how many hours do u spend in the gym a week?

[Jason Salamone]

10-15 min warmup on the elyptical
30- 45 min hypertrophy weight training:
Mon: Back
Tues: Shoulders
Wed: Legs and Lower Back
Thurs: Chest
Fri: Arms (Biceps & Triceps)

Then I do 35-45 min cardio on the Treadmill
Finished of by 15-20 mins of static stretching

So 1.5 to 2 hours per day Mon thru Fri.
Wednesdays being that it's leg and lower back day usually last longer.

Saturdays I go to the gym and do 3-4 supersets of Dips and Abs
Followed by 45 minute Spinning Class
Finished off with 15-20 Static Stretching

Sunday is my day of rest, but sometimes I will go for a nice long walk though.
I will at least try to do my static stretches if nothing else shortly after I wake up in the morning on Sunday.

I would say that I spend around 10-12 hours a week in the gym.
Does that mean I'm overtraining, because the voting poll only goes up to 9?

Jason Salamone

 

[blindside]

yeah I hear loads of people do streches on days off, why is this?

 

[Jason Salamone]

yeah I hear loads of people do streches on days off, why is this?

Simple because it helps keep you limber, flexible, helps with injury prevention, better circulation, increased speed, better muscle recovery, etc.

Also, when you take even one day off from working out, the first day back can seem a little more difficult than usual, because the muscles get a little more tight or stiff than usual. Stretching every day prevents that from happening too.

Jason Salamone

 

[blindside]

oh ok thanks, and by the way,I only spend 3 hours a week doing weights but easily doing 6+ hours of cardio every week, + its a real mix because I go swimming on sundays, run on saturdays, bike varies but at least twice a week, rugby tuesdays and running mondays too.

 

[tenpercent]

I stretch after I lift on weight days.