90 Minutes of Cardio Every Morning

[GradyCat 3,697]

Except for a couple of days with the stomach flu and 2 snow days I've been to the gym every single day since November 22nd. Even when I couldn't make it to the gym, I've worked out at home by grabbing some Soup cans, marching and tapping around the house, dancing, just moving doing anything I could, squats, etc. I don't do lunges!!!! 😀

So starting January 1st I noticed I was hitting 10,000 steps per day between working out at the gym for an hour and then again for 20-30 minutes at home later in the day. I've done 18 days in a row exceeding 10,000 steps.

My new goal has been to get the whole 10k steps in while at the gym, which is a little harder because it takes 90 minutes to get them all in. So this morning I made it to 8,000 steps at the gym and now I need to get 20 more minutes / 2000 more steps in at home.

I get 90 minutes of cardio in every day before lunch one way or another.

I also did 15 minutes of strength training/weight machines this morning, but they didn't really register me any steps. I'm thinking about adding some weight lifting to my daily routine or maybe every other day starting in February.

How much cardio do you do each week? What's everybody else been doing this New Year?

[catwoman7 11,274]

I do 45-60 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week, plus 2-3 days of strength training.

for cardio, I walk, do Water aerobics, Zumba, cardio dance/walking youtube videos, or (when the weather cooperates), bike. There's also a seated elliptical at my gym that I'll "ride" occasionally.

[GradyCat 3,697]

1 hour ago, catwoman7 said:

I do 45-60 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week, plus 2-3 days of strength training.

for cardio, I walk, do Water aerobics, Zumba, cardio dance/walking youtube videos, or (when the weather cooperates), bike. There's also a seated elliptical at my gym that I'll "ride" occasionally.

I really like the seated elliptical at the gym!

[Spinoza 1,503]

I do too little and only walking. Short dog walks 4 days a week (about a mile) and Longer (about 3 miles) the other 3 days. I would like to get back to running eventually and the dog would love it but I'm too heavy at the minute (knees!) I do have a cross trainer in the house but it's boring and I use it about once a week.

What you're doing is amazing - where do you get the time???

[Splenda 257]

I walk outside nearly every day (minimum 5, usually 6-7 days a week). I walk anywhere between 2 miles and 6 miles. My usual walking route is 3.25 miles and it takes me almost exactly an hour.

I prefer walking outside to using a gym because it "traps" me. There comes a point at around 1.5 miles where my legs start to feel heavy and I'm a bit tired and I honestly want to quit. At the gym, it is very tempting to hit the pause on the treadmill and call it a day. But if I am walking outside, I am 1 to 1.5 miles away from home. Unless I want to call my wife to pick me up (which I did once when I felt like I might be close to dehydration/heat exhaustion), I have to suck it up and walk home. And then I keep telling myself this quote, "Everything you want is on the other side of hard."

[GradyCat 3,697]

2 hours ago, Spinoza said:

I do too little and only walking. Short dog walks 4 days a week (about a mile) and Longer (about 3 miles) the other 3 days. I would like to get back to running eventually and the dog would love it but I'm too heavy at the minute (knees!) I do have a cross trainer in the house but it's boring and I use it about once a week.

What you're doing is amazing - where do you get the time???

I'm old (57 this Sunday) and retired. LOL! 😀

[dal101 62]

4 hours ago, Splenda said:

I walk outside nearly every day (minimum 5, usually 6-7 days a week). I walk anywhere between 2 miles and 6 miles. My usual walking route is 3.25 miles and it takes me almost exactly an hour.

I prefer walking outside to using a gym because it "traps" me. There comes a point at around 1.5 miles where my legs start to feel heavy and I'm a bit tired and I honestly want to quit. At the gym, it is very tempting to hit the pause on the treadmill and call it a day. But if I am walking outside, I am 1 to 1.5 miles away from home. Unless I want to call my wife to pick me up (which I did once when I felt like I might be close to dehydration/heat exhaustion), I have to suck it up and walk home. And then I keep telling myself this quote, "Everything you want is on the other side of hard."

The dead leg thing use to get to me. I would jog the day before and try the next day but couldnt. This has stopped happening because my legs are use to cardio now. Also great quote!

[GreenTealael 25,560]

22 hours ago, GradyCat said:

I'm old (57 this Sunday) and retired. LOL! 😀

Happy Early Birthday !

[Cheryl 13 13]

I have come to love morning workouts...I feel so accomplished and ready to start my day afterwards. I get up before anyone else in the house to go ride the stationary bike and it's my own private time to dedicate to me and being healthy. I also workout after my kiddo goes to bed.

3 days a week I spin for 30-45 minutes in the morning and then run on treadmill for ~30 minutes in the evening.

3 other days a week I do a 1 hour Crossfit class in the morning and then do 30 minutes of yoga in the evening.

1 day per week I ride the bike and then do some kind of cross training (bootcamp class, rowing, whatever).

But I have been told that I do *way* more than the average WLS patient. I do it because I enjoy it though not because I *have* to. This is the part of my life that was missing/unavailable at a higher weight!

[MdarkKreller 0]

Super, I'll know

[vikingbeast 987]

I run 2-3 days a week and do CrossFit (combination of strength and metabolic conditioning/cardio) 3-4 days a week, so I am always having some amount of cardio-type exercise.