How long do you work out at a time?

[Logiclul]

For those of you who lift weights/work out, how long does each session usually last?

Purpose for this thread is that it has been brought to my attention that I might not be going long enough each session.

Thanks ahead of time for responses!

15 mins walk up, 45 mins to 1 hr weights. Any more time is wasted due to you ATP stores being depleted and you would start using protein ATP which, if you wanted to build muscle, would cause a problem.

Didn't know this, thanks for letting me know.

Who needs muscles? pfft.

I have a balanced Diet to keep me in check. which involves Fruit, Veg, Quorn for my protein, nuts too, the occasional bit of junk food and Cranberry juice. I'm 6 foot 2 and weigh 11 stone, perfect weight for me to be honest.

So to answer your question, I dont workout because I dont need or want to. :3

Fair enough, I work out because I like to play sports. Not everyone has to, I want to gain some weight, not lose it.

 

[Chemical Alia]

50 minutes, 3 times a week with a personal trainer.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

I try to get an hour of cardio/weights a day. I never have lost weight in my life though, just don't lose fat no matter how much I work out.

You are then doing something wrong; either your diet or the wrong type of cardio.
Count your calories and make sure your cardio is at the right BPM and no more then 45 mins at any one time.

I just don't lose weight, Even with 5 days of week of wrestling practice, boot camp, or really anything I just don't lose weight. I am far from bad shape, but I always been meaty and probably always will be. And yes my diet is very healthy.

 

[darron13]

The way I go is 20 mins-half hour of cardio followed by about 40 minutes of weights then about 10 minutes of cardio.

 

[Hagi]

Usually 15 minutes whenever I feel like it, which averages out to 2-3 times a week.

Not all to organised, mostly just lifting a few weights and doing a few crunches as well some push-ups.

Purpose isn't so much to develop muscles, although that's a positive side-effect (although relatively minor since 15 mins ain't all that long), mostly it's just to quiet my brain down when I start thinking in endless loops.

 

[PureChaos]

i don't work out, i do a lot of walking which keeps me in fit enough that i don't need to

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I do a couple of 15 minute runs a week. I have a routine 2 hour badminton session on a Thursday night as well...and I pick up any extra exercise I can get here and there too.

I miss the days where I would get up, do some aggressive-inline, go play basketball, then football, then roller-hockey...and that would be the whole day gone.

 

[Silvianoshei]

Three 20 minute runs every week, plus a few minutes of cardio for warm up before my 30 minute workouts 4 times a week. So like every day for about half an hour total on average. If you get into it, it gets REALLY addictive.

 

[Yopaz]

If you want to build some you should do some light warm up, then find a few different exercises that focus on the things you want to work on. I usually do one day with chest and triceps where I bench 10 reps and 5 sets before going on to various exercises with 10 reps and 3 sets. Then I jog after I am done.

Usually this takes me an hour an a half combined then close to 2 hours every Friday since I finish up with some swimming.

 

[Zac Smith]

1 hour to 1.5 hours, minimum 3 times a week

 

[RuralGamer]

Mondays and Wednesdays I do 15 mins of cardio and 30-45 mins of weights (not heavy, just lots of reps); only been exercising for about six months, but its definitely made a difference so far.

 

[RagTagBand]

30 minutes of cardio a day for 6 days, one day I will do an hour.

 

[Soxafloppin]

No more than an hour.

one large muscle group, one smaller muscle group for example Back and Biceps or Chest and Triceps. Its about intensity, time spent in the gym has nothing to do with it, its about time under tension.

I know guys that spend two and a half hours in the gym, doing far to many sets, far to many reps, and far to many exercises per muscle group, but theres no telling them.

 

[Realitycrash]

For me, 5 minutes of cardio warmup, half an hour of weights, half an hour of cardio. The weights consist of one group (arms, back+chest, abs, lower body) that I cycle through each session.

If the workout in question involved lower body, I usually chill a bit before I hop on the EFX.

Pretty much this, but I also warm up for around 15 min at home, then rush down to the gym (I live 90 sec away from it), do 20 min cardio, then 30-min weights/situps/crunches or benchpress/situps/crunches, depending on what week it is, then 10 min cardio again, then more weights or more bench. Usually end up at a total of 70-80 min workout, stretching not included (nor the warm-up).

 

[Duruznik]

I go running for about 20 minutes or so, then another hour or so of lifting weight (with small breaks in between). This averages at about twice a week, though I'm trying to increase it to 3.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

I do about 5 minutes of crunches every day. Just keeps my stomach muscles toned. I'm at the perfect weight so yea, no real strenuous workout.

....That's not going to do shit as you a)aren't really harnessing your abs and b) you aren't having any recovery time.

Who needs muscles? pfft.

I have a balanced Diet to keep me in check. which involves Fruit, Veg, Quorn for my protein, nuts too, the occasional bit of junk food and Cranberry juice. I'm 6 foot 2 and weigh 11 stone, perfect weight for me to be honest.

So to answer your question, I dont workout because I dont need or want to. :3

A good diet isn't a substitute for exercise...

Well what do you recommend for someone who doesn't have very much time to work out?

 

[Vampire cat]

[quote="Logiclul" post="18.339026.13718075"

What do you think the perfect weight is? You're going to lose weight if you stop working out, I'm fairly certain.[/quote]
I'm 69kg and I never work out =3. Haven't done a single action as intended "workout" since highschool, and I don't intent on starting Oo. Naturally slender X3.

 

[Random Fella]

About 10 minutes of cardio to warm up, then about an hour of weights followed by 10 minutes of abdominal exercises to finish off
So overall around 80 minutes