I'm slowly getting back into this! I've got a meeting next week with a trainer at my local gym, which I'm excited about!

But it got me thinking, what is your routine at the gym?

(I'm curious what works for everyone else!)

I'm so excited for you! Seeing a trainer for the first time is great motivation to really bust your butt.

My routine is kind of a mess right now. I try and get 30-45 minutes of cardio daily 5 days a week and 15-20 minutes of weight training 2-3 days a week. Yesterday I did 20 mins on the bike, 30 mins on the elliptical & 10 mins resistance training. I have to get back into weights, though. It's the one thing that I know will help me burn more calories and decrease my inches.

Best of luck, a trainer is going to be a great step to get back into the swing at the gym.

I hope the trainer works out for you. I've been seeing one for over a year and it's great. He motivates me, pushes me and I am stronger than I ever thought I could be. He also is a big foodie like me so he's fun to gab with.

I work out with him for 50 minutes on Tue and Thur, then after that do 55 minutes of cardio. Wed is cardio only day, so I do 60 minutes. Sat and Sunday I repeat the workouts I did with the trainer on my own for 50 minutes each day and do 55 minutes of cardio.

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I personally try to not have a "routine" at the gym because I subscribe to the thought process that gym time is more effective if we constantly change things up. But here is what I generally do...

10 minutes of stretching

5 minute brisk walk on treadmill sometimes a jog to warm up

20-30 minutes of weights trying to do different every day (not only different parts of the body, but sometimes machines, sometimes free weights, sometimes weighted balls, etc.)

30-60 minutes total (varies by day, intensity, how I feel) of cardio. I try to do a different machine or activity every day and I try to vary the program and intensity. One day I might do 45 minutes low-moderate intensity on the elliptical, the next day I might alternate 20 minutes of fast run with walking maybe followed by a 20 minute brisk walk. The general idea is something different every day.

I see my trainer 3 times a week. On those days i usually do 20-30 minutes on the treadmill walking. Then i will do either 30 minutes of weights or boxing with her. Then I will either do a class (Like body jam) or 30 minutes of interval training on the treadmill (walk 2 minutes run 1 minute). On the other days i will usually do 30 minutes on treadmill and then a class. On my days off from work i will fit in a 40-60 minute walk in the evening as well.

Warm up stretches.

1/2 hour or so on the bike, depending on how much I'm able to do that day. Sometimes it's only 15 or 20 minutes. I find biking the best cardio exercise for me. It's easier on my back than the treadmill. And this needs to be a standard upright bike. For some reason the recumbents are very hard on my knees, though I generally don't have issues with my knees any other time.

Another 1/2 hour or so doing weight training.

Cool down stretches.

Reward my efforts with a relaxation in the hot tub or sauna.