How long/often do you train for ?

[J4CKO]

As per the title, I am trying to do an hour, every other day, seeing some improvements, just wondering how often those who are really into it train for ?

[didelydoo]

I do roughly 2 hours weights, 6 days a week- sometimes 7 days, but the 7th day will be a shorter home session.

[MYOB]

7 hours a week, mixture of jogging, weights and brisk walking.

[madzo14]

Usually try to aim for 10hrs a week of cycling

Couple of hours during the week and two longer rides at the weekend with my club

[okgo]

Yep I would say about 10-12 hours of cycling

[Tiggsy]

Since I've started training with the GF my weights sessions have dropped in time a lot - a combbo of her not wanting to be in more than 1hr and me spotting her for some stuff. I'd say my weights are now done over 40m max 3 times a week......and I've seen a real improvement in energy, results, strength.

also, run, spin, MTB, etc

[RobM77]

I suppose it depends what you call training. In terms of regular exercise, in a typical working week I do a total of 1½ hours of weights, 1-5 hours of cycling depending on the weather and the season, 5 hours of walking (an hour a day) and 2-4 hours of SUP/Windsurfing depending on the weather and the season. We also have three or four holidays a year which are usually around 6-8 hours a day of the above.

I have back, leg and knee problems and the above has been tweaked to minimise the pain and so far works very well indeed. For me it's a balance between too much exercise, which sets my leg and knees off, and too little, which makes my back pain worse. I find the weights of great help in minimising injuries, having tried CV sports with and without.

[Pvapour]

http://contentz.mkt5144.com/mson/2015/09/02/uLQzZ4...


upping CV weekly at mo in prep for Spartan event but trying to retain as much muscle size and strength at same time, will knock it back a tad after that b4 pushing again

Edited by Pvapour on Wednesday 2nd September 12:44

[TurboHatchback]

I do weights 4-5 sessions a week for about 1hr each. Time isn't a very useful measure of strength workouts though as intensity and rest periods do to seem to vary rather a lot (or to put it another way many people do more talking than lifting). Each workout might be 20-40 sets of 5-12 reps (to failure), less for heavy deadlifts and squats.

I don't do any specific cardio but pace my weights sessions reasonably intensively to maintain a fairly high heart rate.

[chris watton]

Between 6-8 hours per week. I train four times per week with one and a half to two hour sessions.

Doesn't seem like a lot, but it seems to work well enough...

[mcelliott]

Just about 6 hours a week on the bike, sometimes more, and roughly 4 hours in the gym.