What's your workout routine?

[wolverine]

How often do you workout (either at home or the gym) and what's your routine?

I go to the gym 3 times a week.
I do about 20 - 30 minutes of weights, including bench press, bicep curls, triceps, lat pulldown, seated rows and shoulder shrugs.
After that, about 100 ab crunches.
And finally about 15 - 20 minutes of intense cardio, usually on the elliptical.

 

[static]

Roll a big joint. Throw on the sweats, and head out for a walk. When out of range of house, light my fire, and walk. Come back in an hour and eat till all the wieght loss is gained again. Repeat as necessary.

 

[Fudd]

It is not a good ideal to have the same workout routine for too long. There is a potential of getting repetative stress injuries especially if you perform the same exercise over and over again or use the same workout machine.

You should vary things by using several machines for cardio and changing you weight routine. You should also vary the intensity of the workouts. One week you could do the barbarian work out and really push yourself until can't do a proper rep when doing weights and do cardio until your ready to drop. Then the following week do a moderate work out. Also change the types of exercise. Do something that you never done befor or something you see others doing. You don't want to just develope certain part of the body.

Also noticed you did not mention any stretching as part of the work out.

In short the human body responds to sudden changes and shock. By varying your routine your body improves in varous ways.

Other that varying my work outs as described, the amount of time I put in is about the same as yours.

Repetative stress injuries: to put it in terms that everyone one understands. It's jerking off over the years and getting that tennis elbow problem.

 

[skyboy]

You should isolate body parts through different days in your workout. I personally break up the workouts into 3 different days, chest/biceps, back/triceps, shoulders/traps. I'll spread out my leg exercises during those 3 days as well. I'll end the workout with abs, stretching and finish with some cardio.

I'll also after a few months of this routine, I'll change it up by doing less weight but more reps and vice versa. Lately I've been trying to work on core muscle strength. Doing exercises that target core muscles using an exercise ball.

 

[sartorial]

Jogging is my usual way to keep fit. Only problem is that it gets quite lonely sometimes, early in the morning. Its just the squirrels around and the odd drunk in the park.

Works fine with me. I can still get it up in 45 seconds with the right SP!

 

[wolverine]

Fudd:
The stretching is a given, but I don't make it a routine in itself. And what I listed is my current workout. I know too well the importance of variance - not just for the body, but to prevent boredom. I'll stick with this for a bit, and then increase the weights, reps, intensity or switch between machine and free weights. For the cardio, I'll switch to a treadmill or a bike at times. But I still prefer the elliptical, so I'll vary the programming on that (time, level and intensity).

skyboy:
I know a lot of people who go to the gym everyday to work on a different body part. But I personally don't have the time for it, so I condense it all to 3 intense workouts a week. And who is to say that your workout is better than mine? There is no correct workout routine - only what works for each person, and what your goals are. I don't want to be too big and bulky - I want stay ripped and lean. Most women like that better! And I get results - that's all that matters.

 

[funkymunky]

Just starting a new routine this week, after sort of messing around with a few things.

Cardio
5 days a week. Running M-W-F, starting at 2 miles. Swimming on Tue and Thurs for 30 minutes each. (laps)

Strength
Primarily body weight exercises:
push-ups, inverted push-ups, pull-ups, rows, lunges, step-ups. Upper body M-W-F, legs on Tues and Thurs. All for high reps.

I stretch every day, whole body.

P.S. It helps that I work next to a gym, and have free access to the equipment (free membership)

 

[LonelyGhost]

1. stretching before a workout has been shown to be totally useless ... even stretching after has limited benefit.

simply put, buy doing an exercise that puts a muscle through the full range of motion already stretches it ... doing more just stresses the joints.

2. crunches are useless ... and may even cause back problems ... doing abdominal hollows improves the strength of the basic core stabilizers and helps you to be stronger and helps avoid injuries. Also can improve your sex life in a way that crunches won't.

3. It takes anywhere from 6 weeks to two years for your body to adapt to a routine ... you can easily mix it up by changing the order in which you do things or the day you do them ... but always try to work big to small.

4. no pain ... never while working out -- of any sort. pain that is bearable the next day is fine but should be gone before you work out again ... if you go back you will cause more injury than the body can heal and make no gains.

on average: biceps triceps heal in 24 hours or so ... lower back muscles can take up to 72 hours or more ... a lot is based on the blood supply.

5. supplements ... don't need as much protein as most recommend, but creatine on a cycle (again, need way less than recommended) and glutamine is VERY important -- your brain, and your digestive tract use up to 10 grams a day of this amino acid and will pull it out of your muscles to meet their needs ... if you work out, the muscles need it to recover so if your gains are not there try glutamine.

6. omega oils ... very important as well: they are particularly important in helping new nerve pathways develop and that also helps with muscle growth ... people with neuropathy from diabetes are using omega oils to reverse the affects!

 

[Penhold]

I try to vary my workout routine.

Sometimes I walk from the house to the car. Sometimes I jog. I only shop where I can park right outside the store. Sometimes I then walk from my car to the store. Other times, particularly when raining, I jog from car to store.

If a building has an elevator, I use the elevator - even for one floor. After all, using stairs when an elevator is available is like using your old 486 computer with Windows 98 when you also have a Pentium IV with Windows XP.

I find this exercise program has kept me in perfect shape - round that is. This means there's so much more of me to appreciate.

 

[jim]

2. crunches are useless ... and may even cause back problems ... doing abdominal hollows improves the strength of the basic core stabilizers and helps you to be stronger and helps avoid injuries. Also can improve your sex life in a way that crunches won't.

Care how to describe how to do an abdominal hollow?

Thnxs

 

[capt_canada13]

Load up the syringe with horse steriods, shoot yourself in the ass and whola the next Gov. of Calif.

 

[azen]

hmmm...when it's legit...do i even have to say!!!!! best work out yet!!! IF YOU COOPERATE WITH ME!!!!!
xo...azen

 

[chuck1561]

The 20 Minute Workout

Well that brings back memories..workin' out I mean..well I used to "Watch" The

Those were the days

following along with those gals to get into shape

Anybody got any Cheesies

ok..time to bring those days back

Adopt the

Position...aaaaaaaaaand 3 more, 2 more, 1 more and take it to the left and.........

 

[PoonMaster]

When I was tyring out for the team I used the routine given to me by the team coaches. It usually invloved about 5hrs every second day, 1 rest day and every other day a 15 20 or 30 k in the winter or 15, 20, or 30 k in the summer.

Now I just get my favourite SP (SexyCJinCalgary) and do some intense aerobics together.

 

[personalmale]

I do a couple of spinning classes a week, about an hour and 1/2 of hockey, a boot camp class and a sports aerobic class. The boot camp and sports aerobics incorporate core and extremity strengthening, plus agility and stretching activities. I like the variety (someone else has to come up with keeping the workout from getting stale) and the group participation aspect of the classes. When I have to work out on my own due to time conflicts I have a few different routines that I've set up from two books: Functional Training for Sports and Core Performance.

 

[LonelyGhost]

Care how to describe how to do an abdominal hollow?

Thnxs

http://www.easyvigour.net.nz/fitness/H_Zip_And_Hollow.htm

 

[static]

There's this cool dance aerobic show on BPM music station early in the morning.