Do you think its logical to spend hours in a gym everyday ? Like.. 3-4 hours ?

Question

I mean, you can just go jogging for 30mins - 1 hour and you are done. Why spend so much time in a gym ? Maybe they want to make full use of the facilities. But that's just limiting yourself, when you can do so much outdoors. On the positive side, they are very fit. What do you think ?

Answer 1

I've recently lost 61lbs since April 9 dong the following:

Do not eat over 2000 calories. Make your calories count. 2000 is a lot believe it or not. I kept my food intake as fat free as possible. And here is the kicker for true success...get a diet journal and write what you eat down. You'll be amazed of how easy it is.

Staple foods with this plan is a lot of chicken breast. Vegetables in the frozen section have a lot to offer that are very low calorie. Snack items...sugar free jello gelatin, sugar free jello pudding. Fresh fruit. 100 calorie snack packs make it easy to keep track.

I lost 21lbs my first month by doing the above and I did not exercise at all. Your weight loss does slow down after this initial period so incorporating some sort of physical activity is essential if you really want to kick it up a notch.

Answer 2

I agree; if they're spending that much time at the gym, they're probably not doing the exercises properly. And not giving they're bodies the rest needed for recovery. With people like that out there, no wonder so many people think that a healthy lifestyle is unattainable for them. I like the gym, but not so much I'll spend 4 hrs there! Who has that much time? And the outdoors is definitly more fun. Variety is good.

Answer 3

there is no reason to spend that much time in the gym. if you are training at a high level of intensity (100% effort) 1-1.5 hours is more than enough. there is only so much you can do in a 24hr period to stimulate a muscle and there is only so much exercise that can performed before there is a negative response by the endocrine system and that is around the 2 hr mark. this is one of many times when more is definetly not better.

Answer 4

i agree thats waaaaay toooo much,,, im a marathon runner and train every day at different things, but im never in the gym for more than 2 hours,,,and thats with a shower,,, if you really look at these people who are in there for 4 hours or more they really arent doing much most of thetime,, they stand around and talk ,putter at the machines and talk some more,, they are called gym rats...

Answer 5

after 90mins of exercise the body starts to release a stress hormone which inhibits growth anyway.....