If you exercise only 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week, that's less than two hours a week. hmmm...I'm not even doing that right now. :hopeless:

How many hours do you spend exercising per week?

I try to exercise 40 minutes, 6 days a week. I do go through periods where I stop all together, and that is not good. The exercise is great for my mood, and I tend to forget that when I go through my lazy periods.

AT my new job, I am always walking and being on my feet, so I get enough exercise just doing that. It varies each day with how many hours I walk, but it is not over 10 hours.

The exercise is great for my mood, and I tend to forget that when I go through my lazy periods.

Me too. I'm always amazed at how much better my mood is when I get some exercise.

AT my new job, I am always walking and being on my feet, so I get enough exercise just doing that. It varies each day with how many hours I walk, but it is not over 10 hours.


That's great! My stepfather has spent his whole adult life walking like that at work. He is in his mid-seventies and for the most part has had great health so far.

If you exercise only 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week, that's less than two hours a week. hmmm...I'm not even doing that right now. :hopeless:

How many hours do you spend exercising per week?Five days a week minimum.

Between 15 and 55 minutes per session.

Commitments MUST be kept in order to be successful. To bring that commitment into question only weakens the will.

As walking around at work is not really cardiovascular I'm doubtful it has the same benefits. You need to get your heartrate up. Ok it will help - you should lose weight and become fitter but very slowly. There is no substitute for proper exercise.

As for frequency, I've heard several times that 20 minutes 7 days a week is the bare minimum. How do you keep it up? Find sports that you like. Forget the treadmill or exercise bikes because they're BORING! You're never going to stick at it if it's a chore.

Find sports that you like, and do these sports a few times a week with different people. That will keep up the commitment because if you have to cancel once, it'll only be a couple of days until your next session not a whole week.

Run or cycle for real so that you can get a variation in scenery.

On the same subject, I find my exercise time is great meditation. Ideas flow, and my brain is organised. On top of that, the physical feeling is amazing. I sleep better and for a shorter time. I'm more alert and I can think quicker and process larger amounts of information. I feel "nicer". I'm more sexually active. Relaxation periods don't make me feel drained. The benefits are endless!

I walk alot, but I am making a effort to hit the gym at least once a week.
I also started going out dancing more often.

I've heard you need to do 45 minutes for effectiveness but I don't know how true is that. I do know, however, once you stop going to the gym, it is very tough to get back into it the longer you stay away. I took a few months off and boy, was I feeling lazy and my mind kept telling me to just say forget it.

I've heard you need to do 45 minutes for effectiveness but I don't know how true is that.

I think it is all relative. I am an physically active person, and I live on the third floor of a building and climb the stairs at least 4-5 times a day. That in itself is aerobic exercise. I try to walk at least 30 minutes 5 days a week. I think the 45 minutes is geared to people who are sedentary during the day.

I get lazy too during the winter, but the warm weather makes me want to get back out and walk.

I wish I had your motivation. I get really lazy after a long day of work and just want to lay down on the couch and relax.. =)

Is it good to exercise just three days a week?

It is way way way better than not exercising at all!

Walking down four floors every morning and from my car to the office and back. (about 4 mins walk one way)

Well, not much rigth?

I am embarking upon a 7 week exercise program for increasing my height. i am 18.
Do i have hope?

Let me know if you have any strategy. I would really love to increase even 1 inch. I am 5' 3".

Very soon, Fatimah, I'll have a thread on that. Keep your fingers crossed!

There are exercises to increase one's height? First I've heard of that.

Of course there are, and i m only 18, there are full chances of them working on me.
ah welll, i m very optimistic.

Well, I hope it works for you!

There are persons who do not hardly exercise at all other than their daily routine life activity. (My wife for one) Then there are others who join an exercise club for the express purpose to lose excess weight. (My daughter) I can only speak for myself. I've gone through the latter part of my life deliberately exercising for myself and can attest to the benefit. I smoked cigarettes from aged 13 (when I could sneak them) until aged 29 when I experienced some shortness of breath. I quit smoking cold turkey and started calisthentics which eventually led to jogging and finally to running a marathon at age 44. Gradually over the years my 'exercise' slowed down to a daily walk out-of-doors and mild calisthentics. Today I am committed to walking up an incline (about four blocks) and back down again to my car. Has it helped? My weight is within just a few lbs. I weighed in high school. I am now 71 yrs. old.

