When you're at the gym, how long are you on the treadmill? What other machines do you use?

I had fun with the rowing machine in university.

I don’t do machines any more. I take water aerobics and walk.

Treadmill. ½ hour @ 3 MPH.

@kritiper Cool, I go between 3.5 to 3.8 sometimes I go up to 4.0 for a short time if the song is fast enough.

Never more than 25 minutes.

Usually, I’m doing an hour of zumba. If I’m on a treadmill I last about 25–30 minutes.

When I use to go I would do the treadmill for no more than 30 minutes but that was when I didn’t have the energy to get my heart rate at a good level. For me getting it between 140 and 160. The higher the number the less time I spent. So I could only maintain at 155 for 20 without getting winded. If I was at about 140 I could last for at least an hour but I always felt a half hour was more than enough to hog a machine.
I found though the eliptical bike gave me a way better workout without hurting joints. Running on a treadmill would always cause me knee or ankle or foot injuries. Elipticals were way better to my joints and feet and I felt gave me a way better whole body workout. It would firm up all the places I needed to firm up and helps even out your core. It engages all of your muscles. Legs, butt, arms, chest, and even stomach if you do it right, and waist. Kills a lot more calories as well.
Once you get use to it, it gets easier. Start with about a goal of 10 minutes and then move up to 15, then 20. Once you are on twenty, move it up in difficulty slowly every 10 minutes. Then once you get it to a difficult level. Go up and down. 2 minutes hard, then 3 easy then 2 minutes hard and 3 easy. Then once it all becomes easy again, go up higher. The idea is to always challenge yourself . You burn more calories and get a better burn going in cycles.
Be sure to drink lots of water. People don’t need more than 45 minutes at a gym.
There were other things I use to do but I honestly don’t remember all the names of them. I would call one my stomach bench and the other my leg weight machine.

I go to the gym on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s and it takes me 1½ to 2 hours to get through the weight machines that a physical fitness training told me to do.

It varies depending on how much time I have and what my intentions are for the day.
I hike every day and also do a workout of some sorts beyond that.
I am a former certified personal trainer and aerobics instructor the Rule of thumb is minimum 30 minutes with an elevated heart rate of 50%-80%.
I have a treadmill and elliptical at home and also a member at a health/racquet club . At the gym I will use those machines as a warm up before going to the weigh room. I also like the old school Stair Master and love the Rowing Machine.
Spin Class is also a great exercise that is a boring machine unless used in a group class. You can find classes that go past and hour at some clubs.

@Forever_Free What is a good heart rate? I normally stay about 130 to 140 or so. I do like the rowing machine but never stay on that very long.

^^ ‘Scuse me for butting in – here’s a link to a heart rate calculator. I glanced at the entire page and it looks informative.

If you’re 17 and your average resting heart rate is 60 bpm and your desired percent effort is 60%, then your target heart rate would be 145 and your max would be 203.

https://www.lifespanfitness.com/pages/target-heart-rate-calculator

No wonder I’m on the tread mill for so long and not even tired, I’m not working out hard enough. damn I have to step this up a bunch! My resting rate is closer to 68 – 70 but anyway I need to speed things up! I could keep going all day at the rate I was doing.

@RayaHope Maximum Heart Rate is estimated as 220 beats per minute minus your age.

For you keep it between 100 and 170. Again it varies depending on your health and what you are looking as a resultant of your exercise.

Here is the American Heart Guide

Consulting with a physician is also a good thing to do.

@Forever_Free Thanks for that link!

Any tips on how to find the pulse? I absolutely can’t find it on my wrist and only occasionally can find it on my neck. Nurses and docs also have to search a few times to find it.

I have a blood pressure cuff for the wrist that also gives pulse; could I wear that while walking or doing low impact aerobics?

There is a such thing as too much exercise.

What’s a gym? What’s a treadmill?

Oh I know! It’s a machine used to make these parts . ~

@LuckyGuy LOL! Well, you’re not wrong!

@smudges I saw this when used to teach aerobics classes. We did heart rate checks every 15 minutes. Some people check it differently and some have issues getting a good reading.
Here are a few places that different places people check:
wrists
inside of your elbow
side of your neck
top of the foot
American Heart Reference

^^ Thank you!