Exercise !Question.. again.. sorry all.

Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.

I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
something else ?

I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
hours is fine but to vary the workout.
Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?

thanks
~Karen~
225/194/fit and fab
start Jan17/03
Started at the gym September/03

"krtyrrell" wrote in message
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Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.

I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
something else ?

I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
hours is fine but to vary the workout.
Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?

thanks
~Karen~
225/194/fit and fab
start Jan17/03
Started at the gym September/03

You'll see results at 3 times a week if you are doing your exercises with
good form and with weight that fatigues your muscles by the end of the set.
If you have the time, and want to, you can do a split routine where you work
certain body parts on certain days. This still gives you between 48 and 72
hours rest for your muscles depending on how you split your routine. Here
are a couple sites with routines and some good tips:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html
http://www.davedraper.com

Chris

krtyrrell wrote:
|| Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
|| I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.
||
|| I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
|| My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
|| the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
|| something else ?
||
|| I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
|| itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
|| hours is fine but to vary the workout.
|| Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?
||
|| thanks
|| ~Karen~
|| 225/194/fit and fab
|| start Jan17/03
|| Started at the gym September/03
I either go to Curves 5 days per week or I do Yoga 2 days and Curves 3 days.
I do it for my mood as well as my body. I like to have my exercise done by
10am every day.
--
Lori
220/150/135
LC since 1/17/03
Sept Challenge 155/150
http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller
Back to Curves 6/30/03

krtyrrell wrote:
:: Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
:: I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.
::
:: I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
:: My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
:: the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
:: something else ?
::
:: I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
:: itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
:: hours is fine but to vary the workout.
:: Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?
::
:: thanks
:: ~Karen~
:: 225/194/fit and fab
:: start Jan17/03
:: Started at the gym September/03

I assume you are lifting weights on those 3x/week sessions. You can do
aerobic exercise on days not at the gym (you can also consider HIIT is you
are good at cardio). Just don't lift heavy stuff on off gym days. Also, do
other stuff like walking as much as you can and walking up the stairs, etc.
Listen to your body, too. I used to hit the weights 3 day a week, and do
cardio for 2 hours everyday. When doing that, I'd get lots of colds and was
frequently sick. I've since leanred that less is more.

"krtyrrell" wrote in message
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I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
something else ?

I go to the gym for an hour six days a week. On three days I attend a
cardio class and on the other three i have a personal trainer with whom I do
load bearing exercise. Unfortunately I need the structure of classes and
the trainer; I'm far too undisciplined to do it by myself; of course the big
advantage of the trainer is not only that he knows the exercises to do but
that he ensures good form all the time.

For almost all types of exercise, the idea of hard days alternated with easy
days can be a pretty good rule of thumb. What makes something hard or easy
will vary from person to person.

And for weight training, its possible to alternate muscle groups, doing hard
upper body one day, then hard legs the next for example. For endurance
activities, the hard/easy principal still holds, but easy does not
necessarily mean complete rest.

I ride my bike for exercise. In the last two months I have missed two days.
On a hard day, I might ride for 3+ hours, averaging 18 mph, or maybe for an
hour at 20mph, with some intervals thrown in. I generally have 2-3 easy
days a week, and an easy day means a 45-60 minute ride, at about 14-16 mph,
keeping my pulse at about 120 or less.

Duffy
"krtyrrell" wrote in message
...
Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.

I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
something else ?

I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
hours is fine but to vary the workout.
Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?

thanks
~Karen~
225/194/fit and fab
start Jan17/03
Started at the gym September/03

In article ,
krtyrrell wrote:

Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.

I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
something else ?

I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
hours is fine but to vary the workout.
Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?

thanks
~Karen~
225/194/fit and fab
start Jan17/03
Started at the gym September/03

I've been working out at Curves, and they told me that if I want to work
out every day, I should go easier on the weight machines and harder on the
aerobic platforms every other day, to give my muscles time to recover.
Part of me thinks this makes sense, but part of me thinks it's crap, since
I know some people with pretty physical jobs who do them every day and are
in great shape.

So far I've been sticking to the 3 days a week thing, but on my days off
from working out I do try to get _some_ physical activity in. I play chase
with my cat every night, I mow the lawn once a week, I used to go bowling
once a week and I'm going to take that up again soon, I go for walks during
breaks at work, just little things like that.

--
-Michelle Levin (Luna)
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna

"krtyrrell" wrote in message
...
Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.

I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
something else ?


If you're doing weights 3x/week, then there is no problem with doing other
forms of exercise on the other days. I do weights 3x/week, and also do yoga
and pilates 1x/week each, tai chi 2-3x/week (depending on my other classes),
and 0-2x/week I use a treadmill or go to the pool and swim or water jog. I
also used to do African and Middle Eastern Dance. A typical week might look
like this:

Sun: tai chi, African Dance
M: weights, yoga
Tu: treadmill or pool, MED
W: weights, tai chi
Th: treadmill or pool, pilates
Fri: weights
Sat: treadmill or pool

Of course, I have no problems skipping a day or a particular workout if I
just don't feel up to it (except for weights, yoga, and pilates. I always
go to those).

I was told a well-rounded exercise program should include strength-building,
increasing aerobic capacity, and improving balance and flexibility. Curves
workouts meet strength-building and increasing aerobic capacity and running
will definitely improve aerobic capacity, but there's not much to improve
balance and flexibility. You might want to try adding something there to
meet those needs.

I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
hours is fine but to vary the workout.

A 48-hour rest is necessary for muscle groups when weight training, but not
necessarily for other types of exercise. Weight training causes tiny tears
in the muscle and the 48-hours is the recommended healing time.
Healing=increased strength. Running is the same--24-hours is needed for
healing. Most of the "learn to run" programs I've looked at (and the learn
to walk program at the Running Room) have running/walking specific training
3-4x/week, and cross-training on the other days. Most also try to include
one day of rest/week.

Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?

Increased physical health as well as psychological health. But overtraining
is as bad as undertraining and can lead to injuries or mental/physical
fatigue. Try adding another day of something you enjoy or think you might
enjoy. If that goes well, add another day of something else or the same
thing, and so on. Whatever you feel comfortable with is what works for you,
and you'll know when you've acheived a comfortable exercise routine for you
:-).

rona
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I lift weights 6 days a week for about an hour a day, but I don't do any
cardio to speak of. I almost never get sick. Having said that though, I
would also say that there are too many variables for a true correlation.
Intensity is a huge subject.

--
JC

Lyle's New Ultimate Diet

"1. eat less you fat ****
2. exercise more you fat ****"

"krtyrrell" wrote in message
...
Another question for anyone who exercises regularly in the group.
I just was hoping to see what the general consensus is.

I am going to the gym 3x a week.. and Loving it
My question is... do any of you do more than that? What do you do on
the In between days ... just rest or do you sneak in a walk or
something else ?

I was told that 48 hours is needed for a body to properly restore
itself.. however when I started to train for running, I was told 24
hours is fine but to vary the workout.
Just wondering if there is any benefit to pushing it more than that ?

thanks
~Karen~
225/194/fit and fab
start Jan17/03
Started at the gym September/03