I know that a lot of people on low-carb diets don't workout very often, but I've been on a pretty strict workout schedule for the past year and a half (6 days a week, 1 1/2 hours/day). I just wanted to get an idea of what kind of workouts you guys do?

I do some DVD's called Turbo Jam every once in a while, but i don't have a specific workout routine that I stick to. I have been trying to workout more often recently though!

I think a lot of us work out. I myself go to the gym at least three times a week. I do a round of weight resistance training three times a week and then use the recumbent stepper. I sometimes get into the pool and do some water aerobics.

I have fibromyalagia and experience a lot of hip, leg and back pain at times.

I do try to do some walking but sometimes it is just to painful following the above routine I can get in both the weights and cardio without paying for it for days.

When I was doing the majority of my weight loss in 2004, I did cardio daily. LOVED IT even when I was tired and didn't really want to do it. I just did it!

My workout routine isn't that strict anymore, but I still engage in physical activity through volleyball, golf, basketball, and anything else that'll get my heart rate up and make me sweat. That's the lesson learned about getting into shape. DO SOMETHING!

Low-carb practitioner Dr. Mary C. Vernon from Kansas is well-known for saying that it's better to get your diet in order first (in other words, learn what low-carb living is all about) and THEN you will want to spontaneously wiggle and move your body as a natural response to the increased energy you'll have. I like that because you don't have to force the issue.

I admit I have had a tough time getting into weight lifting and want to do it. I've got a personal trainer who will help me get started on a routine, but that takes some REAL commitment to stick with it regularly. With my busy schedule, it's gonna be a challenge. But I think I'm up to it!

I ride my bicycle instead of driving, so I usually get about an hour in about 6 times a week. I know I should add resistance training but I hate working out indoors, especially on a nice day!

I don't currently do any kind of regular exercise.

I have an elliptical trainer at home as well as a Bowflex and so I do use them occasionally, but not nearly enough. Once in awhile I also get out walking. I do want to start a more regular exercise routine, but it is so HARD!

Time for the excuses now:

I work full-time and I have 6 kids so my days are so full already. I tried getting up an hour earlier and exercising before my morning shower, but then I am so tired when I get home that my evenings are shot.

I've read a lot about T-tapp and so I've ordered those DVDs and am anxiously awaiting their arrival so I can begin that.

Any suggestions anyone may have are greatly welcomed and appreciated. I've read posts from some members on this site and they are very knowledgeable and serious about their workouts and I can only hope to learn some of what they have to teach.

Lori

I weight train 3 times a week (45 min & I walk/jog to the gym 30 min) and run, bike or do taebo/bootcamp class at gym 3 times a week. One day of rest. I think most people who low carb workout. Keep it up!

Tae Bo at least 3x/week (DVD is 45 minutes long) supplemented by yoga and a couple other DVDs so that I work out 5 times per week on average.

I go to Curves for a 30 minutes circuit - 3-4 times per week.

I TRY to weight train every other day. I don't have time to do cardio (and that's on the real - not just an excuse). Weight training is more important to your overall success, so I decided to put my focus there. I usually only workout for about 30-45 mins per session. I alternate body parts with each exercise (working 2 muscle groups per session), so I can get through quite a few exercises in a short time.

My routine used to be treadmill daily. I'd also occassionally mix it up and ditch the treadmill for some Tae Bo cardio. That'll kick the old heart rate sky high. LOL

I also did Pilates, of which I'm a HUGE fan. I have a home gym that has been badly neglected. I need to get back into a regular schedule with some of these.. I've been a slacker lately.

I do weights three times a week and try to take a long, hard walk every day! I can't always do that, though, because I get blisters. Even where my feet are toughened up with callouses! I will get blisters under the callous![I] It is quite annoying. But, I am hoping that as I lose more weight, the blisters will happen less often. I love the weight workouts, though. They do me so much good with no negative side effects at all! I am also planning to start T-Tapp as soon as it comes in the mail.

Kristi

Kcarter I'm not sure if it's still there, but there used to be really nice walking shoe store in Pioneer Place - they probbably also have some thicker walking socks to prevent those blisters!

Yes, they have two of those stores in Washington Square Mall! I went to a podiatrist and he told me to buy those socks--which I did. I have tried everything. Thick socks, thin socks. Tighter laced shoes. Looser laced shoes. The only thing that I can do is carry a bunch of bandaids with me. If a blister develops somewhere, I put a bandaid on really tight and that seems to help until I can get home. I forgot my bandaids day before yesterday and I had to sit on a curb til my husband, Tim, could come get me! And there is no rhyme or reason to where the darned blisters appear! I didn't have this problem when I weighed 125-169, so I am hoping it goes away when I lose weight.

