What kind of fitness do you do in a week?

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I just looking at making my fitness routine a bit more interesting, so looking for inspiration!

For the last 3 years I've been weight training 5-6 times a week which I love.

I've just cut down to 4-5 days and added in a reformer pilates class.

Thinking about adding in something else... Yoga is a definite possibility, but looking for ideas of what else might be put there.

I HATE cardio 🤣 so running is out. I used to do a HIIT class which I did enjoy, but generally cardio is off the cards for me.

I'm not a big fan of team sports, but could maybe try. Pickleball is taking off around here but seems to attract a much older demographic (I'm mid 30s).

Climbing not for me as I have a fear of heights!

Would love something that continues to improve my strength as this is what I love.

Please tell me why your week looks like!

walking for an hour every day, that's it but I love it

And of course this thread will not he representative. All the research shows that most middle aged women do absolutely nothing at all.

https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/27394-quarter-brits-dont-do-single-half-hour-exercise-se

also sea swim 3-4 times a week when the water is warm enough so Mayish to October

that is really interesting!

@FunnysInLaJardin nobody will cone on a thread like this saying “ I do nothing” yet all of my friends (50ish +) do nothing. So this thread is very biased

I used to do one yoga class every fortnight or so & the occasional short run, but a thread very like this one made me realise I needed to get serious about my fitness, hence signing up with my PT. Now I usually do about 3 hours of strength training, an hour of cardio & an hour of yoga per week. Thanks to the push from MN.

Can I ask how many times a week you train? Maybe I'm doing too much and would benefit from an extra rest day or too 🤔 although I have to say I definitely notice a dip in my mood if I miss a day. I always have a great day if I've been to the gym!

Agree, most of my friends also do nothing! But I wanted to hear from people like me who LIKE to exercise and do things for their strength and fitness, so I don't mind that it's biased. I don't want advice from a couch potato 😂 that article you posted is very interesting though as I had no idea it was SO common for people to do nothing at all

If it helps, I do 3 gym sessions per week on Sundays, Wednesdays & Fridays & always have a protein snack as soon as I’ve finished - usually something like a sourdough roll with almond butter & feta. Yoga on Mondays & nothing on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

And of course this thread will not he representative. All the research shows that most middle aged women do absolutely nothing at all.

I don’t understand how people fit so much in! Ok fair enough if no/grown up dc & retired but what about family, friends, life? I was in the best shape of my life leading up to my wedding but my routine wasn’t anything like some on here.

Currently I walk a lot, do yoga & Zumba once a week, and 1 weights session.

I do 5 or 6 three miles walks a week.

Lots of walking
Pilates x 2
Dance aerobics x 1
Tennis x 1

🙄

I WFH 4 days a week & my gym’s just round the corner, so for weekday sessions I get there around 6.30am, come home & get ready for work. Admittedly though, I don’t have kids so that makes it easier.

True true.
As I said in my post, my sport has a big social side to it so I do have lots of very active friends, but I've made them through the sport if you know what I mean.

Loads of my other friends don't do much at all. I do feel fortunate that something I love is also very good for me physically and mentally.

I've just got on 15 yo at home. I wfh so no commute (and can also nip out for 45 min run and then sit in my kit and shower later). Or a 1hr bike ride in the evening.

DS2 will happily cook his evening meal if I'm out at a race on a week day evening. Give the boy a steak, that he can then eat in front of the telly or whatever and he's a happy lad!

@EmpressaurusOfCats considering no dc and p/t I don’t think you’re regime is difficult to fit in. But I’ve seen MNs posters say they have young dc, work f/ t and do 2 gym sessions/runs etc every day.

@CharlotteBog do you not struggle to fit in time with dc, other family, friends etc?

Sorry just saw you have friends through sport. I do my Zumba and yoga with a friend but I don’t class that as socialising as obviously we can’t chat through the class.

Not really.
I have only one child at home and we spend most evenings together. I usually collect him from the gym around 5.30pm and then there's a good 4hrs before he goes to bed (and he's in his room doing his own thing a lot anyway).

I don't tend to go out out much, more just locally to my book club or the pub.
Family are mostly at a distance that we only see each other at w/e so I suppose I don't see as much of them as I'd like. Same for a lot of my friends.

Maybe once in a fortnight I'll do something like go to a concert or cinema and then DS is happy to get his own meal (or I'll have prepared something), or he'll be with friends.

Ha ha yes. I meet a friend for a swim, which is a bit daft as we swim not chat. We do sometimes have a quick coffee before or after.
Bike rides with friends are lovely. Chats at running club tend to be a bit disjointed and ermm gaspy!

...and I'm a night owl so get the house jobs done with my audio book around 10pm.

Per week

3-5 x depending on how I feel) weights. CG - currently doing Intent

2 x ballet classes

1-2 runs - but only maximum 5k. I don't enjoy running but I feel it improves my general stamina

I have a class pass membership too, so depending on how busy my week is I'll do a class or two of barre Pilates, step, dance or yoga.

I swim 3-5 times a week.
Gym usually twice a week.
A class twice a week - Pilates, yoga usually.
I walk the dog twice a day - sometimes hike.
i walk every evening with my neighbour who is 80, we walk for around 45 minutes.