What is your exercise regimen?

[MrsDRock]

I am trying to get into a routine with my exercise regimen.

What is yours?
# Days of cardio (length? time?)
# Days of weight training?

How much are we supposed to be doing?

[JimboK]

Re: What is your exercise regimen?

I aim for a minimum of 30 minutes of cardio at least five days a week, via a brisk walk with some occasional jogging. (I primarily use somewhat hilly trails and I jog downhill.) Though I track distance in my journal, it doesn't guide my workout. Instead, time determines it, and from there my goal is to keep my heart rate between 70%-80% of max. That's a nice comfortable pace that burns calories and builds endurance but doesn't get me winded. I use an exercise heart rate monitor, so I can continually adjust my pace as needed.

Weight training is also good, though less important for weight loss than aerobic work. I'll admit I'm not doing any at the moment for a variety of reasons (some are legit and others are excuses ). I was working with a trainer a few years ago who had me on a 3-day-a-week regimen.

[gbidruglord]

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We do about 30 minutes of cardio 4 days a week, plus my pushups and crunches for my monthly challenges. Weight training for ~25 minutes 2 days a week plus my pushups and crunches for my monthly challenges.

[Greeneggs&ham]

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I'm following the C25K program 3X per week and chatting with others who are also following the program. I also go biking with a friend for about an hour (18 miles) each Sunday. I have participated in some of the exercise challenges here in past months and am getting myself motivated to try the challenge at hundredpushups.com.

I have found that the challenges and programs provide some measure of accountability which makes it more likely that I will actually follow through. Without the C25K program, I'd probably push myself too hard early on and burnout quickly. If my friend was not asking me what time we were biking on Sunday, I'd probably have a harder time forcing myself to go out each week on my own.

Also, a previous comment suggested that anaerobic activity (weight lifting) was not as important as aerobic for weight loss. I would have to disagree (they are equally important) as it is your muscle mass that burns off calories more rapidly while doing nothing. Of course I can't be a major proponent when I'm not including much anaerobic activity in my own regimen. LOL -- do as I say, not as I do!

[liv]

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Hi Eric I hope you post more about the 100 pushup when you get to it. I think one day I want to try that.

I work out 6 days a week (give or take one or two)
3 Days of Cardio - I run 5 or 10 kilomters
3 Days of mixed cardio and strength training.

I always do rest between running days and rest day between the weight lifting days.
For mixed cardio I do walking aerobics or tae bo. I also try to get in some yoga and pilates now and then.

I agree with Eric do not underestimate weightlifting/strength training - it also does wonder for tightening things up even for an oldie like me

[Every1LuvzAngie]

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I alternate cardio with pilates 5 days a week and I am doing crunches on my stability ball and squats for my monthly challenges

[TheFinalSQL]

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100% cardio, still too fat to run, I walk 7.2 miles a day, 6 days a week. I'm clocking in a little over 4 mph.

When I started walking in June, I could barely do 1/4 mile. Does not take long to build your endurance.

Norm

[DesertRain]

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I am at the gym 6-7 days a week.
I do 3-4 days cardio (usually 4 miles on the treadmill, half hour on the stairmaster, half hour elliptical/recumbant bike etc, usually 1.5 -2 hrs cardio)
3 days weight training alternating target areas.
My schedule looks like this:
Monday: strength training - upper body
Tuesday: cardio
Wednesday: strength training - lower body & abs
Thursday: cardio
Friday: strength training - upper body
Saturday: cardio
Sunday: cardio
And then the following Monday I would switch to strength training lower body.

[mkdowning]

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I do the exercises found at Matt Furey - Zen Master of the Internet

I cannot recommend this regimen enough because it is the most effective workout I"ve ever done, and it takes only 5-10 minutes.

Even newbies who may be only able to do 10 hindu squats, 3 hindu pushups and barely get into the neck bridge stance, will notice after 1 week they feel great, and are getting stronger.

This may sound like shilling for Matt Furey, but, I am getting results.

I do 200 squats a day, and 100 pushups currently. I go for walks a lot too.

[carl1000]

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I try the treadmill, but 4 or 5 miles...I would be bored beyond belief. I am the posterboard child for not wanting to be at the gym for more than 1 hour - seems like eternity. I do the treadmill for 30 min then the bike for 30 min - I am trying to like doing cardio at the gym but I cant stand it. Love the wieght training though! I guess I have to learn to like it, but for 10 years I still hate going to the gym...

Cudos to you guys!!!

[Sarina D]

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Hi there,

I run on my glider 1:05hrs 6 x days a week (I do and hour and five minutes because by the end of the week...each one of those five minutes adds up to an extra half hour for the week). I was weight training 6 days a week but as of recent started to really feel fatigued so I do it every other day.

Six days a week I do 100 situps on my stability ball in the morning and 100 situps on it at night (total of 200 per day). I have a thigh machine I was using 6 days a week but now I do it every other day along with my weight training. I also have incorporated some medicine balls into my routine, I do them on the days I'm not doing the other weight training, I do wall push ups every other day as well along with some floor exercises. Also I have another little piece of equipment I love! It's a disk you stand on and twist from side to side....sounds pretty simple...it is! It works and I have noticed a significant difference using it (500 x per day of these). I've recently purchased a kick boxing DVD set...just waiting for it to arrive and then I'm going to incorporate it into my routine...maybe mix it up a bit and do the glider one day and then kick boxing the next and trade off from day to day with regards to my cardio routine.

I just purchased a rowing machine and have incorporated it on my cardio days.

I'm a firm believer in incorporating cardio and weight training to get great results.

Sarina
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Heaviest weight last year- 400 (2007)
Atkins start weight – 347 (July 19, 2008 )
(100 lbs. lost as of Oct 2, 2008 - Hit 300 lbs. on this day )
Current weight – 273
Goal weight - 150 – 160

[Zarabelle]

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I am addicted to the gym (after just a month) and would go every day if could! I aim for five, one hour cardio sessions a week. Half of that time at a high intensity on an elliptical and half at zone fat burning on the treadmill. I am going to add some weight training three times a week soon.