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Fit people, what's your typical exercise each week?

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Badgoushk · 15/06/2017 13:49

Just wondering how much exercise fit people do?!

I'm overweight but have recently started couch to 5k.

So my typical week's exercise is:

Mon - walk 18,000 steps
Tues - swim if possible , walk 9,000 steps
Wed - walk 9,000 steps, C25K run
Thurs - walk 6,000 steps
Fri - walk 9,000 steps, C25K run
Sat - walk 5,000 steps, swim
Sun - walk 5,000 steps, C25K run

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RoseVase2010 · 04/07/2017 22:03

3 hours horse riding a week plus a wheelbarrow of horse shit removed from the field on a daily basis :D

overmydeadbody · 04/07/2017 22:02

Thanks bevelino Grin

EssCee · 04/07/2017 19:56

Monday - BoxFit (30 mins), gym (30 mins)
Tuesday - Muay Thai (30 mins), gym (30 mins)
Wednesday - GRIT (30 mins), gym (30 mins)
Thursday - rest
Friday - Body combat (1 hour), BodyPump (45 mins)
Saturday - Gym (1 hour)
Sunday - rest

All gym work is focused on functional/strength/bodyweight exercises... mainly compound exercises such as barbel squats, burpees and KB swings.

bevelino · 04/07/2017 18:21

Overmydeadbody I want to be you :)

overmydeadbody · 04/07/2017 18:18

Monday: climb for two hours

Tuesday: 4 mile run ( interval training)

Wednesday: 6 mile run

Thursday: 4 mile run ( hill training)

Saturday: park run 3 miles

Sunday: long run ( anything from ten to thirteen miles)

All runs done with a baby in a buggyGrin apart from Sunday's long run.

Racheyg · 04/07/2017 17:24

I'm not sure that I'm "fit" but I exercise Grin
Monday - rest
Tuesday - 45 min spin class
Wednesday - personal trainer 1 1/2 hrs
Thursday - either spin or circuit class - 45 mins
Friday - 45 min spin
Saturday - personal trainer 1 1/2 hrs
Sunday - 1hr spin class

I average at about 7000-12000 steps a day

CluseWatch · 04/07/2017 16:21

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elfinpre · 04/07/2017 16:12

On days where I put nothing they are my Fast Days on 5:2. I still try and do 10,000 steps if possible. I try and get 2,500 calories a day notched up on FitBit. Friday - Sunday is more like 3,000 a day.

elfinpre · 04/07/2017 16:09

Monday - Badminton/Tennis
Tuesday - nothing
Wednesday - Spin class 45 minutes
Thursday - nothing
Friday - Running (4 miles)
Saturday - Weights and Cardio - 1.5 hours
Sunday - Body attack

RiversDisguise · 04/07/2017 16:04

Confused thanks the lowdown on Grit Cardio. I think I'll try it.

RiversDisguise · 04/07/2017 16:02

I fantasize about a brisk family walk.

Round here it's always an interminable family dawdle. DH is at least as bad as the kids.

0ccamsRazor · 04/07/2017 08:50

Monday, 30 min work out with weights, 15 min treadmill run, fast walk for 1 hour.

Tuesday, 15 min treadmill run, fast walk for 30 minuts, 1 hour kick boxing.

Wednesday, 30 min workout with weights, 15 min treadmill run, fast walk for 1 hour.

Thursday, 15 min treadmill run, half hour brisk walk, 1 hour kick boxing.

Friday, 30 min workout with weights, 15 min treadmill run, 1 hour fast walk.

Saturday, 1 and a half hour kick boxing, brisk family walk for 2 hours.

Sunday, brisk family walk for 2 hours.

happyfanjosephine · 30/06/2017 12:42

Wow this is an eye opener for me. I'm not sure I could fit that all in if I wanted to but shows just how little I doConfused.
Luckily I'm not much overweight but def unhealthy....

