How Long Should A Workout Be ?

Hi !

I wanted to know how long should a workout be for better gains in strength. I read that it must be more dense to allow your body more rest time.

How long is your workout, guys?  Warmup, FSE and FBE.

Mine is about 90 minutes ( 1,5h) sometimes a bit longer, Is that okay ?

Thank you!

There are way too many variables to answer neatly.

Somewhere from five minutes to five hours, perhaps.

90 mins is about my average too. 

Depending but usually ...

warmup: 5-15min 

pre-req: 10 min

handstand related: 10 min

FBE: 45 min

Rests, mobility: 15 mins

actually my schedule is something like this.

*NOTE* i workout early in the morning, so i have and prefer to warmup for a longer time.

warmup: 20-25 min

hs work: 20-25 min

FSP: 10-15 min

FBE: 40-50min

Conditioning, rest, mobility, cool down and stretching: 20-25 min

i like to workout in this way, not too much, not too little.

usualy , total time is about 2 hrs

3D Guy said:

actually my schedule is something like this.

 

*NOTE* i workout early in the morning, so i have and prefer to warmup for a longer time.

 

warmup: 20-25 min

hs work: 20-25 min

FSP: 10-15 min

FBE: 40-50min

Conditioning, rest, mobility, cool down and stretching: 20-25 min

 

i like to workout in this way, not too much, not too little.

 

usualy , total time is about 2 hrs

What do u do in the 20 - 25 min of the Handstand work ?

And what do you do for mobility and conditioning ? 

I can take as long as I have (well to an extent). Some days I take 2 hours, others only 40 minutes. Just depends on if I have time (school and swim get in the way very often)

In hs sesion generally work 8-10 sets of ~30 secs of stomach to wall hs for algnment... then i work in kick up sets (10-12)....

I work a lot of mobility trough my workouts... i do lits of light quadrupedal motion, duck walks, pancake and splits mobility, wall slides, wrists pushups, shoulder dislocations, and so many other choices, so i pick a few and perform them.. all the mobility work i didnt finish in the workout, i finish at the end...

For conditioning i have been getting crazy about burpees and skipping...

Some sets of 2-3 minutes of skipping or 4-6 sets of 10-12 burpees with minimal rest...

2 sessions a day 1 to 2 hours each for me. Work capacity has to be developed and recovery varies from person to person. Diet, stress and many other variables come into play in the big picture. For most people 60-90 minutes all said and done is a good time. In a time crunch you can have a damn good session in less time. Or several short blocks a day even.

Depends mostly on how my body feels that day, sometimes about 30 minutes, other days a full hour just passes by without noticing,  taking the showering and other procedures into account. On the weekends I like to split my workout in two, doing one in the morning and the other one in the evening.

I think it all comes down to work capacity, exercise selection, DIET and how well have you warmed up and other stuff just as Nic said. Thinking too much about my routine and wanting better results has always been a big problem of mine, whether doing calisthenics or other sports. If the said variables are in order you can even get results without training at all. You shouldn't think about the time spent working out as a block you build your routine upon, a good workout can be both done in 2 minutes and in 2 hours. At the end of the day, the effort counts.

Raul S said:

Depends mostly on how my body feels that day, sometimes about 30 minutes, other days a full hour just passes by without noticing,  taking the showering and other procedures into account. On the weekends I like to split my workout in two, doing one in the morning and the other one in the evening.

 

I think it all comes down to work capacity, exercise selection, DIET and how well have you warmed up and other stuff just as Nic said. Thinking too much about my routine and wanting better results has always been a big problem of mine, whether doing calisthenics or other sports. If the said variables are in order you can even get results without training at all. You shouldn't think about the time spent working out as a block you build your routine upon, a good workout can be both done in 2 minutes and in 2 hours. At the end of the day, the effort counts.

Well the thing that worries me is - that this whole thing about setting the right routine including proper revocery, nutrition, sleep etc is so complex that i don't know where to start

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Then you have to know you own body trough.practise and experience...

You will learn how to do anything in order to how you feel.

I workout in that way because all the conjugated things i usually do trough the days/week in order to perfirm in that way(nutrition rest and recovery )

What do you guys do as far as your warm ups go? Mine consists of a brief period of basic stretching and simple movements like jumping jacks and the sort to get the blood flowing. Then I'll do easier variations of whatever strength movements I'll be doing (usually a level or two below what I'll be doing for my actual workout).

I find that I need to do them since I workout most often in the morning fairly soon after I wake up. But I've always wondered how long and similar in movements to your actual working sets a decent warm up actually be.

MrPuppeh said:

 this whole thing about setting the right routine including proper revocery, nutrition, sleep etc is so complex that i don't know where to start

Wonderful MrPuppet, you are at the right place to start to learn.

Don't make it all that complex, as long as you're doing your fundamentals and getting enough sleep with the combination of right food, you're bound to get stronger. At first focus on the prerequisites and different hangs ( inverted, dead, german), L-sit and back lever progressions( be sure to obtain 3x30 seconds of german hang before moving on to this progression), AFTER getting down with L-sit and back lever, go on to the planche and front lever progressions. Also I almost forgot, you should also do handstands from day 1.Everything I just listed has been said countless times either in the book or on the forums, so look around.