How much exercise do you get in the average week?

Pherekydes

By exercise, I'm talking about raising the heartrate for an extended period of time and getting breathless.

Quaffing your drink in one go might leave you breathless, but we all know that's not what I mean.

So, do you get your prescribed three 30 minute CV sessions per week?

If not, you do realise fitness and health are linked?

For my own part, I try to run twice a week and cycle once, though weather and traffic are very unhelpful at this time of year.

brianthebard

I go to the gym 3 times a week and lift (badly), am trying to fit cardio in at the end of that too. I walk about forty minutes a day I think.

Delirium

I walk to and from work, a brisk 15 minute walk. Walk every where in the city. Also, going to the gym for the last year. Had to do it as I'd put on a bit of weight due to the job. Do about 1 hour when I go, just to do something. Use rowing machines, cycling machines, cross trainer and treadmill and vary it up for each 1 hour session. Try to keep it to 3-5 times a week.
Have felt the difference since I started going. Am generally in a better mood and it has basically stopped my snacking, just have 3 squares a day.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I play rugby 3 times a week at the moment. If i wasnt playing rugby, i would go to the gym 3 times a week instead

KnifeWRENCH

No, I don't get any exercise other than walking to and from college (which only takes about 15 minutes now that I'm living in Cork.) Last year when I walked to and from college it took me about 40 minutes, and tbh that's as much exercise as I'd ever done in one go.

I did TaeKwonDo for a few years and got to blue-tag grade. However, I did not notice any change in my weight, fitness or confidence so I gave it up.

I'm always saying I should go to the gym (free membership with student ID) so I might so that some time. Gym's look really intimidating though!

brianthebard

When I first started lifting/going to the gym I was also intimidated. This may sound mean but if you look around you will find, fairly easily, someone who is in worse shape than you. Obviously we shouldn't laugh at this but if it gives you the boost/confidence to say "I'm not actually that bad, and I can get better" then its ok. Also going early when its not busy is a good idea. Usually before 3 or 4 would be good. Atm between getting a new gym and back to college new years resolutions it might be a bit busier, but that dies down after six weeks.

Xavi6

During the season I train Tuesday and Thursday and play a game on a Sunday. Also play indoor on a Monday and do personal training on a Wednesday.

It's off season now though so it's indoor, personal training and 2 gym sessions to keep me ticking over.

DefenseSoapEire

I train in MMA and jiujitsu usually 3 times a week for 2 - 3 hours a session, I live less than 5 minutes away from a park so i usually walk a couple of laps every day just to clear my head after work and work up an appetite for dinner

Alun

I walk as much as possible during the week, avoid using lifts, escalators etc. and go hillwalking pretty much every weekend, 6-7 hours most times. No gyms for me, thank you, I prefer the great outdoors.

c - 13

I try to get to the gym about 4 times per week

I do about 45 mins lifting each time and about 20 Mins cardio

Recently i've taken to (trying to) go for a short run, i'm trying to do this about 6 times a week (as replacement the 20 mins cardio after the gym on gym days).

Doesn't always happen though.

I dont really walk that much, desk job, difficult and semi-dangerous to get places here without a car, I do always take the stairs instead of the lifts whenever possible though.

Baldie

I go to the gym 3 times a week ad lift weight and do a bit of cardio. On Sunday's then I'd go swimming.

garytuohy

Try to get at least one intense run in a week and I play soccer for an hour.

Mountain_Surfer

Please dont get on my case for this!

Running on a treadmill is fine of course, its exercise for sure, but it is not nearly as good for you as going for a real run on the road or around a park etc etc. For those of you who think that they need to do something about their overall health/wellbeing/fitness, consider a real run. I know that it is often hard to motivate yourself but its worth it. The feelgood factor of having gone is brilliant. Running doesnt require a gym membership, it doesnt require anyone but yourself, all it really does require is a decent pair of trainers! Sorry for the rant but as a runner myself it kills me to see people going to the gym for a 'run'!

Go for it

RoundyMooney

All well and good, but with weather like this, my stationary bike and treadmill will be getting a pounding later

citytillidie

Would go to the gym 3 times a week lift some weights and use the bike to warm up then spend time on the tread climber and X trainer

Marksie

cycling on my bike 2 times for 20 minutes followed by stretches is my limit.
Unless you count gardening, housework and streaming energy process.

Tis a bugbear with me that being out of the house at 6.45 every morning and only back at 6pm leaves me very little time to do anything, or inclination tbh

Silenceisbliss

cycling to and from work for a total of 30 minutes every day.

beating up the boxing bag and doing weights 2 or 3 times a week.

extensive thumb excercise on xbox360, and immense index finger work at home and at work.

and I fit the girlfriend into my schedual aswell

jim o doom

Standard week; Tuesdays & thursdays about 2 hours Kenpo & saturdays 3 to 4 hours kenpo in kenpo class, Mondays, Wednesday & Fidays get home eat some eggs then some warm up, stretching, bit of kenpo then various types of sit ups, push ups, a small bit of cardio and a bunch of weight lifting.Losing weight sure is an uphill battle. :)and when I'm really REALLY good (note not in at least 2/3 weeks) I get up super early and go for a swim 3 days a week before work. (really need to keep doing that, bad lazy me!!)

