How long is your workout?!

[< <Samson> >]

I am in the process of completely redesigning my workouts completely due to work schedule and what not.

I am trying to put a time frame of what will be sufficient & how often.

This does not include cardio - that I am quite proficient in

But, workout length - well, till now it has never had to be timed.

[marcus300]

40-50 mins at the most - one body part every 7-10 days.

[< <Samson> >]

40-50 mins at the most - one body part every 7-10 days.

Interesting approach

How long have you stayed on this training schedule?

[marcus300]

Interesting approach

How long have you stayed on this training schedule?

About 17yrs give or take. I was doing one body part per week but I need more time to recover these days and it fits in with my schedule

[jimmyinkedup]

45 minutes to 1 hr tops , 3 sometimes 4 days/week...

[zempey]

I recently switched to 45-60 second rest breaks and I am done in 45 min or so. I do 4-6 exercises at 4 sets each plus a couple warm ups and feel sets near the beginning. It is nice to get in and out quicker and my workouts have been feeling more productive.

[Mr.BB]

30-45 minutes including warmup, one body part per day

[< <Samson> >]

Good input hur

I have been doing 2x muscle groups per day hitting each twice a week

The results have been just great to me


But, having a new schedule to follow will not allow me this kind of time at all

[Bodacious]

How in the world do by all keep it that low? is this Warm up, stretching, lifting,cardio? Or is this time based on just lifting?

[Mr.BB]

How in the world do by all keep it that low? is this Warm up, stretching, lifting,cardio? Or is this time based on just lifting?

Warm up and lifting time here.
Low number of sets, dorian style, higher reps when on juice. To failure and beyond.

I cannot talk on the phone after an arms workout, cant hold it up. Sometimes need assistance from my gf taking off tshirt or sweater after shoulder or chest workout, shower can only do it after some recovery or soaping is not an option...

[< <Samson> >]

I cannot talk on the phone after an arms workout, cant hold it up

IMO this a must, if not you're wasting your time

Did arms today - for final sets I work down to barely lifting 25's

[zempey]

That is just lifting for me, I am in the gym 1.5-1.75h with changing, warm up, stretching, and 15 min of cardio at the end.

[Motardpdx]

Hi, one body part every 10 days, gym time 45-60 mins with 60-90 sec rest/sets and outside time, hamstrings 2x a week run uphill 1 mile sprint/rest intervals but sometimes switch it up with HIIT. 6'4 200lbs Cheers!

[Docd187123]

About 1.5hrs but that includes warmups, stretching, and lifting.

[tcw]

Lifting Days.
Warm up Stretching, light weights, 10-15 mins.
Weights- 40-60 mins---Tops.
4-5days

Other Days
Eyeball workout on the Chicks.
Horizontal Cardio---bout 40-50 mins *avg.

[Khazima]

Usually 1-2 hours depending on the workout, on my current programming it's usually about an hour but for one of the bench sessions it's about 1.5 because i hit the whole upper body.

Before this one i'd be in the gym until i felt like i was done, sometimes up to 3 hours (massive rests) and i was making great progress, will be going back to it after the meet.

[woody127]

45 minutes Max as warm up by cycling to the gym while getting focused then pure focus from when I get there till I get out

[Fokker]

40-60 min lift 6x times a week
1:Chest tricep
2:Back bicep
3:Front legs calfs
4:shoulder traps
5:Bicep tricep
6:hamstring glutes

[Buster Brown]

I would say an hour and a half on the average. Seeing how strength is more my target, I take fairly long rests when doing my compound movements.

[uhit]

Ever since I began Marcus' HIT approach, no more than 50-60 minutes including warmup

Before when I did volume it would ramp up to about 90mins regularly.

[bigrich4]

About an hour and a half.. hitting 2 body parts and i do chest work and leg stuff twice a week.

[ghettoboyd]

ive had a lifting partner for the last 5 yrs so id say 1 to 1.5 hrs a day 4x per week...we do 2 body parts on 2 of the 4 days...if i have to go solo for a day id say 45 min tops...

[600@50]

Usually an hour to an hour and a half.

[Bedford]

Including warm up 50 mins to 75 mins with 1 min 30 second rests between sets. 5-6 exercises 8-10 reps or 'till fail. 1 body part ,5 days a week.

[< <Samson> >]

I cut down to right over one hour for the last week.

Seems to be working out pretty well so far

[papersteroidguy]

usually 45 minis to one hour, one body part in a day.

[zaggahamma]

90 min approx

18-24 sets

Treadmill in the beginning, every third of the sets, and end

Very lil/almost no rest

Guess thats circuit training but not sure

[Baxter35]

3-4 days a week, 45-60 minutes. I used to do longer workouts and more days a week, but as I've evolved to more HIT style my workouts have gotten shorter and I need more rest.

[SOL!D5NAK3]

45 min high intensity short rest periods although there i do some routines with lower intensity now and then, but the main one is HIT

[ngtmarpete]

45 min tops, not including cardio. Short and intense!

[< <Samson> >]

45 min tops, not including cardio. Short and intense!

Interesting, pretty much everyone on here seems to be leaning toward this type of workout.


Yet, at the gym the biggest guys do the opposite - they just live there, working out slow with large rest periods & starring at asses

[kelkel]

I am quite proficient in[/B]

Thank god. Putting one foot in front of the other can be difficult at times.

[SOL!D5NAK3]

Interesting, pretty much everyone on here seems to be leaning toward this type of workout.


Yet, at the gym the biggest guys do the opposite - they just live there, working out slow with large rest periods & starring at asses

we will change that.

[RaginCajun]

check out Marcus' Diary in the lounge, it shows how the big boys lift!

[Juced_porkchop]

45min-1hr 2-3x a week heavy, 1-2 parts per workout

[< <Samson> >]

But, staring at asses is a huge part of my routine


1 part lift, 2 part stare - so we're looking like 3 hour workouts here . . . . LoL

[zempey]

The eyes need to be trained too, and what better way then starring at asses?

[jackfrost88]

From the moment I step into the gym to the moment I step out ~ 1 hour 45mins - 2 hours. Includes bike work, stretching at the start and ending and warmup exercises for shoulder prep / groin for squats.

[Mp859]

Close to 2 hrs. Legs could take easily over 2 hrs.

[NACH3]

High Intensity hitting opposing muscles in a supperset fashion while taking 30 sec in between one set....chest/back / bis tris shoulders /legs repeat (hits two body parts in one day while keeping it at about an hour! Rep range 6-10 to true failure, will go up to 12 reps for burning out each muscle group or switching it up each split(heavy 3/6/8/10. - light 8/10/12)...

Ya can't match this intensity off cycle... lol so I do back off to 3-4x a wk at like 6 sets per b/p during PCT and focus more on the negative;eccentric motion)....