3 day a week I weight train...sometimes alone, 1-2x per week with my trainer. I do a 5 min warmup , about 60 minutes of weights, 20 min cardio and finish off with about 10-15 min of stretching. If I don't have that much time to devote I shorten the routine to one hour and do a little higher intensity.

The other days I do 45 minutes of cardio followed by 15 min of some abs/stretching.

Sometimes I swap up the cardio in the gym for a bike ride or walk in the neighborhood. If I'm crunched on time I will do 30 minutes higher intensity.

I've been taking 1 day a week off from the gym but I still stay active doing something with the kids.

It's hectic with 2 toddlers and a fulltime job, but I just make it work...cause I love it and have to do it!

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I'm doing the biggest loser 'cardio max' on mondays wednesdays and fridays and the biggest loser 'power sculpt' on tuesdays thursdays and saturdays. Along with walking my dog every morning.

Barb and Eve -

Thanks for sharing!

Sunday thru Friday, I'm at the gym from 7:30am to 9:00am where I do cardio on the elliptical, treadmill, and sometimes the bike.

Every other day, I do weights by using some of the machines at the gym for my upper body and then free-weights when I get home later in the afternoon.

This schedule will be changing once I head back to work next week, but I still plan to keep it up 6 days a week no matter what. I have a gym that is open 24.7. :D

I don`t do half as much excercise as most of you. Three times a week, I run for some 45 min, and that`s it. I`ve often made half hearted attempts to up it but I have never been able to keep to this for more than two weeks. I`ve now decided not to give myself a hard time and setting expectations which I cannot/do not want to meet. I keep to the running, and I enjoy it. That`s the main thing.

Stella

Thanks so much Pita and Stella :hug:

exercise is something I'm trying in incorporate into my days. So far, I've only managed to consistanty do strength training in the mornings (alternating upper and lower body).

I loathe exercise videos and have only managed to do one about once a week. I am hoping to start walking a few mornings a week if I can find someone to watch DD (taking her with me is not an option).


Ways I'm trying to be more active and have exercise be a more natural part of my life:

I fired my lawn guy. Our lot is sloped and pushing that mower up the hill kills my legs and butt. It takes almost 2 hours to do the lawn and I do it once a week. I am usually quite winded and VERY, VERY sweaty while I'm doing it. It is absolutely exercise.

The kids and I do a "nature study" once a week (we are homeschoolers). We have added hiking to our nature afternoons. Usually no more than about 45-60 minutes, but it's a start, right? :)

I park at the back of the lots so I can squeeze a few more steps into my weeks while I run errands.

Still looking for more "natural" exercise. :)

Thank you for sharing those tips, Jamie :D

Wonderful Diva, thanks :D

Mon-Fri: walked 45 minutes on my lunch
Every other day: C25K program ( on week 6 now)
Strength training here and there
Walk my dog 2-3 miles a day (except when it's really hot)

For a while I was doing the Biggest Loser Cardio Max several times a week, and I really would like to have more of a set strength training schedule because I have very, very little muscle tone.

I've been rather lazy this summer, what with my cateract surgeries and the recover time. I followed a 3 month weight program called STS {Shock Training Stystem} by Cathe Friedrich and hope to start it again in October.

So my weeks looked something like

Sunday- hour of lower body weights followed by 15 min stretch
Monday-45 min of cardio intervals + abs
Tuesday- Upper body weights {back and biceps} + stretch
Wed- short intense cardio + abs
Thurs- Rest day - but might do yoga or short light cardio
Fri- Upper body weights {chest, shoulders, triceps} + stretch
Sat- Cardio- long steady state + abs

The program rearranged the UB parts so those varied per month, along with the method of reps and style of lifting. I tended to skip my ab workout but recently read on my exercise forum that if you do the abs before the cardio you won't skip them. I need to give that a try.

Thanks Amanda and Penguin :)

Thank you, SweetCurves :)