on my warm up and cool down stretches....

    My journey started July 2011 at 303lbs

    Im coming off of a six week maintenance at 239lbs by starting at the gym now almost two weeks later to really shock the system into weight loss again. Im really proud that six weeks Ive been able to maintain during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years... I think that in itself is an NSV.

    Now that Im in a new healthcare-related position, going to the gym was key.....
  • CaptainSwab
    CaptainSwab Posts: 53
    M-F I typically do a 30 minute DVD. Usually one of Jillian's. I'm liking shredding it with weights the best right now.

    Sometimes on Fridays I swItch the DVD out with a 3 mile run.

    Saturday is always a 60 minute walk in the am. Depending on our plans either a DVD or a short run or a wii dance game in the pm.

    Sunday is always a run. I'm not training for another race for a few months so currently it's usually a 5 or 6 mile run.

    So I guess I aim for 7 days a week. At least 30 minutes. Sometimes more. Life gets heatic with two kids and work. :)
  • amymarie8709
    amymarie8709 Posts: 329 Member
    I try to go every night for at least an hour each time!
  • Jain
    Jain Posts: 861 Member
    I try to get to the gym 4-5 times a week. But work often gets in the way.:grumble:
    I do 60mins cardio, mixing it up, bike, treadmill & ARC. And about 30-40mins weights & abs.
    And depending on the weather & Hubbys workload, we go hiking Sundays. It might just be along the canal or it might be up onto the moors. Gotta love living in the Pennines.
  • EuroDriver12
    EuroDriver12 Posts: 805 Member
    5 days a week i do 1.5hrs training and 45-60min cardio
    2 days that i dont train i do 60-90min cardio
    so total 7 days a week.........
  • fiberartist219
    fiberartist219 Posts: 1,865 Member
    I would like to work out 5 days a week, but I really only do 3 consistently. I don't want to do more than 5 because I am a firm believer in rest days, but when I do as little as 3, I don't think I am getting as much benefit from it as I could. I also feel that the more I do a workout, the more likely I will be to do it again. If I only work out 3 days a week, it is all to easy to do two or one or none at all.

    I absolutely must work out more. It just needs to happen.
  • courtneymal17
    courtneymal17 Posts: 672 Member
    It depends if it's a good day or bad day lol. I'm working out 7 days a week, usually for over an hour. On good days I'm doing 2-3 hours of workouts (broken up), on bad ones, 30-60 mins
  • mrandolph69
    mrandolph69 Posts: 197 Member
    I do cardio on my recumbent exercise bike on Tuesday for 30 minutes, Thursday for 45 minutes and Saturday for 60 minutes. I have varied this routine a bit over the last few months (longer times, less resistance; shorter times, more resistance, etc.) At one point I was doing 60 minutes on each of those days but I got to the point where I dreaded doing it for so long. Because I need this to be sustainable long term, I switched to my current routine. I am thinking about trying a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) routine and see how that works.

    I do strength training on my Bowflex Extreme on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for about 40 minutes each day.

    So, that's 135 minutes a week of cardio and 120 minutes a week for strength training for a total of 255 minutes (4.25 hours) a week.

    I take Sundays off. I also take every 8th week off.

    Hope this helps.
  • TNoire
    TNoire Posts: 642 Member
    I was doing the biggest loser time for the longest time

    6 days a week
    90mins a day

    couple years ago I was doing

    6 days a week

    180+ mins a day

    now I do about 30mins a day min

    to 60 - 90 mins a day max

    3-5 days a week

    since I am trying to have a baby don't wanna over do it, but I burn tons of cals doing zumba!
  • YcatsFursworth
    YcatsFursworth Posts: 273 Member
    hum... most are saying 6-7... might up mine after a month.... think I'll do the 30day shredder on days I don't work out starting the end of March (after my two cheat days I have planed :P birthday and anniversary) and by then I will have my endurance built up some as well!
  • katesmithy
    katesmithy Posts: 25 Member
    I play netball twice a week at 60 mins each, also teach juniors which is another 60 min but hardly any exersize involved.. Also a body pump class for 45 mins every other Friday.
    I think I'll need to start something else to have an impact on other parts of my body which aren't benefitting from my normal routine but I just hate gyms!
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    I run 6 days a week and run twice a day on four of those days. That usually comes out to around 11 hours a week. Every third week I cut back to 7 or 8 hours to recover. This seems to work well as my running is getting better and I usually burn 1500 to 2000 calories on my two a day workouts and over 1000 on my one a days.
  • aussiesarah
    aussiesarah Posts: 68 Member
    Well it sounds like what you are doing is working for you so keep it up!

    I try to do 2 sessions of weights per week (an hour each) plus 5 sessions of cardio (half an hour to 1.5 hours).

    The cardio is mainly running as I'm training for a half marathon. When I've entered races before I've just done the running training, however I think the weights are really making a positive difference to my shape and my running has improved massively. No more shin splints this year.

    I also walk to work 5 days a week, an hour each way which is great for getting some extra exercise calories to eat!!

    My one tip would be to build up your exercise gradually to let you body get used to it.
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