less time in the gym

[jimm]

Iv come to the conclusion in spending to long in the gym..usually around hour 15 mins sometimes a little more.. im not one of these guys that spends half his time talking i usually put my headphones in and ignore everyone but there are still a few ppl who will wait till ive finished a set and will start talking to me about routines ect.. which is nice to have people as interested in what im doing but is also annoying because i can lose my focus and my pump and yeah kinda ruins the workout..

any way my main problem is time between sets..and doing to many sets i think :\

just wondering what you guys spend on average in the gym..


lets say ur training legs.. how long rougly you taking in the gym and rougly how many sets with all your exercises added up..?

 

[LAM]

1.25 hr for warm up/down and total training time is not that much at all. I do 15 min warm up/down so my avg. is closer to 1.5 hrs. I hardly talk to anyone just a couple of people.

 

[jimm]

i do a light warm up what ever im training il perform the exercises with light weights i dont warm down tho..

1.5 hours is way to long i think bro.

i done legs today and i was in and out within about 40 mins.

 

[Kirk B]

^^^^ I agree on i go longer off i go a little shorter but you can actually cause adverse affects doing to much working out on one muscle you want to stay anabolic and not go into catibolic witch you an do working out to long or to much 1 hr tops should be fine even doing compound like bench and and tris and back and bis this should not take more then 1 hr

 

[CaptainNapalm]

I will complete legs within 40 mins. But my leg workouts are shorter now since I hit legs twice a week.

 

[lee111s]

45 minutes to an hour. Maybe hour 15 if I do some ab work at the end but never ever more than that. There's no need.

 

[Cork]

My workouts are at least an hour. I have my routine planned, and however long it takes, that's how long it takes. Some days I need a little more rest between sets, some days I just want to be done. I don't think that working out longer than an hour is really that detrimental if your nutrition is fine.

 

[lee111s]

Shorter time with the same exercises should mean higher intensity which in turn raises your metabolism and helps reduce fat or fat gain.

 

[ANIMALHAUS]

I'm in there for typically 30-45 minutes, and I don't wait long inbetween my sets. For example, I can usually do 12-14 sets for both tri's and bi's in 30 minutes because I jump right into each exercise after another. More time in the gym never did anything for me whatsoever.

 

[SloppyJ]

I get in and out. If it's just a workout I would say that I spend about 45min working out. Obviously this depends on your routine.

 

[bigbill69]

it takes me about 1 hour to 1 and half

 

[sassy69]

I'm typically done w/ the wu + training in an hour or less. Then I have to tack on whatever is the prescribed cardio time.

I'd venture my typical work out over the years is a total of 4-5 exercises, 3-5 sets - back in the day w/ heavier lifting, 3 sets, reps in 8-15 range based on exercise, weight and point of failure. 5 sets, reps 15-30 these days - much lighter weight & looking for more aerobic level, shorter rest intervals. (Though typically my rest periods are 1-2 minutes, depending again, on the weight.) I typically do a dominant muscle group for 3 exercises and an active recovery group for 1-2 exercises per day.

And during prep time, I also have to make room for 15-30 min of posing time as well.

 

[jimm]

I'm typically done w/ the wu + training in an hour or less. Then I have to tack on whatever is the prescribed cardio time.

I'd venture my typical work out over the years is a total of 4-5 exercises, 3-5 sets - back in the day w/ heavier lifting, 3 sets, reps in 8-15 range based on exercise, weight and point of failure. 5 sets, reps 15-30 these days - much lighter weight & looking for more aerobic level, shorter rest intervals. (Though typically my rest periods are 1-2 minutes, depending again, on the weight.) I typically do a dominant muscle group for 3 exercises and an active recovery group for 1-2 exercises per day.

And during prep time, I also have to make room for 15-30 min of posing time as well.

iv always went by the logic when going heavy 6-8 reps is ideall if i can get more then 10 reps its too light?

obv it needs to be swithed up all the time cant always go heavy but as a rule of thumb heavy 6-8 reps?

 

[exphys88]

45 min to 1 hour, plus 3-6 hours of cardio/week depending on season. Ive recently switched to 3 days/week for lifting and have been progressing extremely well.

 

[haussanator]

Would you consider cardio as actual time working out or like a warm up?

 

[Gorm]

The most I spend is an hour and a half, and that's occasionally. Most of the time it's around the hour mark. Leg day it's about 45 minutes...fricken squats waste me.

Most of the folks I see spending a lot of time are socializing with friends. Or doing a bunch of isolation lifts and not getting stronger, but hey, to each their own.

 

[jimm]

45 min to 1 hour, plus 3-6 hours of cardio/week depending on season. Ive recently switched to 3 days/week for lifting and have been progressing extremely well.

just 3 days lifting what do your routines look like..

im guess 1 day is legs

other is back/bi

other chest/tri

what about shoulders..?

