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

No Brexit, it doesn't have to keep to 23 mins. (I've seen people quote 8 mins as the maximum, haha.) Bearing in mind that most of us can'tactually push ourselves to our very limits the way seasoned athletes can. You just have to have periods of frantic intensity (balls to the wall.... eg. sprinting hard or AMRAP) interspersed with low intensity cardio or even complete rest. You could have an hour long HIIT class but of course you're going to start flagging long before the end, so the latter part of the class might in reality become more like steady state cardio for you... still a HIIT class in my opinion. I do HIIT and it's usually 25-30 mins max. Burns tons of calories but makes me hungry in a way that running and aerobics don't!

Does a HIIT class advertised as 30 minutes (examples) mean that they do 7-13 minutes of warmup/wind down. or they aren't "really" HIIT? Is 23 minutes an important ceiling to keep to?

Finding the Time for exercise: one reason I run is that it's relative quick, takes up little time.

I run about 27 miles a week (usually 1 club intervals, 2 medium runs and 1 long slow one), swim 1K twice a week and maybe do a boot camp as well.

Goodness! How do you all fit these activities into your weeks???

I run twice a week - 4 - 6 miles
walk once a week, usually - 4 miles
I generally keep active, with 10/15 minutes walking per day to shops, work etc (I get off the bus two stops earlier and walk to work), gardening etc.
I would like to do more, but I know that if I overdo the exercise then I get tired and my mood drops (I have a tendency to depression). Anyway, my regime, such as it is, keeps me happy and full of energy and able to cope with the children!

Average week:

Mon Personal Trainer for an hour (weights based)

Tues. very fast 'whole body work out' spin class

Weds. 45 min swim (45 x 25 meters)

Thurs 90 min pilates class

Fri Spin class as above

Sat Pilates and swim or a spin class

Saturday night / Sunday I EAT & DRINK.

When I was fit(!)
3 X PT sessions a week - hard sessions, heavy weights, deadlifts at 130kg
2 X spin
Horse ride X 3
2 X walk or training on own

Ive recently started doing the following

Mon- Body Pump
Tue - Body Combat
Weds - Spin
Thur- Body pump
fri - rest
sat - body combat OR run 5k
sunday - Insanity OR run 5k

Im still unfit as I cant stop eating shit.

Run a mile every day, walk the dog 2 to 5 miles depending on time/weather. Also do either 30 mins yoga or 20 mins weights every day. I've found that it's better for me to do every day or else I make excuses and one day's rest turns into three or four. Also, we have a treadmill and weights at home so it's all easy and convenient.

I don't do all of this every week but 5/6 days a week:

Monday Kettlebell sport training
Tuesday Kettlebell fitness class
Wednesday short run,weights session or kettlebells
Thursday metafit and every second week a conditioning pt
Friday bodybuilding pt
Saturday Thai boxing class
Sunday mma and circuits

I cycle 5 miles a day (commute) plus one yoga class and one or two five mile runs and one Power Plate class.

On top of my commute I try to do a total of three things. If I won the lottery I would do loads more but with a full time job I don't have time for more.

God this thread is alarming! OP I am doing C25k too, wk 6, and thought I had joined the league of fit people as have lost almost 2 stone doing that and the 5:2, and have just started a weekly personal trainer session too...but from the above it appears I am a fitness BABY!!!

I just have no idea when I could do anything else, as DP works away and school hols are looming, and I can't really see the DCs being up for hanging around at any classes...

Run 3-4 times a week (from 20 mins to 1hr)
2 HIIT
3 weights workouts
2-3 other- aerobics, Beachbody vids and yoga are faves. If not working, a bit more.

Sorry I mean lost 3 stone 6 years ago!

Mon yoga & body pump
Tues rest day
Wed run 5 miles & body step
Thur run 5 miles
Fri run 5 miles & body step
Sat run 5 miles, body step class & body pump class
Sun body pump class

that is a typical week

BMI 22 however, I do watch what I eat too - 80% is diet, 20% exercise. Lost 6 stone a few years ago and don't want to put it back on.

I average 15 000 - 20 000 steps per day

My exercise varies for example I sometimes travel for work so exercise suffers. I also have a health problem which sometimes means I do less exercise.

But just to give an idea over the last week I've done:

• Saturday 40 miles steady cycling
• Sunday 60 miles more intense cycling
• Monday 4 mile cycle (part of commute)
• Tuesday 20 mile cycle
• Weds 15 miles cycle
• Thurs 25 miles cycle
• today nothing, day off exercise

Tomorrow I'm planning a 5k run

The class will be short - the workout is between about 17 and 23 mins. That's what will tell you it's HIIT. MetaFit is the most common "branded" one. "Insanity" has HIIT elements to it.

How do you know they are HIIT if not called HIIT

I imagine a good old-fashioned "Aerobics" class is HIIT, so is Zumba & spinning, but Aquafit or Yoga will not deserve to be called HIIT.

Bodypump? Body Combat? Circuits, Bootcamp, Kettlebells class...

I do strength training for 45 mins 4 times a week. 90 mins of weekly yoga and run an average of 50k throughout the week. I have one full rest day (Saturday)

Some things will be HIIT without being called it.

So, to be HIIT class, it has to be called HIIT? Or can some things be HIIT but not be called HIIT.

I cycle to work every day (10km each way) , try to do a long ride at weekends. Sometimes I get a long ride in during the week as well.

Run most days usually (this week a bit crap) - aim for around 30km a week, sometimes do more if I do more than one 10km run.

I don't find that walking does much for me really - I really need to run to see results in terms of fitness/toning/weight loss or maintenance.

Brexit HIIT is High Intensity Interval Training. They are short classes of up to 20 mins, using bodyweight at maximum effort for many short bursts. It's intense and demanding but very effective. You may see it branded as MetaFit or similar. Google MetaFit and you'll probably be able to watch a class on YouTube.

Daily dog walk up hill and down dale.
At least 4 sessions of Group Fight (exercise to music class concentrating on boxing and MMA moves) - going for my qualification so more than usual.
Another 2-3 sessions of either tabata, weights, HIIT or pump.
Soon to add in spinning when our brand new studio opens next week.

Monday - body pump
Tuesday - rest
Wednesday - Body Pump
Thursday - rest
Friday -yoga
Saturday - body Pump
Sunday - yoga & short run, maybe 3k

Plus I walk average 14000 steps every day and live on the third floor