Average time you spend lifting weights?

[GetFit777]

Just curious whats the average time most of you spend lifting. I'm pretty new and I don't know if I'm overdoing it or not. I lift on most days 2 hours. Except on legs I do usually 1 hour and half.

[shaneee]

45-55 mins..no more than an hour and that's how it should be.

[GetFit777]

do you like start burning muscle ? If you go over like a hour?

[Krav_Maga]

do you like start burning muscle ? If you go over like a hour?

I'd like to know this too. Since I've been doing some pretty intense core workouts the past few weeks for fighting, I've been pushing my arm workout days to about 2-2.5 hours. I seem to be doing fine, unless it kicks my ass in the long run. I also don't feel very much exhaustion.

[shaneee]

after like 45 mins your body is more tired unless you've been doing ****, but more importantly your natural testosterone levels drop which isn't good. But really you should cut your workouts down..i used to workout like 1 1/2 every time until i shortened my rest times to about 45 secs and i've learned to squeeze out every rep for what it's worth and i go to failure in alot of my sets now..i can get a good workout in like 20-30 mins from doing that

[TaPo31]

Most of my workouts are between 45-60 minutes with a heavy leg session maybe pushing 75 and even that 75 minutes is too long IMO. Depending on your split, I would say most workouts should be about an hour.

[Wildtim]

I go about an hour to an hour 15 if I'm taking extra long rest breaks.

[GuyJin]

Roughly fifty minutes or so three times a week. I try and cut down on the rest periods whenever I can, although I do take about two minutes between sets of squats and deadlifts.

[Opies]

45 mins

[GetFit777]

after like 45 mins your body is more tired unless you've been doing ****, but more importantly your natural testosterone levels drop which isn't good. But really you should cut your workouts down..i used to workout like 1 1/2 every time until i shortened my rest times to about 45 secs and i've learned to squeeze out every rep for what it's worth and i go to failure in alot of my sets now..i can get a good workout in like 20-30 mins from doing that

Thanks for the info man. Ya I been only going to failure on the last 3 reps on my last set. Ya my rest times are like 1 min and half probably. I been taking stims and creatine for the first time this month. I been on super pump and green mag. Feel real wired when I go to the gym lol. But ya I think imma cut down some thanks.

[kitarpyar]

depends on the program ... was on a 3x week full-body routine that need 1 hr 20-25 minutes per session. Now all I do is Bench, row, squat and pullovers (milk and squats abbreviated program), and I am done in 25-30 minutes working out 2-3x week.

[TonySturch]

I spend a minimum or 2 hours, most often its 2.5 hours. Last night I cant damn close to 3 hours. Im running a fullbody routine with 24 - 30 max effort sets to failure. I take 2 to 5 minutes rest between sets, not counting setup time.

[doylertheoiler]

Depends on your body type really. For ectomorhps (skinny natural build) it is recommended not to stay in the gym very long. 45-60 min max, to minimize calorie burn. Get in, get out, go eat. It's worked for me.

Don't know much about meso or endomorphs since i'm ecto.

[srt33]

hr and a half plus 20 min cardio

[puntoboy]

usually 45-50 mins the 20-40 mins cardio

[CookAndrewB]

Askign this question is a little like taking a poll to decide what size shoe you should wear. The average size foot of those responding to your question will have no relation to the size of your foot.

...just saying.

[Chronic0383]

i Might be missing something here but this is my 2 cent it all depends on what u want, bulking some people take 2 min rest between sets this will mean you will be longer in the gym most times i'm in their for a 1 hour 30 mins as i take 2 min rest between sets.

[push_it]

It depends. Right now weights take me about 30-45 minutes, and then I do 25 min cardio on top of that. However, if I am cutting, my workouts are usually longer.

[truckerman79]

1-1.25 hours.

[Lencho]

I wear a size 14 shoe.

[CookAndrewB]

I wear a size 14 shoe.

I guess all that talk about shoe size is a lie then, huh?

[Lencho]

I guess all that talk about shoe size is a lie then, huh?

Big hands, big feet = big gloves, big shoes



Nothing more.

[CookAndrewB]

Big hands, big feet = big gloves, big shoes



Nothing more.

So you can't work out longer with big feet?

[sportyaccordy]

I try to get in and out in an hour. I spend a lot of time waiting for equipment so I think my workouts are more like 30-40 mins

[Kyle.Lgk]

Just curious whats the average time most of you spend lifting. I'm pretty new and I don't know if I'm overdoing it or not. I lift on most days 2 hours. Except on legs I do usually 1 hour and half.

If you're natural you should only spend 45-75min per workout. If your intensity is high enough, you won't be able to lift much after that. I usually spend an 45-1hr hitting a big muscle with compound lifts, and the next 30 min doing accessory movements/smaller muscles.

[ven33]

Askign this question is a little like taking a poll to decide what size shoe you should wear. The average size foot of those responding to your question will have no relation to the size of your foot.

...just saying.

This. Everyone is different and nothing is "perfect". Anyone stating that a certain time is "right" is just spreading nonsense myths.

[ksheab]

45-60min

[r_graz]

1.5 to 2 hours. That's fairly common for the kind of lifting I do - lots of low rep sets, and relatively long rest times.

Size 9.5 shoe, of course.

[afdaddy]

Just curious whats the average time most of you spend lifting. I'm pretty new and I don't know if I'm overdoing it or not. I lift on most days 2 hours. Except on legs I do usually 1 hour and half.

The length of your workout doesn't really have as much as importance as the intensity with which you workout. What you do need to keep in mind though is that your body is going to run out of energy (glycogen) or you're going to overheat, at which point your really just moving the weights around, not actually breaking down muscle fibers. You can combat this (and should) through sports drinks or in-workout recovery type drinks, but really once you pass the level of exhaustion, the energy you're burning is being taken from the muscles themselves (catabolization) and your going backwords in terms of muscle mass.

Having worked with some pro football guys, they'll do 2-3 very high intensity low volume workouts over the course of a day. 45 min max. The argument is that after that 45 min, you lose your focus and can't maintain that high level of intensity. But it all depends on your goals, Krav Maga guy probably wants a little more endurance so he trains for that stress, etc.

[ozbilda]

Just curious whats the average time most of you spend lifting. I'm pretty new and I don't know if I'm overdoing it or not. I lift on most days 2 hours. Except on legs I do usually 1 hour and half.

if you want to know if you are overdoing it post the routine you do !