Going to the gym twice a day worth it? Cool downs?

[bbch25]

I remember a few years ago I joined a gym and my PT was telling me that this one girl she trains goes in 3 times a day, and that seemed excessive to me at the time, like I thought the body needs proper rest and that wouldn't do much.

But is it worth it?

I go to the gym at 5am, I do my circuit, 45 minutes later or so I leave. If I was to go in in the afternoons as well, do my program twice a day 5-6 days a week. Is that going to help expedite the weight loss in any way?

I mean in the biggest loser (yes I know THAT life style has its downsides), they exercise like 10 hours a day or something, and lose quite large amounts.

On another note, if you can answer, is going on the treadmill for 5 minutes to walk at a slower pace for a 'cool down' actually doing anything?

[TheBootyChest]

I would say that you need to do your circuit in the morning (assuming it's "weight lifting/machines) and then if you come back then do cardio stuff.

[bbch25]

It's cardio, weights, sit ups, normal kind of stuff.

[TheBootyChest]

I would split all those things up into 2 sections and then do one each time each day.

[Fearless_banana]

Unless you're on the juicy juice I say no.

[bbch25]

Why's that

[Raymond_Reddington]

What would you know about it?

[Fearless_banana]

Your body won't be able to recover fast enough.

[Fearless_banana]

@Raymond_Reddington I openly discuss steroid use. No issue with it.

[bbch25]

Fair enough, not my thing at all so take your word for it.
I have seen some of your posts about them though.

[Lawdog]

Spot on.
Steroids and artificial enhancements are the only way to bypass recovery- and you still pay for it. You can do huge amounts of cardio, but not weights. If you really want to exercise more, strip the weights out and do calisthenics. But, it depends on what your goals are.

[somebodysaycheese]

I did it through college. Twice a day 2 hours each time. I built up to it but i was fine. Buy i guess it also just depends your current fitness.

[bbch25]

Current fitness is not the best, but I guess I am trying to improve it as quick as possible, lose weight as quick as possible. Not feel as unhealthy and bad as I do now!

[somebodysaycheese]

Dont ever try to do it quick cause it never woks. Literally being consistent eating as organic as possible will get you feeling healthy and then the weight will come off.

[bbch25]

Problem there is it hasn't. I eat quite healthy (surprisingly ha), and nothing has changed, so I guess now I'm moving towards the exercise side of things.

[somebodysaycheese]

How is your mental health? Mental health effects the health more than what we eat.

[bbch25]

I guess it fluctuates. Probably not the best currently, but even when it is good it's not the best in weight loss.

Birth control made it ridiculously easy to gain weight and ridiculously hard to lose it I think!

[somebodysaycheese]

Hmm. Try doing the exercise thing. continue to eat healthy and if nothing works. id see a doctor.

[bbch25]

Thanks :)

How long did it take you to build up to what you did? What did you do during those 2 hours each time?

[somebodysaycheese]

a good 2 months or so. But it took like months for me to see the weight loss even when i got comments on it. I had bad body dysphora

[bbch25]

Yeah I'm bad that like that. I lost a heap of weight once when I was overseas for a year not eating and working hard every day, and I still felt the same size. Looking back at pictures though I really had lost a lot of weight in that trip. Start of this year, I felt my jeans getting a bit loose and asked a friend if I have lost weight and she said she thinks so (but didn't want to say anything), but I just felt the same! Can be hard.

[Blueeyes2016]

No probably not, maybe best to stay longer than to make so many trips

[genericname85]

for cutting weight and burning lots of calories, it´s fine. for building muscles, it´s stupid.

[bbch25]

Yeah I'm doing weight loss. Not trying to bulk up in any way

[genericname85]

i´d still give my body some time to recover and don´t do it every day.

[Decentguy]

you should go more often.
and yes for your last question, it will actually do something

[adrianalima0]

Exercise is always worth it.

[Sabretooth]

i think a heavy workout Monday and Friday if good.