I practice martial arts at least 4 times/week, and since I'm there with my kids 5 days/week, I generally get in a practice on my "day off." In addition, I was just tapped to teach for 3 hours on Mondays, so that'll be a small increase in my aerobic activity...and certainly in my just moving around time.

I've dropped 91# doing low-carb/high protien through my local hospital, and the main reason I became so focused on losing the weight was to enable me to do some of the things a larger me couldn't do in martial arts. It was funny, I started marital arts because my then 6 year old son wanted to quit, but I had a contract and I was too cheap to pay for something we weren't using. I fell in love with the sport the first night...even though it hurt like heck! The important thing is to find a sport/exercise that YOU love...no one can tell you that you HAVE to do their type of moving to get benefits!

I also go to a cheap weight/cardio gym 3/week to lift weights and do my long-term aerobics (marital arts is, for me, more anaerobic).

They say diabetics should exercise regularly and not go more than 48 hrs without exercise. I usually exercise at least 6 days a week, sometimes 7.

My main exercise is walking my dog every weekday morning at a fairly brisk pace -- more brisk than it used to be.

I also lift weights at the YMCA 2 - 3 times a week and sometimes use the cardio machines.

On weekends, I have to spend 1 -2 hours mowing the grass, so I count that as exercise as well.

I have become an avid exerciser, and currently work out 8 hours a week. I'm not at goal yet, and when I started out at 250+ lbs, I wasn't exercising, but when I got below 200, it was easier, and now I have to say that it is downright fun! I do 3 spin classes per week, Yoga twice a week, Pilates once a week, and I weight train 1-2 times per week and do some additional cardio on the elliptical trainer (I have shin splint issues so that one works for me). I know there has been a lot of debate lately on whether strength training should be emphasized over cardio for weight loss, but I love my spin! I am thinking about experimenting with trading in 1 or 2 of my spin classes for body pump, or some other group toning class to see if I get different results (I get bored doing weights on my own - it's just my personality - that's why I was thinking about yet another class). Has anyone had any personal experience with this weight training vs. cardio thing?

1)I ride my bike to work and back every day. That's 35 min each way

2)I run stair sprints for 20 minute 3 times a week.

3) I run a 10km every saturday.

4) I've been doing P90X on top of that for the last 5 weeks.

5) I'm really tired today!

That's my spring/summer/fall regime. Winter takes the biking and running away, but adds in 6-10 hrs a week of skating and ice hockey

I used to do at least an hour of cardio six days a week. that invovled swimming, running, stairmastering, for the most part.

I started weight training "slow burn" style about a year ago. After a few months, I dropped the cardio all together. I now do one or two (usually two, unless I am too busy) 30 min. workouts a week. That's it.

Once in awhile I like to test myself to see if I can still do the same cardio workouts I had been doing. I always find that I can, and in fact, it feels easier. I also enagne in cardio intense all day long activities once in awhile, like skiing and surfing, and find that I have all the conditioning I need.

I've been doing my Tae-bo basic routine about 5 days a week, and working out with dumbbells twice a week. I also do 120 push-ups a day, and have recently began to add "walking lunges".

Right now I workout 6 days a week. I am alternating Taebo Amped, Boot camp Elite Upper and Lower body, and Ultimate Taebo which is a 90 minute Intermediate Level cardio workout. The 90 minute cardio is usually done on the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday) then the next day will be a rest one for me to let my body repair. So far I have lots of energy and the exercise has helped with my eating. It keeps me honest...I really do not want to eat any cheat food after all the hard work I put in during the week.

Right now I work out at least 5 or 6 days a week with 3 days of weight lifting and 3 days of aerobics. But this summer, from May through August - I did Power 90X Doubles. Two 1 hour workouts six days a week with 4 resistance workouts a week. I went from 124 Pounds, 27.5 Percent Body Fat to 112 Pounds, 17.3 Percent Body Fat. (I'm 5 feet tall on a good day). And I feel strong and great!

I think some people starting out on low carb can't workout much due to their size. But most low carbers get into exercise eventually.

Hi Carol! It's so good to see you here!! ((HUGS))

I do T-Tapp 5-6 days/week. I find that I feel my best when I am exercising. Before I started T-Tapp, I was doing Leslie Sansone walking videos 5-6/week.

Kay

My aim is to workout 3-5 times a week. It doesn't always work out that way. I feel so much better when I work out.

I am jogging 7 days a week 30 mins a day

Hi Amy! I'm glad to see you too. I'm enjoying the forum.