Length of Workouts

**estangx** · 10-03-2006, 07:22 AM

How long do your workouts usually last minus stretching and cardio. I do a 5 day split chest/back/legs/shoulders/arms, and I do abs 2x a week, and my workouts only last about 45-60 minutes. I do 16 sets a bodypart give or take a few. Is this out of the ordinary?

Thanks

**raysmith** · 10-03-2006, 07:26 AM

It takes me 30-45 mins. I tend to take my time between sets so my breathing can fully recover.

**kalagan** · 10-03-2006, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by raysmith

It takes me 30-45 mins.

Same. 30-45 mn 3 times a week.

**Frankenfield** · 10-03-2006, 09:32 AM

20 to 25 minutes for me it dosen't really matter though just as long as its never over a hour.

**Andalite** · 10-03-2006, 09:39 AM

DC Training takes me an hour. or a little over on some days. it all depends on the exercises.

**AdonisSMU** · 10-03-2006, 11:56 AM

Wow! That's short. That's what it used to take me at the gym. The problem now is that there are soo many people at the gym around the same time I am doing the same exercise I am...I just plan on being at the gym for awhile on days where I work out my chest. Otherwise, my workouts go about an hour or less. That's part of the reason I had stopped doing chest exercises on Monday.

**JoeyTS** · 10-03-2006, 12:06 PM

about 1.5 hours. On very rare Fridays (my hardest day) it may take up to 2 hours.

**Jneves** · 10-03-2006, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Frankenfield

20 to 25 minutes for me it dosen't really matter though just as long as its never over a hour.

This is very true because if you go over an hour you will go home and poop out little green men who will promptly get to work kicking your ass Chuck Norris style.

I think 45-60 minutes is fairly standard with some people falling a bit on either side of that time line. Also their are studies that show your hormones go to a less then perfect place when training hard for longer then an hour, though how this will actually impact you isnt clear (at least as far as I've seen). As long as your total training volume is balanced with your recovery abilities you are good to go.

**OKgymNUT** · 10-03-2006, 12:47 PM

1 hour per muscle group = 2 hours per day, 5 days a week.

**RichM601** · 10-03-2006, 01:01 PM

I work two muscles each workout and depending on how crowded the gym is I'm generally done within 25-30 minutes. I'm not one that likes to talk there, I just go in, do my workout and leave.

**Andalite** · 10-03-2006, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by OKgymNUT

1 hour per muscle group = 2 hours per day, 5 days a week.

lmao

**OKgymNUT** · 10-03-2006, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Andalite

lmao

Did I say something you didn't understand????

**n6tdc** · 10-03-2006, 02:19 PM

I'm very confused, so many mutually contradicting data I get within the subject of bodybuilding. This issue is one example.

I'm often told that a session that exceeds 45 min. induces catabolic state.

Yet a study of known training programmes often shows that there is something wrong out there.

Example 1. -> http://www.teenbodybuilding.com/locke12.htm

This training programme cannot fit in a 45 min. session, can it?

Excerpt from the work-out routine: MONDAY (QUADS, HAMSTRINGS, CALVES). Barbell Squat: ?xPyramid. Leg Presses: 5xPyramid. Seated Calf Raise: 3x15. Leg Curls: 4x8. Leg Extension: 4x8. Standing Calf Raise: 3x12. (Every 2nd Week.) Front Kick: 2x15. Abduction: 2x15.

Example 2. -> http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/woods2.htm

25 sets on Monday, usually 6-8 repetitions.

This one also specifically advises 90 secs. rest between each repetition. This would mean about 15 mins. per set. Multiply it by 25 (by 24 to make the mental arithmetic easier) and you get... a 6 hours-long work-out. (It says furthermore: If you have any questions, please e-mail me at Twoods230@aol.com.)

Example 3. -> Wikipedia: Weight Training. Basic Principles

Wikipedia advises between 4-8 sets per exercise, 8-15 repetitions per set, and 2:20-6:00 mins of time per set, including rest between sets. This means to me that a single exercise could take anything between... 1.5 hour (4 x 8 x 2:20) and 12 hours (8 x 15 x 6:00).

Added next day: Single work-out session would last, according to these data, between 4.5 hours (for 3 exercises) and... 3.5 days (up to 7 exercises), as my simple calculation shows.

And this is the column hypertrophy only! Don't even try the same arithmetic for endurance.

Is there something wrong with my intellectual capabilities?

-- n6tdc

**Mikey1** · 10-03-2006, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by estangx

How long do your workouts usually last minus stretching and cardio. I do a 5 day split chest/back/legs/shoulders/arms, and I do abs 2x a week, and my workouts only last about 45-60 minutes. I do 16 sets a bodypart give or take a few. Is this out of the ordinary?

