Daughter exercising too much? (muscle, lift, build, program)
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I was just making a joke. But if someone thinks an hour a day is EXCESSIVE, this person doesn't seem to know much about exercising. It is safe to assume, she does not exercise at all = unhealthy = why not start now?
I was just making a joke. But if someone thinks an hour a day is EXCESSIVE, this person doesn't seem to know much about exercising. It is safe to assume, she does not exercise at all = unhealthy = why not start now?
Totally agree with this. I was thinking the same thing.
My daughter would like to join track next year. I was not allowed to be in any sports in high school, so I have no experience here. She has been running or using a stairclimber for exercise. The other day she was on it for an hour, which I thought was excessive. I want to support her, of course, but also want her to have healthy, moderate behaviors. Is an hour of running or other exercise per day bordering on obsessive? This is high school track here, not any kind of professional training.
I run for over an hour every day outdoors. An hour is not excessive at all. She probably just really loves track and wants to do well. I wouldn't worry unless you see her starving herself. As long as she's eating right and staying healthy.
Frankly, it isn't enough (actually it might be but it isn't going to do much to get her ready.)
HS Football teams routinely practice twice a day, 2 or 2.5 hours at a crack, before school starts.
If she joins the Cross Country Team (which she should) she can expect to train for at least a couple of hours a day.
"Obsessive" is where she's training to the point that her body is breaking down. Hard to do that in one hour.
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Once the training season starts, she'll be running a minimum of 90 minutes a day, then more at a gym lifting.
Over the summer before HS cross country season, we'd go out for 8-12 mile runs every day.
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Originally Posted by Coldjensens
My son is a college athlete (rowing). During the summer he typically works out 8 hours a day. that usually includes a ten mile run, weights, erg time, water time, a long bicycle ride, then more of any of the other things after a nap. I am not sure where you would hit the "too much" level for exercise. Maybe if you worked out more than 16 hours a day and it started invading sleep time.
I would say it's excessive. Over time if kept up your body will start to break down. I switched up my routine and now lift weights twice a week and do cardio for 20 minutes (3 miles) once. I notice my body feels a lot more recovered now and I have more energy, and I'm eating a lot less. Weight is staying about the same. No negative effects that I can see.
If building up endurance it is fine to start our heavy but NOT needed to maintain once there. Throttle back and don't wear your body out. Notice the people who are saying it's not excessive are doing excessive routines...
I'm going to echo everyone else here. I think you are comparing the time an adult has to a child. With kids of my own and a job, my wife would say an hour each day would be excessive. However, when I was in Junior High and High School, I would run 1 hour every day and walk 1 hour every day. In addition, I would lift weights 30 minutes and stretch 30 more minutes every single day. I devoted literally 3 hours to exercise every day. The remainder of the time I would read or sleep.
A child's body doesn't break down the same way an adult's does, so disregard pipster's post. Nowadays, I don't indulge myself in long workout sessions; I go hard and fast in the short amount of time I have. If I did 3 hours in my 30's, I would break down, but not in my teens.
I'm going to echo everyone else here. I think you are comparing the time an adult has to a child. With kids of my own and a job, my wife would say an hour each day would be excessive. However, when I was in Junior High and High School, I would run 1 hour every day and walk 1 hour every day. In addition, I would lift weights 30 minutes and stretch 30 more minutes every single day. I devoted literally 3 hours to exercise every day. The remainder of the time I would read or sleep.
A child's body doesn't break down the same way an adult's does, so disregard pipster's post. Nowadays, I don't indulge myself in long workout sessions; I go hard and fast in the short amount of time I have. If I did 3 hours in my 30's, I would break down, but not in my teens.
Exactly this! ^^^^
I think with the OP (Destiny74) its just that she is probably not at all familiar with exercise.
My 9 year old has been doing gymnastics for the past 4 almost 5 years. Since school is out, she's in a gymnastics summer camp where they train for 6 hours every day. This includes 1.5 hours twice per week of serious ballet. Drop her off at 8:00 AM, pick them up just after 4:00 when class is done. Not too much at all. When she's not in camp, she does 3-4 hours of training 4 days a week. We go running or biking together a couple times a week in addition to this.
Kids need exercise. Kids need to do it if they want to compete. Destiny74, dont worry about your daughter. She can actually up the training a LOT more and still be okay.
I was just making a joke. But if someone thinks an hour a day is EXCESSIVE, this person doesn't seem to know much about exercising. It is safe to assume, she does not exercise at all = unhealthy = why not start now?
An hour could very well be excessive depending on the intensity.
I don't think it's excessive for a young person but personally I don't see myself (at 41) running for an hour. I'm not training to be an athlete and I don't particularly care for cardio. 40 mins is enough for me and does the job.
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