George

p.s. I also try and watch what I eat but eat most everything in moderation. Never have tried any diet.

Well, I hope it works for you!



Awwwww.......Thanks Tom. :yippee:

I've heard you need to do 45 minutes for effectiveness but I don't know how true is that.

Actually, current research suggests that what matters is how much overall exercise you get into your day, rather than how long your sessions are.

At the personal training course I did last year, 20 minutes per day (where your heart rate is raised to at least 60% of your maximum) most days of the week was generally held to be the bare minimum for health. 30 is better.

However, you don't need to do that 30 minutes all in one go. It's just as beneficial, if not more so, to do three 10-minute sessions as it is to do one 30-minute one.

Best wishes, and may every day bring you closer to your optimum life

TANJA
Optimum Life Ltd (http://optimumlife.co.nz)

You know,
I'm feeling pretty good about myself if I exercise 3-4 times a week, 20+ or so minutes each time. As long as I'm breaking a sweat I feel like I'm helping myself out. No, it's not going to turn me into a marathon runner, but in the long run, it's better than sitting on my duff all day long!

What say you?


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Weight training and strength training builds muscles, so I try to make this a part of my routine. It is easier to just go and ahead and do some type of aerobic exercise, without remembering the strength training portion.

Another thing I have to remember is to exercise everyday. I get caught up in other things, and forget, and then forget the next day, etc.

Although its bad for the legs, I'm finding that running is a good way to reach the "exercise high" within about 25 minutes, making it very time efficient and not so much of a chore. I don't need any special equipment and it doesn't matter about the weather, once you've been running for 5 minutes you don't care if it's hot, cold or wet.

It also gives me a really good feeling that I've never achieved with any other exercise.

I exercise 5 days week doing 1 hour of cardio plus weight training. So all together I work out 2 hours a day 5 days a week. Sometimes its hard to get going but once I get to the gym my body takes over and I just love it. I'm also planning on taking yoga classes in the new year. :yippee:

I exercise for about 3 hours a day, cardio, weights, and fight training, and I love it!

I'd have to agree a lot with George overall.

In my late teens and early 20's, exercise was pretty much all I did around part time work and classes at uni. 6 hours plus a day was pretty normal. I was VERY anal about it, and had little social life at all. Too tired anyhow!
I did perform well though.

Mid 20's I maintained almost daily exercise, but started doing Triathlon, and the cross-training was a great way to keep it fun, actively rest the body, and still compete like i wanted to. Plus it was a lot more social, a trait I needed to learn!

In my early 30's my need to compete mellowed, and I started training just for fun. I recently tried a triathlon comeback, but the aggression of the event suprised me, and I realised again why i gave it up. Guess I'm getting "old"!

These days as I am 2 years off 40, I find if I do something 6 days a week, first thing in the morning, I "feel" fit. I don't mind if it's gym, or a walk around the local golf course, so long as I'm enjoying it and working a bit of a sweat, it pays off. I find that every second day, or 3 times a week doesn't give me the same progress as almost daily does. Time per day seems to matter less than the back to back consistency.

So I'm with George and the others above who do something every or nearly every day, but mix it up and keep it fun. I figure if it doesn't make you smile, why do it???:yup:

I don't think it should be "how much" but rather 'how intensely'

I'm a fan of high-intensity workouts and if anybody follows the current research, it's starting to show that short duration, high-intensity workouts are alot better for you than long drawn-out workouts

Plus it's alot more fun and you have more time to do things afterwards!

Anyway, start trying to read up on it if you don't believe me (as I know alot of people won't) :)

I work out at least five days a week. 30 min on my tread with a combination of walking and running. I'm trying to gradually run through the entire 30min but with my asthma, it's makes it a little difficult so I walk for two min and run for two min.

I'm going to start alternating days using weights once again. I haven't done that in a while and I'm really looking forward to it!

Hey Tom, we need a weight lifting smilie!