Thanks

45-60 mins is a perfect workout time......your fine

**Andalite** · 10-03-2006, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by OKgymNUT

Did I say something you didn't understand????

rofl

u workout 2 hours a day 4 5 days??

hahaha

best of luck man.....u sure as hell are gonna need it.....

along with a LOT of other things

Andalite

**OKgymNUT** · 10-04-2006, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by Andalite

rofl

u workout 2 hours a day 4 5 days??

hahaha

best of luck man.....u sure as hell are gonna need it.....

along with a LOT of other things

Andalite

You see my stats little man... how big and how strong are you?????

That, I bet is gonna be a funny answer!

**Andalite** · 10-04-2006, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by OKgymNUT

You see my stats little man... how big and how strong are you?????

That, I bet is gonna be a funny answer!

lol.......i thought u were some beginner come noob.... lol

nonetheless i know even the pros on westside dont train 2x5 per week....

but hey: ur strong so be happy

oh, and im not all that far behind u

my max leg press is 800 lbs
squat 310
bench 210 (shoulder injury)
deadlift 350

and im 18 and 5'7 @ 170 lbs

lol.....i still cant believe u got so strong training 5x a week that too doing 2 hrs a day!!! that virtually contradicts everything guys like DC, Iron Addict Chad Waterbury etc say and i find that tres ironic

best of luck sir

Andalite

**OKgymNUT** · 10-04-2006, 06:42 AM

I use an hour per part, but I don't do one set after another. I take a few minutes so I can concentrate on getting the most out of each lift.

Nice stats.

**Andalite** · 10-04-2006, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by OKgymNUT

I use an hour per part, but I don't do one set after another. I take a few minutes so I can concentrate on getting the most out of each lift.

Nice stats.

ok cool...and thanks....

btw, if u dont mind me asking, is it ok 4 me to come to u for guidance later this year regarding a PL'ing program working 5x a week like u? i know ill be probably be using half ur volume, but will u help me later this year (close to january)?

**kdog154** · 10-04-2006, 07:15 AM

About 1.5 hrs a day depending on how crowded the gym is and which bodypart.

**BusyDizzyIzzy** · 10-04-2006, 07:30 AM

Smartest thing is to keep it UNDER an hour. My workouts last under an hour and that includes a 20 minute warmup of cardio work. So my workouts last about 45-60 total.

**OKgymNUT** · 10-04-2006, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by Andalite

ok cool...and thanks....

btw, if u dont mind me asking, is it ok 4 me to come to u for guidance later this year regarding a PL'ing program working 5x a week like u? i know ill be probably be using half ur volume, but will u help me later this year (close to january)?

Sure. I'm always willing to help others.

**n6tdc** · 10-09-2006, 02:49 PM

No-one has referred to my calculations yet. Maybe because the article was too lengthy. Re-stating my question:

Why is it that my calculations of work-out lengths for known training programmes on the web yield such grotesque results?

For example, to follow the programme from example no. 2 (http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/woods2.htm), one would have to conduct 6 hours-long work-outs.

Or, if to consider Wikipedia (Weight Training. Basic Principles) seriously, your work-outs should be anything between 4.5 hours and 3.5 days long.

And I could find dozens of other programmes on-line that come with incongruencies of this sort, that annihilate the value of their authors' effort to me. (Such a pity.)

Are my calculations wrong, or is it just a prevailing trend for the majority of descriptions of the training programmes to be wrong and filled with errors?

-- n6tdc

**Mucmor** · 08-06-2009, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by BusyDizzyIzzy

Smartest thing is to keep it UNDER an hour. My workouts last under an hour and that includes a 20 minute warmup of cardio work. So my workouts last about 45-60 total.

I have read this thread, and after watching the reissue dvd of Pumping Iron where in the extras a body building expert says never go over an hour.
My question is how can you get your workout into less than an hour ?
In keeping under an hour, does that refer to under an hour of weights. If I dont count the cardio its about an hour.
I do 10-15 mins warm up; bike, rower, body weight exercises.
Then in the workout I only take 1 minutes rest between sets. 2 minutes on leg sets.
I finish up with 15 minutes cardio, and stretching.
I never stop to talk, and stay focused the whole time, but can never get it all done in less than an hour and a half!

**huss30** · 08-06-2009, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by AdonisSMU

Wow! That's short. That's what it used to take me at the gym. The problem now is that there are soo many people at the gym around the same time I am doing the same exercise I am...I just plan on being at the gym for awhile on days where I work out my chest. Otherwise, my workouts go about an hour or less. That's part of the reason I had stopped doing chest exercises on Monday.

Me and you must be freaks man because I am in the gym 7.5 to 9 hours a week on a five day split. I have my Workouts posted on my bodyspace for ref.
J

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