Will you please describe your workout schedule?

I stretch when first waking up then if I have privacy and alone time then I do a series of lunges, squats, pliets, push ups and kicks usually followed up by a fun 15 minutes or so of dancing to music I really get pumped by.

well, I no longer do yoga.
started doing the hiking thing recently.
so far it is only 2x a week for as long as I can.
hurt my leg on last hike so haven’t been able to do anything much.
on the mend and will get back to it.
I’m looking to do it 5 days a week.

@hungryhungryhortence @prude

Before or after meals?

I domy exercises in the morning. I usualy star with a 5km run, and later do full-body exercises that last about 1 hour. I repeate every exercise about 5 times. Because I do not wish to buff myself up I work without weights and more on the endurance. I also cycle almost every evening. While I am working out I drink a lot of water.When I am finished I strech and take a cold shower. Ice cold water I good to relax the muscles. I usualy eat after the exercise.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies: before meals for me. I do the same routine before going to sleep and sometimes during the day if I’m not at work.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies after meals

@N0name

Do you eat a full meal after the routine or just energy snack?

What is supposed to come first… full meal or exercise?

@prude @hungryhungryhortence

Huh… you’re opposites. I don’t feel like I have enough energy to do it before meals. I get tired very quickly after meals. Should there be a certain amount of time in between them, as not to get too hungry or just after quicknap after a meal?

Well I exercise much better when I do my workout after the meal. I usualy eat yoghourt, cereals, fruit plate or wholemeal bread with jam and drink milk with that. I think that you need to get a lot of energy back after the workout.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies I do it after because my super old way of thinking is
you just ate a whole bunch of calories, now get rid of them.
and
I’m only doing a hike, nothing that is too elaborate.
but
before when I was doing yoga, it was a ½ hour in the morning before I ate anything.

@prude @N0name @hungryhungryhortence

So what I’m getting here is that morning exercise before a meal to get the body ready for the day, then eat to give energy for the day.

Then evening meal to replenish energy, followed by workout to burn off the fat and give the meal some hungry muscles to feed.

That sounds doable, and could have two shorter workouts rather than a big long one.

Thanks all!

wow, maybe I’m feeling a bit envious now
lol

I’d say that would be the summary. :)

I’m on the P90X workout program, so I work out daily, and have one rest day in the week.

I wake up typically early in the morning for my worksouts. I have a creatin mix drink before hand, and a protein recovery drink afterwards.

I just feel more accomplished waking up early, and more motivated when I go through my day.

Usually after work i lift 2–12 12 ounce cans to my face repeatedly.

I would out six days a week for at least an hour each time. I do cardio at least 4 times a week and and strength training at least two times. For cardio I usually do a Spinning class, for strength I do Body Pump or ball toning. I don’t really workout around eating, I usually end up exercising on an empty stomach, but I never feel like eating for at least a couple hours when I get home.

I was going in the morning, but lately I’ve been going in the evening because the Y pool is open and my boys can swim while I work out. I have worked out regularly most of my adult life and just began again after a hiatus. I’ve been at it about a month and a half and I’ve already lost eight pounds – without adjusting my diet at all.

Lift the food, bite the food, chew the food, swallow the food

oh and my work out sessions range between 1 – 1.5 hours

3 x week…hitting a few different muscle groups each time. I usually spend 45 min. – 1 hr each session. I usually lift right after work and before dinner time, so I can have a nice meal afterwards.

I go three-to-four times a week and pretty much follow Mike Mentzer’s philosophy of “Lift Big, Eat Big, and Rest Big”. I hit every muscle group once a week and lift beyond failure. I limit my rest times between sets and can usually complete a routine for one muscle group in under 20 minutes. After lifting, I do cardio consisting of HIIT (High Impact Interval Training) on a stationary bike which, including warm up and cool down, lasts for 25 minutes. Ideally, HIIT would be done on non-lifting days, but my work schedule does not allow for me to go to the gym as much as I would like.

I go to the gym in the afternoon simply because it is when the gym is open. I am an ex-pat living in Shenyang, China and this gym is the closest adequate one to where I live. Still, I hate its hours of 1300–2000.

3–5 times of 40–60 minutes of cardiovascular endurance training per week. Evening, but no later than 8:30 pm.

2–3 times of 15–20 minutes of strength training per week. Focus on abdominal muscles and back muscles. Anytime when I’m at home including early morning.

Several short daily stretching exercises covering all muscles. Also during short office breaks. When watching television. Anytime basically.

@mattbrowne

Workout before or after meals?

Usually before. For stretching is doesn’t matter so much, though.

-Mondays: heavy weightlifting (deadlifts, bench press, max effort lifts)
-Wednesdays: metcon intervals (high intensity jump rope, shadowboxing, etc.)
-Fridays: natural training (climbing trees and cliffs, hill sprints, lifting and carrying rocks, swimming in the sea, etc.)

For more on this approach, see movnat

As for meal timing, it doesn’t matter in the slightest; do whatever is comfortable for you.