Lanclain · 30/06/2017 10:49

There are tonnes of Hiit exercise classes on YouTube for every level. I like FitnessType and Fitness Blender. Also Moms into Fitness has routines for people getting into exercise after kids.

I got quite fit just prancing about to these for 20 minutes a few times a week. There is so much to choose from you never get bored.

ivykaty44 · 30/06/2017 07:42

stinkingbishop can you take the children for a daily scooter or bike ride to fit your running in during the holidays? Get them involved and ask them to encourage you

ivykaty44 · 30/06/2017 07:36

Average 100 miles cycling, Sunday and Thursday club ride, Saturday social ride and possible a shorter ride out on a Tuesday - the hills are getting flatter and my average speed has gone up considerably.
Maybe a couple of early morning swims usually aim for 30 lengths
A spin for recovery or if it's really wet.
I walk to work so 15 miles per week

Well done OP on challenging yourself with getting fitter

KatharinaRosalie · 28/06/2017 14:13

I don't count walking as exercise. I don't do too much at the moment, work and kids take up all available time, so my current schedule is 2x Bodypump, run the rest of the days, 1 rest day.
For run, as I'm not training for anything at the moment, is just about 10K per run. If I have an eye on a race, it varies - intervals, endurance, speed work etc.

Rivers GRIT classes are great, Plyo is my favourite. Hard. But you do stuff in your own tempo, so have to really push yourself to get most out of it.

JustGettingStarted · 28/06/2017 08:25

I lift weights 6 days a week. 3 Days of upper body and 3 days of legs. When I can, I swim for about 20 minutes after the upper body workout. I also do yoga sometimes.

I'm currently trying to build muscle. I'm probably going to go back to weights 4x a week and doing HIIT 2x a week.

OnMyWhistle · 24/06/2017 21:41

I aim for 2 netball sessions a week (1 training/friendly match and 1 competitive match) plus 3 gym sessions (mix of bootcamp/strength classes plus 1 pt). I also do the school run on foot twice a day with a double pushchair which is good exercise!

Caulkheadupnorf · 24/06/2017 21:20

4 gym classes (Pilates, yoga, metafit, boxercise)
Bouldering for about 2 hours everybody ten days - would be more if it was nearer.
Hour at the gym 5 days a week.

A run if I'm feeling stressed, kaying of friends are around, 8-10,000 steps per day

Badgoushk · 24/06/2017 21:14

Wow! I am very impressed with everyone here!

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Confusedandintrigued · 24/06/2017 20:18

Grit cardio is brill.

But quite honestly, half hour passes so quickly I wouldn't be bothered if I didn't find it fun. As long as good work out.

Go for it!

RiversDisguise · 24/06/2017 19:34

Confused- it is nice to see another LesMills junkie here. Can I ask you- is GRIT cardio any good, if you've done it? It's marketed as intense and hardcore and so on and doesn't seem to have the fun factor that Attack does. I ADORE Attack. I'm a bit scared to try a new programme because I found Shbam so lame and embarrassing. Thanks .

Show- that's a lot of cardio!

ShowOfHands · 24/06/2017 19:01

I workout every day. ATM, I'm doing Insanity which is up to 85mins per day of max interval training. I do this 6 days a week and then on my rest day, I run a medium paced 10k. I also cycle to and from work 3x a week which is a 14 mile round trip. I run the dc to school too (they cycle) which is a 3k jog twice a day.

Quite a lot really but I'm in the shape of my life atm.

Confusedandintrigued · 24/06/2017 18:56

To be brutally honest, really fit people don't regard their "steps" as contributing to their fitness. It's just part of life and it doesn't occur to me to include it as part of my fitness regime.

Monday body attack 45 mins and yoga 1 hour
Tuesday boxfit 1 hour followed by 24 min swim
Wednesday body attack 1 hour yoga 1 hour
Thursday HIIT 1/2 hr Body pump 1 hour
Friday rest or swim
Saturday 11k fast run
Sunday interval training 1/2 hour GRIT 1/2 hour. Body balance 1 hour.