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Exercise about 5 times per week.

Usually 3 x MMA classes and 2 x weights.
or.
2 x MMA and 2 x gym, 1 x cardio (weights included in the cardio).

But haven't been doing weights recently as I'm working through a few injuries. Hopefully back on the weights next week... Doing as much cardio as possible this week (6 days last week) to shed the excess pounds from holidays.

tribulus

I play football twice a week, gym twice a week and run sometimes once a week.

Football adds up to 3 hours or so, the run another 30 minutes and the gym another 3 hours or so though I couldn't count that as CV training really.

brianthebard

Do you really only lift twice a week trib? :eek:

tribulus

brianthebard wrote: »

Do you really only lift twice a week trib? :eek:

Since February yes due to my training taking on a different direction for a job. As that job is unlikely to happen (two weeks left before I know for definite) then I'll get back training three, maybe four times a week and maybe compete again in April.

nkay1985

It seems that the recent health buzz that's gone on shines through here. But I know a lot of people in their twenties that do no exercise at all.

Myself, I found my exercise level dropped a lot when I left college. In college I used to walk fifteen minutes to classes at least once a day. I never thought anything of it, but as I walk quite fast it was beneficial, as was all the walking up and down stairs that was part of everyday life. On top of that, I played at least one hour of soccer a week - either indoor or astroturf. Then I left and was left with very little.

I had been with my previous employer during college and we used to have a weekly soccer game but this had fallen away in the intervening years. So I got that back up and running and for about an hour and a quarter every week I play that - astroturf, with lots of short sprints.

Other than that, I go for a walk on the beach or up by the Mahon Falls in the Comeragh mountains at least once a week with the dogs.

I have never liked gyms, much preferring outdoor exercise. I'd like to get more into playing soccer but I always found local clubs to be a sort of a closed shop when I was younger. But I might look into joining a low division team or something.

brianthebard

tribulus wrote: »

Since February yes due to my training taking on a different direction for a job. As that job is unlikely to happen (two weeks left before I know for definite) then I'll get back training three, maybe four times a week and maybe compete again in April.

Good luck with that. Why did you have to change training cause of a job, was there training or a course needed? I had thought about competing but then I hurt my back so now I'm just looking to lift without making it worse. The chiropractor seems to think I will be able to compete at some stage though.

tribulus

Sending PM Brian.

RPGGAMER

i break my bollix twice a week with the max effort stuff in the gym and do 2 speed sessions and two hypertrophy sessions in the 7 day week. and stretch every day. i do saunas and cold water and if you count sex then i do a lot of that too. and lots of walking too. about 2-3 hrs daily in total exercise. weights, walking, sex, dragging or flipping stuff too but only in summer or if it takes my fancy oh ya and of course my favourite, swimming and in the sea or river. maybe 1-2 in the months in the winter and 1-2 week in the summer.

MrDaithi

I go the the gym 3 times a week minimum... sometimes 5 times a week (every other day) if I'm not too tired, or when really motivated before for the summer.

Mountain_Surfer

I'm a rower. Mondays and Fridays are rest days but that doesnt mean you have it off, just means you take it easier than the other days! Yesterday I went for a 30km cycle for example, it was just taking it easy though, not a huge increase in heart rate. Fridays we generally have a technical session on the water. Tues through Thurs, train twice a day, am and pm, then 4 hour sessions Sat & Sun, compromising of weights, circuits and time on water. Mad I know but I absolutely love it. The feelgood factor is amazing at the end of each day:D

cornbb

I'm going to try to hit the gym 3-4 times a week over the winter for maybe an hour per session. Will focus on cardio stuff (treadmill and rowing machine) and maybe I'll try the weights too. Plus I hope to get 2-3 hours of surfing or windsurfing per week, not easy over the winter though. Now if I can get around to quitting the smokes I'll be sorted...

bp1989

walk at least 40 minutes every day, and go to gym 2-3 times per week, where i mostly do cardio (treadmill, etc) and some weight machines. Also part of a volleyball club. Thinking of joining a couple of more clubs to replace gym though, as it gets very boring running on a treadmill staring at a wall 3 times a week.

tbaymusicman

hey i play squash 3 times a week and soccer once a week but i get wicked fatigued afterwards i thinks its called an exercise hangover but it kinda maked you not want to bother ha

Frisbee

I have training with the team for 2 hours on a Monday and Thursday night.
Then match on a Saturday. Sometimes a few of us will play two if the team below us are struggling for numbers.

Will usually head up to the pitch with a few of the lads on a Friday night to have a knock about.

milod

Swim 1km, i.e. 40 lengths every weekday (keep it under 20mins)
Cycle 6km per day (short commute to and from work)
Walk 5km x2 on weekends

Add in the shagging and it's no wonder I'm knackered...