 

[effinrob]

for weight training i have been doing 5-7 exercises ... 4 or 5 sets for compound movements and 3 for iso... then i aim for 30-45 min of cardio a day... takes me about 45 min to get thru my weights... and i generally lift as heavy as possible with a 6-8 rep range

 

[effinrob]

just 3 days lifting what do your routines look like..

im guess 1 day is legs

other is back/bi

other chest/tri

what about shoulders..?

alot of people do shoulders on leg day because its such a small muscle group

 

[juiceball44]

I'm in there for typically 30-45 minutes, and I don't wait long inbetween my sets. For example, I can usually do 12-14 sets for both tri's and bi's in 30 minutes because I jump right into each exercise after another. More time in the gym never did anything for me whatsoever.

ding ding ding

we have a winner^^ weight training should be done in 45 mins max and I do 20 mins cardio after if I feel like it

If you are not absolutely exhausted in 45 mins you are not training hard enough, step up intensity, less rest between sets

 

[NVRBDR]

Great question, I spend about 1 hour most days, depends on what I am doing. I do upwards 12-16 sets per workout.

 

[grotto72]

I've been doing some HIT training and its cut my time right down. I'll only do 2 sets of each exercise which has 1 set all out max 8-10 reps then drop set straight after 8-10 reps. My leg routine is 2 sets of squats or leg press, 2 sets hamstring curls, 2 sets calf raises. I do 5min warmup, weights, 15-20min treadmill and then stretch and im done in 1 hour

Dorian Yates is the prime example of less time in gym=more results

 

[Diesel618]

Shiiiiit leg day for me takes at LEAST an hour and a half. That's the only day I don't do cardio afterwards though. I'm usually in the gym 1.5-2 hours.

Leg day for me entails 30 sets though, plus calf work. Like 40-45 sets total. I never rest more than 2 minutes between sets.


Overtraining is a myth. Legs need to be hammered to grow IMO. That, for me, means high volume, high intensity, 12-25 rep range (except for squats I'll go as low as 8), with as heavy a weight as possible. That's just me though. My results tend to increase in response to increased volume.

The body has an insane ability to adapt to the stresses we put on it. I read someone post about how guys spending lots of time aren't getting stronger, and that's simply not been my experience. I have been for the past 6 weeks or so doing the following quad routine.

Leg extensions - @5 sets
Squats - @5sets
Hack Squats - 4 sets
Leg Press - 3 sets

And over the past 6 weeks I've gotten stronger on every one of those lifts. If you can fully recover from your workout in time for the next one, why not push yourself? Yeah I'm dead tired after 5 sets of leg extension and 5 sets of squats with minimal rest between sets, but as an athlete, I tell myself practice isn't over yet, and I drag my ass to the hack squat and take 4 sets to 1 rep shy of failure. Then the same with Leg Press. Then it's time for hamstrings. Then calves. And nobody can tell me it's not working because it is.

 

[grotto72]

i dont see how doing 15 sets for legs is giving 100% effort. ur having to choose a weight that u can manage to complete 15 sets with. you have to create trauma to illicit muscle growth. if u smashed urself over 2 sets u would probably give urself more opportunity for growth. 15 sets is more toward muscle endurance

 

[colochine]

Shorter time with the same exercises should mean higher intensity which in turn raises your metabolism and helps reduce fat or fat gain.

Troll, how you get so smart?!?!?

 

[lee111s]

Pahah way to copy and paste Giustra

 

[Merkaba]

I think you left out a very important bit of info. Natural or "Assisted" ???

 

[Diesel618]

I think you left out a very important bit of info. Natural or "Assisted" ???

If this was intended for me which I assume it is, I'm natural at the moment...with a total T of just 340.

The only assistance I have is caffeine, beta-alanine, creatine, arginine, and BCAA's

I don't like to change my volume too much when I'm on cycle, I just let my strength climb which increases intensity.

Like I said the body will adapt. You CAN train with high volume and high intensity. When my CNS feels fried, I just take an extra day or two or even up to a week off completely from weights. I just can't in good faith leave the gym having done only 10 sets for a given bodypart.

 

[LAM]

I've been doing some HIT training and its cut my time right down. I'll only do 2 sets of each exercise which has 1 set all out max 8-10 reps then drop set straight after 8-10 reps. My leg routine is 2 sets of squats or leg press, 2 sets hamstring curls, 2 sets calf raises. I do 5min warmup, weights, 15-20min treadmill and then stretch and im done in 1 hour

Dorian Yates is the prime example of less time in gym=more results

taking a shit load of gear helps...remember nobody in the IFBB is natural, not now and not ever...

 

[theCaptn']

The only assistance I have is caffeine, beta-alanine, creatine, arginine, and BCAA's.

How those placebos working for you?