How many days do you exercise?

[solobiker]

Just wondering how many days in a row do you exercise/workout? I pretty much do something fairly active everyday (bike, run, hike, etc). I always have the best intention to take a day off or an acitve recovery day to rest a little but then feel guilty and go do something that gets my HR up and my legs working. Maybe I should try to get back into some strength training..although I injured my shoulder a month ago and it still hurts a bit. I guess I am just addicted to cardio type of exercises. I guess it could be worse...I could be addicted to chocolate. Oh wait a minute

[Veronica]

Mon - Thursday I work out twice a day, unless I have an after school meeting. Some combination of weights, running, biking, swimming and yoga. Friday is off or just yoga. Saturday is run day; Sunday is ride day.

Veronica

[Tri Girl]

I do something 6 days a week. Most days it's two workouts (bike and swim, or swim and run or bike and run). Mondays are rest days.
Of course, after my Ironman in less than 2 weeks, they will ALL be rest days for about 2 weeks.
I vow to add in weights after the tri season ends in 2 weeks. I have slacked on the weights for about 3 years (and by slack, I mean not doing at all) and I need to work them back in.

[Titania]

Monday through Thursday, I work out twice a day...30 minutes in the morning and at least 30 minutes at night.

Weekends, I usually do a bike ride.

[Bike Chick]

I usually do something every day, sometimes twice a day Monday thru Thursday (swim, bike, run). Friday is supposed to be a rest day but I've been going to kettlebell training on Friday mornings. Saturday is long run day and Sunday I do a long ride. I do take a day off every 10 days or so.

[jessmarimba]

I don't do anything on Sundays, except maybe cruise up the street to get a pastry for breakfast, and then slowly ride home. The rest of Sunday is for doing what I rarely do during the week - clean, laundry, yard work, etc.

During the week it depends on the weather. I don't do much of that twice-a-day workout stuff, but I usually do SOMETHING after work unless it's storming pretty bad. Occasionally I'll ride before work if I can drag my butt out of bed and digest breakfast in time.

[Antaresia]

I'm car-free, I exercise every day just going about normal business. Biking to work, a friend's house, bank, grocery store...liquor store...

Even my work has a fair bit of running around and lifting stuff. I was not cut out for a desk job.

[shootingstar]

I bike half an hr. minimum each day to and from work in total. Peanuts compared to what I used to do when I lived in other cities.

Weekend days it's triple or quadruple the daily distance.

I'm also car-free but still I'm not exercising enough.

[solobiker]

I'm car-free, I exercise every day just going about normal business. Biking to work, a friend's house, bank, grocery store...liquor store...

Even my work has a fair bit of running around and lifting stuff. I was not cut out for a desk job.

Yeah...me too. I am a therapist so I am always on my feet and moving people around in their w/c working with them using their walker. :-)

[solobiker]

Thanks for the replies. I may try to start taking a rest day. I would love to do 2 a day workouts but I don't think I can get out of bed any earlier then I do now. ( I get up by 5 am and ride my bike a short distance into work) Although tehcnically I guess I do do 2 days sometimes because after work I will run or bike and then after dinner I will do something else light. Thanks again for your replies. It is always nice to see what others do to get ideas.

[Antaresia]

well, if you're looking for ideas I would suggest getting DDR. I do like that game, but I think I've beaten as many songs as I'm going too.

[Crankin]

I do something 5-6 days a week, but probably not as much as some of you. One of those days is yoga or a walk. It depends on the season what the other days are. In prime cycling season, I usually do one long ride, sometimes two (+30 miles) and a couple of shorter rides. Sometimes I hike. I've been sporadically lifting weights/doing core work 2X a week for awhile. Just some upper body stuff and abs. I've also been doing a couple of short (10-18 mile) rides in the very early AM, like 5-5:30, before work.
In the fall and spring, I do more short rides, hiking, and sometimes I run. Winter, I x country ski, snow shoe, use the trainer, and do the weights. I still am thinking I'll join a gym this fall... but I am used to working out at home now, not sure if I want to spend the $.

[limewave]

I exercise 5-6 days a week. I've done active things every day before, but I found on my "rest" days I was taking the kids for bike rides (towing over 100lbs). Even if we only rode 3 miles, it was a major toll on my muscles after my hard training I've done during the week.

I make sure to have 1 full rest day. I may play outside with the kids, walk to the park, clean the house top-to-bottom--but it's all low-resistance, mildly aerobic. What I would call "active-rest." And sometimes I soak in the tub, read a book, and take a nap

My general workout schedule looks something like this (Keep in mind I miss an average of 2-3 workouts a week because of kids, work, etc.):
Monday: Easy run, 30-40 minutes & Strength training
Tuesday: Bike Intervals 90-120 minutes & easy run (done at least 5 hours after intervals are completed)
Wednesday: 90 minute road ride, moderate/easy & Strength training
Thursday: Trail Run, 60-90 minutes
Friday: 2-3 hours Hard mountain bike or gravel road ride
Saturday: Rest (hang out with my kids all day )
Sunday: Easy 2 hour ride on the bike path (no hills, easy spin, HR at 110)

. . . I am currently training for a mountain bike race so this is a "peak" training schedule.

[Catrin]

I exercise generally 5 days a week, sometimes 6. Two of those days are strength training - sometimes I ride both of those days but generally I only ride one of those two days. My trainer hits me pretty hard during our sessions...

I ride 4-5 days a week weather permitting, though the mileage can differ greatly on a weekly basis depending on how many of those days are mountain biking...it is pretty dynamic but I try spend at least the same number of hours in the saddle a week - generally between 10-13 hours depending on weather/schedule/etc,

[maillotpois]

3 - 4 days a week of riding:

- I do a 1 1/2 hour cycle computrainer class 2 times a week during the week and that's really all the riding I can do weekdays because of my work and family life.

- weekends usually one long ride (50 - 200 miles) on Saturday and often a 20 - 40 miler with my daughter, recovery pace, Sunday. More often than not, I will just do the one ride on Saturday and nothing Sunday.

I just bought some new trail running shoes, so I am going to try to get some short hikes in with the dogs on the days I don't ride.