How many times a week do you lift / workout?

[brucedelaney]

Title pretty much sums it up. I've got myself on a 3 day a week full body program but I'm wondering if you ever have the urge to do more? Some days I just have extra energy to burn it seems and I'd rather put it into lifting then cardio.

[wgraves]

I workout every other day for 5 days (total of 3 workout days) and then take 2 consecutive days off and start again. I do light cardio and grip strength training on the in between days.

I hear what you're saying about wanting to do more some days, but it goes the other way too unfortunately. There are some days where I really have to push myself to workout.

[pondman]

I have a morning thing that is walking, 5 stops for pushups, and 3 stops for rowing with bands. I do this 4 days a week.

I lift weights 5 afternoons/evenings per week. These are generally high rep.

[waknickm]

I lift 6 days a week using a Pull/Push/Leg repeat format, but if you are growing and getting stronger on the full body split, I would not change it. I don't have time during my lunch hour to get the volume I need to get stronger using a full body split otherwise I would use it. There may come a time when you need more volume and the change from full body to a split will be needed, but do not rush the process.

[brucedelaney]

I lift 6 days a week using a Pull/Push/Leg repeat format, but if you are growing and getting stronger on the full body split, I would not change it. I don't have time during my lunch hour to get the volume I need to get stronger using a full body split otherwise I would use it. There may come a time when you need more volume and the change from full body to a split will be needed, but do not rush the process.

I am getting stronger, but cutting fat as well.

Like today, I didn't get to go for my walk on my lunch break, today isn't a scheduled workout day. However I feel like I want to go home and just do something like an Arm workout or something... LOL

[GreenWave1]

I lift three days, cardio three (different) days

[Plateauplower]

Full-Body M, W, F / High inestity cardio Tues and Thurs with accessories (face pulls, back ext, core) and LISS Sat and Sun and sometimes on MWF (walking during lunch)

[skel1977]

5 sometimes 6, once in a while 4

[Yorinaga]

I am trying a 5 day lifting routine currently and it works well with my energy level:


Mon - Chest & Back
Tue - Shoulders & Abs
Wed - Biceps, Triceps, Forearms
Thu - Quads, Glutes, Hams, Calves
Fri - No Lifting, do active stuff with wife and kid (biking, walking, swimming)
Sat - full body compounds, attempt new PRs, cardio at the end
Sun - lazy day

[hmcl281]

8 to 10 times a week

[JRT6]

Big weights? Between 2-3 sometimes 4 but I push my luck when I do that. I do pull-ups, pushups and/or run about 6. Mobility work 5 days.

[snoack]

Right now 3 days a week. Just got back in the gym last week after a 6 week layoff. Restructured my program for now, doing light weight/high rep straight sets. Also walking 2x a day for 30 minutes at a time during the week. This is the plan until the end of my son's baseball season- probably the end of July(he's doing this current cycle with me, 2x per week for him right now). After that, the plan is a 5 day split on a very aggressive progression cycle. Also hope to be able to start doing some light running again by that point, had some really nasty tendinitis where my left abductor and oblique connected.

...hopefully everything will go as planned. Had some nasty setbacks over the last few months. Hopefully they've made me smarter.

[mrmr200]

14.

[sumtaz]

4 times per week with the following rotation:

Triceps, chest, abs
Legs
Biceps, shoulders, back

Rest days in between these vary, but I keep at least 3 days rest between working the same muscle group.

Desire to do more? Definitely yes, but difficult to do and still keep the 3 days rest between same muscle groups.

[DuracellBunny]

Push/(pull+legs) twice a week, so 4 days resistance. 2 or all 3 of the other days, I swim 2 miles.

[r6wheeler]

Mon, tue, thurs,fri. off Wed, Sat, Sun

[mcours2006]

Lifting:
horizontal push/pull, vertical push/pull, lower body
each twice a week

Others:
quite a bit of running
some biking
some in line skating

[rwells81]

Usually do 3 days a week at lifting. Cardio 3 or 4 times a week.

[Aycaramba777]

5 sometimes 6, once in a while 4

hey man what is the duration of your workout?

[doughnutgut]

4.

Wendlers 5/3/1

[louieyarbro]

3 days per week (M, W, F). Need to add in some cardio... Getting my macro's straightened up currently, but still progressing weight each workout.

[o0o0]

4 days per week - upper/lower

[baker]

I train seven days a week.

Chest/Back x 2
Shoulders/Arms x 2
Posterior Chain x 2
Conditioning/Mobility/Plyometrics x 1

[steffo99]

3-4 atm, but will try to add some more for cardio at least.
Wish people played basketball outside here.

[JimmyJonny]

I lift 3x a week. But like today at work I had to lift 5gal buckets of concrete over a 4' wall most of the day. So 3 days + 5 days of work. I don't need any extra cardio.

[Bo_Flecks]

I train with weights 4x per week.

[gavinjenkins12]

i go 6 days a week about 60-90mins avg

[ArchAngel'73]

How many of you are so self absorbed you read the title and thought your random numbers would do him justice without answering the real question behind all this?

C'mon folks, no one besides you give a phuck how many days you lift.

you ever have the urge to do more?

Yes.
Defer your extra energy to weak body parts or ones you enjoy training that will not mess up you current routine because of DOMS or overtraining.


pretty phucking simple, eh?

[p4in7]

On legs push pull off split so 3 on 1 off

I'm wondering if you ever have the urge to do more?

No, I'm generally pretty happy to have my one day off, sometimes I'll do hiit or some sort of cardio but not 2 off days in a row

[Bo_Flecks]

C'mon folks, no one besides you give a phuck how many days you lift.

lol- I understood the question, Brian. And my answer to the intent of the OP's question was... I train with weights 4x per week.







No more.