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I think it really comes down to what the "workouts" entail and what are the ultimate goal here. I you are on any sort of competitive level then i can understand a 6 day a week training regment or seriously trying to lose weight / get in shape..I personally have the opinion that is a bit overkill and your body dues not have change to recouperate here particularly when it comes down to weight training. I am by far no expert but this is even according to Dardens HIT Book.
I lift 4 days per week and do some type of cardio 2x per week. So I guess that I workout 6x per week. Thankfully, my wife works out that much as well :-)
Many competitive runners work out 6-7 days a week. Some run 'doubles' or twice a day at least several days per week. But intense workouts are done only 2 or 3 times per week. The rest of the running is easy running at a relatively slow pace. If you try to go too hard on the easy days, you counterproductively compromise the quality of the intense workouts.
I work out 5-6 times a week, sometimes twice a day depending on how I feel. With that said, i never work out the same muscle group on consecutive days, so I dont feel overtrained. You can do it, just be smart about it, is all.
Yep, 5-6 times a week here. Why? It relaxes me, I sleep better and as I spend my days on a computer, it gives me a break from sitting on my fanny and to change my location--and attitude! Daily, or almost daily work outs--are great.
On nice weather days, sometimes I combine the gym work-out with a six-eight mile bike ride to check out nature and get some good, ol Vitamin D.
I lift heavy M, W, F and do cardio (run) T, Th and Sat. I also do pushups and situps Wednesdays and Sundays. I am also taking in about 250 g of protein every day.
I usually go 5-7 days a week, but no more than 5 of those are devoted to weight training. I like to do high-volume workouts (20-26 sets) of one body part per workout, so that amounts to roughly 5 or 6 exercises depending on how many sets I want to do. I do cardio on my non-weight training days, or I will incorporate it on my weight lifting days as a separate workout (i.e. do weights in the morning, cardio at night.)
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