Are Your Workouts Too Long?

[naveen]

I always spend like 2.5 hrs working out because I do 3x5 sets of yapping till failure

[fifski]

Dr Mike's side stories and metaphors never disappoint 😂😂

[NDN_FTR]

When you get a home gym you'll be amazed at how much you can get done in 20, 30, or 45 minutes.
Everything is set and ready to use. I can keep the intensity high and the down time low.

[reut]

I have young children. I'm proud of the 30 minutes I get in 4 times a week. Be proud of what you can manage now, accept that it will fluctuate, you're doing great if you're doing something!

[DecentxR]

Also depends on rest time between sets, with high intensity you need more rest time.

[vendeux]

Back in 2021 I was at my peak fitness, it was insane. I'd happily go to the gym for 2.5 hours and I'd just take my time as I found it relaxing after a stressful day to throw down some weights. Now I just do 45-60 minute workouts but push harder and its perfect for me at the current fitness level.

[pi]

Mine last around 2 hours but about 35-40% of that is resting between sets. I’d superset some of my exercises but my gym is and I can’t really hog the machines

[HCUnsupportedCharacters]

I like to do a lot of stretching. Before and after, and sometimes inbetween. It really helps me feel good, and it usually ends up bulking up my time.

[NJTRAF]

1-1.5hrs depending on what I’m doing is my sweet spot, 1.5hrs if it’s legs as I always feel I need a longer rest between sets

[ryancouture]

Be consistent. That’s it. Go often, stick to it and even 20 min 5-6 times a week is huge. The problem with hour long marathon sessions is that most people don’t really have time for that or will certainly at some point in their life will no longer have time for that and they fall off. Keep it simple, keep it consistent.

[CW-ougu]

I started going to the gym at 6am. I go for 90 minutes MAX, not too many people there. I get in, get it done, get out.

[andrewwhite]

Dr. Mike is the best thing that ever happened to the fitness industry. Change my mind.

[nyxnaux]

2 hours every day. I target 2 muscle groups a day, and Friday is my potpourri day where I choose what I want to hit that day. My routine looks like this:

15 mins of cardio
30 mins of muscle group A
30 mins of cardio
45 mins of muscle group B

These times include rests between sets. After all that I go for a swim for 30 mins to allow for a gradual cooldown and to do some mobility training.

[tristan]

What I cut down on recently is rest time between sets. I still like to rest for a while to make sure I’m ready to go for my set, but a lot of times I would spend a lot of unnecessary time finding the perfect song or mentally preparing for my set. The problem is the longer you rest, that pre workout starts to wear off then you become exponentially more tired and need exponentially more rest, then you’re tired at the end and you don’t want to finish your sets so it takes even longer because you’re not having fun anymore. It’s a bad snowball effect that I’m trying to cut down on.

[endcensorship]

I think some of these "two and a half hours in the gym" guys spend a lot of time standing around doing jack all.
Saw a guy at the gym, doing the bench, and he was taking literally five minutes or seven minutes between sets and spent more time talking to friends than lifting. If the gym is your social club, fine. But don't hog a resource (in this case, the bench) that is limited as the gym we go to only has three benches and people be waiting. That's why I go at 4am, no waiting for the those who treat it like a social club/gym

[michaelstatia]

90 minutes. 15-30 minutes is for stretching/mobility depending the day

[Kommunist_Kittens]

I just am forced to use a planet fitness and I spend like 30 minutes just waiting for machines sometimes,

[jameswebber]

It's dependent on how much you rest between sets. I see at my gym, when im waiting for someone who is on their phone, i can do nine sets of ten before they finish the second.

[hidansektas]

god i love this guy. im a woman who works out and not exactly the target audience but man's amazing

[calebwilson]

yeah after my 5th set of bis i really can’t go any harder. you really have to push yourself and find the small sweet spot between weight and do-ability