Parsley

Mountain_Surfer wrote: »

I'm a rower. Mondays and Fridays are rest days but that doesnt mean you have it off, just means you take it easier than the other days! Yesterday I went for a 30km cycle for example, it was just taking it easy though, not a huge increase in heart rate. Fridays we generally have a technical session on the water. Tues through Thurs, train twice a day, am and pm, then 4 hour sessions Sat & Sun, compromising of weights, circuits and time on water. Mad I know but I absolutely love it. The feelgood factor is amazing at the end of each day:D

Ah, the only sport there is! Everyone else just plays games. :pac:

I do 8 sessions a week, usually. 3 of heavy weights, 3 on the water (usually one technical, one long distance, and one long distance with 2-3 15-20 minute pieces), 1 session of 30k on the bike and 1 session 2-3 20 minute pieces on the bike.

Odysseus

I aim for four sessions a week at the moment, three running [one long, two short] and one session on my punch-bag.

Passenger

Bah, not enough.

BKtje

Currently play football four nights a week. I also cycle to/from football and to/from work (though that's not much of a distance). I hit some light weights whenever i can motivate myself too as well which is probably twice a week.

I also tend to be late for whatever Dart i want to get so end up running there too I guess it all adds up

I'm not a big fan of treadmills either but running on pavement kills my anterior tibialis (astroturf picthes don't however, maybe my astro shoes are better for running) if i do it too often so i tend to only run the streets etc when i'm on holiday. That said i love running in a new city, especially if said city has a waterway/park.

KevR

I used to cycle to and from work (10 mile round trip) 5 days per week but have completely got out of the habit of doing so recently (driving instead these days). Really need to get back into the habit of cycling because that was the only exercise I used to get. Will save me money on petrol aswell, and worth bearing in mind the levy for car parking at work places that will be coming in next year.

Cully

I've been cycling to and from work mon-fri for the past 5 years now.. For the past 2 years or so it's been 30-35 minutes each way.

I've always been pretty active in general... I nearly always have 2 x 1hr long walks per week...

I go to the gym regularly for about 2 months, then stop for 2 months... When I do go regularly, it's 5 times a week.

The big thing I do is play DDR a lot, which is pretty energetic.... Sessions woud be 4-8 hours long easily.... Here's an example of me messing around :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muBRpN4Abxk

CSC

I aim to go for a run three times a week. Really finding it hard to motivate myself at the moment though.

challengemaster

Cully wrote: »

The big thing I do is play DDR a lot, which is pretty energetic.... Sessions woud be 4-8 hours long easily.... Here's an example of me messing around :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muBRpN4Abxk

Lol, impressive. I saw someone while I was on holidays doing that, jesus h christ, talk about lightning feet.

norrie rugger

martial arts on monday wed
Rugby training on tue thu and match at weekend
Cycle a bit now too.

This is after three years of being very lazy so have a lot of weight to work off

Gekko

feel very unfit reading this!

Time to get a new bike - and what's more actually use it, assuming I can gather the motivation together to do so - methinks...

siochain

aim for

3 nights kickboxing * 90 mins
2 days in gym * 70 mins split 50% weight and 50% cardio

Usually
2 nights kickboxing * 90 mins
2 days in gym * 70 mins split 50% weight and 50% cardio



Totally addicted to a bit of training, if I don't train for 3+ days start to feel like crap.

Setting goals and looking at training as an investment for the future keeps me motivated.

JC 2K3

Right now, nothing, for only the second long stretch in my life really. I played soccer for 8 years from the age of 8 to 16, used to do cross country running from 12 to 16 (And I was pretty damn fit at about 14/15), then stopped doing any exercise for about a year apart from the odd run. Played Basketball in school in 6th year and in for half of first year in college (currently in second year), before losing interest. Got back into running a bit over the summer, but haven't kept it up. Now I know I really have to get into doing something. I do walk at least 15-30 mins a day, and after nights out I tend to walk large parts of my journey home before getting a taxi (I've walked the whole way several times, takes about 2 hours), but that's the only regular exercise I get these days.

I don't understand gyms. I agree with the earlier poster about treadmills, I'd much prefer to go for a proper outdoor run. And it just seems so soul destroyingly boring. I'm also not really into building up muscle as much as fitness.

andyred

Go 5 times a week, monday to friday at 7am before work for about an hour of cardio. I will also go again 3 - 4 evenings in the 7 day week for weights sessions. Sometimes I will go for a game of squash instead or in the warmer months a run on the streets or the park....all this and I still dont have a 6 pack. Such a pain!

challengemaster

I train Taekwon-do twice a week, and try to do some training outside of class time.

I'm more of a non-follow the crowd...so college will do wonders for my sports Not stuck in the midlands ftw.

Green Hornet

I swim 1 km three days a week. Kinda slow though but I guess its still good exercise nevertheless.

freyners

1 and a half hour rugby trainig 3 times a week
2 hour long gym sessions a week

Cloudinsane

I always get motivated to exercise at the most awkward moments - before work etc., and then when I finish work, I'm exhausted. Go figure.