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Do you have a formal exercise plan?

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LovefromPickles · 13/08/2023 11:21

Those of you who exercise regularly but aren’t competitive sportspeople, do you have an exercise plan / plan in exercise or just do what you can when you can?

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IBelieveInAThingCalledScience · 13/08/2023 13:41

Yes. I love following programs, ticking boxes and progressing.

I use the Peloton app and do:

Every day:
10ms of core or Pilates
10ms stretching or mobility

X3 a week
One of their progressive overload programs (usually upper/lower/full)

x4 a week
Run with Garmin's AI adaptive plan.
Finished half-marathon recently and now trying to improve my 5k time

I overlap a day of running with lifting (upper body) and then have a day off where I just do 10ms core and maybe some restorative yoga.

This is my happy status quo, but I couldn't get motivated to go to a gym or classes, for example. It depends on your personality.

I like training at home in my bra!

Augend23 · 13/08/2023 13:35

I don't really have a plan.

I try and do weights semi-regularly (realistically 1-2 times a week), and then the rest is a mixture of swimming, cycling and badminton with some walks chucked in for good measure. Probably do something that my Fitbit counts as exercise at least 4 days, usually 5, a week, but that varies massively - some weeks it can be as little as 3 hours over the week, others it's more like 6.

I used to be in the habit of going to yoga/pilates/an alternative option for strength and stretching but I have been out the habit and that's a loss.

Honestly, my main aim with exercise is to do anything rather than nothing as I could easily be a total couch potato.

I try and have at least 2 planned things with other people so I can't just go Meh and not bother.

everycowandagain · 13/08/2023 13:30

Yes my PT writes me 5 week blocks of 5 weights based workouts per week. I doubt I would be progressing much if I just did my own thing. My plan is very tailored to my gym goals.

mondaytosunday · 13/08/2023 13:05

Yes I do PT twice a week. It's expensive so I'm going to stop after Christmas. A YMCA gym is being totally rebuilt down the road so I'll do a couple pilates clases there and use the gym.

oliviabonnet · 13/08/2023 12:59

Oh like floor barre. That's supposed to be good!

Bonfire23 · 13/08/2023 12:52

oliviabonnet · 13/08/2023 12:44

What's 'barre' as that's been mentioned a couple of times now? Is it proper ballet exercises at the barre, or something loosely based on ballet? And do you wear ballet shoes!

I do peloton barre, no shoes and a lot of it is lying down
Burns like fuck Grin and I start yelping about 3 mins in

oliviabonnet · 13/08/2023 12:44

What's 'barre' as that's been mentioned a couple of times now? Is it proper ballet exercises at the barre, or something loosely based on ballet? And do you wear ballet shoes!

IHateLegDay · 13/08/2023 12:40

I do Les Mills body pump classes on Tuesdays and Fridays and have a PT session on a Thursday 😊

Bonfire23 · 13/08/2023 12:40

Not really I just do what I fancy
But I usually do
20/30/45 min spin classes
20/30 mins upper body weights and same with lower body
Barre

BogRollBOGOF · 13/08/2023 12:33

I have a couple of classes that I go to weekly, so they set up a structure that I plan my runs and other activities around. Parkrun's a regular that I often do around being avaliable.

I normally have some kind of loose running plan even if it's just a target for a long run. Sometimes I'll follow a more specific running plan. Sometimes it's just a phase of running to feel. I like a mix of structured/ relaxed phases as it keeps a balance of running with purpose and running for fun.

Gnomegnomegnome · 13/08/2023 12:31

The only plan that I do is a day of upper body, a day of lower body and a day of full body.
Also classes when I can get to them and an hour walk a day.

Perfectlystill · 13/08/2023 12:17

No, I just try to do something most days, and apart from one hour PT a week which is fixed, I do what I feel like.

Eg:
Monday swimming
Weds gym
Thurs gym
Sat swimming and gym

oliviabonnet · 13/08/2023 12:06

No, I don't plan it but I aim to do at least two drop in classes a week. I have one scheduled ballet (grade) class per week then do another ballet drop in (choice of days).

Typical week might be:

Monday- Intermediate grade ballet
Tuesday-possible ballet drop in
Wednesday-5km run
Thursday- possible ballet drop in
Friday-
Saturday-5km run (if not doing a Saturday morning class, then Sunday)
Sun-

I do cross training Pilates based with small weights on unspecified days, and run through my barre and centre exercises most days. Pointe only once or twice a week.

Usernamen · 13/08/2023 11:56

*the spinning class is actually 45 minutes, I could NOT do 60 minutes of spin! 😅

Usernamen · 13/08/2023 11:46

No, I think that would take the fun out of it tbh!

I aim for 5 exercise classes (1 hour each) and 2x ~5km run.

This week I’ve done:

Mon- barre class
Wed- HIIT class
Thurs- 4km run
Fri- Strength/weights class
Sat- Reformer pilates class
Sun- spinning class (en route to this! 😜)