How much exercise a week do you do ( and do you see the results?)

I try to swim 4 times a week, each time I do 1k of breaststroke with my head out of the water (I.e poor technique and fairly slow). Also run about 15k a week and usually try to go to the gym once or twice. Have at least one rest day and try to keep my steps above 10k a day. I started 18 months ago from being totally inactive and also cut out a lot of crap from my diet. Toned up within a couple of months (I am very short and it only takes a couple of extra llbs which I always carry as belly fat for me to look really out of shape) and now feel like I look pretty fit. Lately I have let the exercise slip (school hols, sore neck prob due swimming technique),eaten loads more crap, and have developed a nightly glass of wine habit. At the moment as long as I exercise 4-5 times a week it doesn't seem to be making any difference. However, I'm fully expecting the slightly bad habits to bite me on the arse soon.

3-4 hours of weights/HIIT A week.
I have been doing this since Jan....have lost a stone but dropped 2 dress sizes. And am 60.
I bloody love weights.

I run 3 times a week
Do 1 HIIT class a week

I have exercised more and seen results quite quickly (3x runs and 3x HIIT) but I was exhausted.

I saw.more.of a change when I cut out sugar

Which I need to do again.

Oh, and my legs are very toned, and my tummy flatter than it's ever been. But no change to anything else.

Agree that there are huge benefits to MH, especially from running and walking outdoors

Exercise does not make much difference to my weight. Eating less does that (if you run for cake, unless it's a Half or longer, you've just wiped out your exercise calorie expenditure, and probably more). And the term 'rungry' was coined for a reason - running can leave you ravenous!

I run usually about 3 or 4 times a week (up to about 10 miles per run, weekly total up to about 25 miles), plus one or two classes (Pilates/resistance bands). I used to do another sport too, but that's only really on holiday now. And I do walk quite a lot.

It can take a lot of weeks before the results show. I think it is an intense plan but not impossible

Also kettlebells after clubber ... I take my hat off to ya, I just want my bed after teaching it

This is my ideal. I'd say on average, I manage 5 days out of 7.

Monday: Freestyle slalom skating or trail/urban inline skating 1.5-2 hours.
Tuesday: Skatepark. 1.5-2hrs.
Wednesday: Roller Rink dance/artistic session. 1.5-2hrs.
Thursday: Trail/urban skating for 1.5-2hrs.
Friday: Rink session. Minimum 2 hrs but I'll do 4hrs+ on the floor if I can.
Saturday: Freestyle slalom session. 1.5hrs.
Sunday: Gentle urban/trail skate. 1-1.5hrs.

I do 50 morning push-ups and 50 evening push-ups every day. (Except I don't at the moment as I'm resting an injured shoulder.)

I don't manage to do that every single day, every single week. I'm a single parent, I have work, I have trips away, I might have an injury that needs rest, etc. But that's how much I ideally aim to skate and often do. If I had nothing else in my life, I'd probably do double that. During the day, I'm on my feet a lot, mainly outdoors, so I also rack up lots of steps, though as a skater, my steps are often lower than they otherwise would be, because I spend a lot of time gliding.

Skating is both an excellent aerobic and anaerobic exercise so with the amount I do, I do see the results. I have really good endurance and stamina. I'm regularly told I look really strong and fit. My legs and arms are toned and muscular. My belly fat and c-section pooch are nearly gone and I have a 4 pack (visible upper abs). My butt has pretty much gone back to where it was 20 years ago. I feel great. And mentally I'm just soooo satisfied.

I had a few years off exercising but started again 15 months ago and you can really see the difference. I lost 5 stone but also you can really see the definition in my legs and arms. People tell me that I "look fit". In fact they think I'm a trainer/gym instructor. I did watch my diet carefully to lose the weight but these days I just eat what I want pretty much (I try to each plenty of protein and veg but I don't restrict myself from eating cake etc), and if a few pounds creep on, I just watch my diet again for a week.

My training is roughly this:

Mon: 1 hour PT (weights and strongman work), 40 mins HIIT plus 20k steps (on average)
Tues: 30 mins intense cardio intervals, 1 hour bootcamp plus 20k steps
Wed: 1 hour PT, 40 mins HIIT plus 20k steps
Thurs: rest plus 20k steps OR 30 mins intense cardio intervals followed by 1 hour steady state cardio plus 20k steps
Fri: 40 mins HIIT OR 1 hour bootcamp plus 10k steps
Sat: 1 hour bootcamp plus 10k steps
Sun: rest OR 1 hour bootcamp plus 10k steps

I rest when my body needs it but I usually train 6 days a week. I'm 49. For me it's just as important for my mental health as it is for my physical health.

I do 125 minutes/day on avg. Not super intense. The results I care about are.... I eat a lot. My sleep would be impossible & my mental health poor if I didn't do so much.

Run twice a week (one long, one fast)
Bootcamp twice a week
Cycle once a week
2hour walk with dog 5 days a week.

Unfortunately I use the exercise as an excuse to eat more so I stay about the same weight.

I have been exercising regularly for three years. That is to say I hit the gym 6 or 7 days a week. I don't usually exercise for much more than 45 mins (excluding warm up before and stretch after) but I work damn hard in those 45 mins. Before that I thought I was exercising but all I was doing was wasting my time on a treadmill, hardly breaking sweat and certainly not getting red and out of breath. I have lost weight, but that is due to calorie control.

The results you can see visually are largely down to the amount of weight I have lost. However my body fat percentage is still on the high side (though much less than when I started exercising). So although I can see a significant difference in my muscles when I flex them, particularly in my back, in normal everyday life there is nothing obvious to see. My thighs are firmer, as are my arms, but since nobody is going to go round poking my thighs (and if they do, they'll get a poke in the eye) it is not obvious to anyone but me.

Also, I think a large part of the reason I can see a difference in my muscles when I flex them is because I have been doing a lot of resistance training. There's not much in your schedule other than the kettlebells class that appears to involve hefting much weight, and it is my understanding that if you want to change your body shape you need to do it with weights.

All that said, the benefits of exercise have been immense. I feel happy and confident and have bags of energy. I sleep well and care about eating a nutritious diet because I am working on losing more body fat and gaining muscle.

I do crossfit four times per week and visually no, you can't see any results.

I feel I'm getting fitter because I can complete longer sets and runs, there is less muscle soreness and I'm lifting heavier weights.

But I look exactly the same as when I started and I hadn't exercised for years.

I do 4 or 5 HIITS a week - 30 minutes. I've lost a stone since March and I'm starting to get more definition in places and my thighs are much firmer.

This is in combination with mostly cutting out crap food, eating more protein and healthy fats, and only having heavy carbs (pasta, bread, potatoes) on training days.

I feel so, so much better mentally and physically.

Your exercise routine looks very intense - how do you fit it all in?!

Bloody hell, that sounds like a lot of intense exercise to me 😮

My main type of exercise is walking; I walk 45 minutes before work, 30 minutes during my lunch break and if I have the time, another 45 minutes after work. All of that is done at a fast pace, on hilly terrain, but obviously it’s nowhere near as intensive as what you’re describing.

Do I see the results? Well, physically I feel great and it’s done wonders for my mental health. My legs are pretty toned, but that’s about it.

There’s a saying that you can’t outrun a bad diet. I don’t know what your diet is like, but if you want to see results I’d suggest you also need to look at that.