3 times a week for gym is more than enough
Working out 3 times a week keeps you in shape. Body fat dont really mater here. You are fit to do whatever you want at higher efficiency. 2 times is not enough, 4 times does almost no difference.
3 times keeps you in shape and if you do it properly, it really does matter. One can exercise 6 times a week and have no results, when other can show significant gains with only 2 times a week. You must know what you are doing and like said, eating is more important than training.
2 times is enough, 4 times makes a hell of a difference. Gym 2 times a week will shape your body in the right direction (again, if you know what you are doing) and 4 times can bulk one up a lot.
75% of the people in gym do not know what they're doing, they think they need to train more and more to get results when it's the way they're doing it. It's sad and funny at the same time to look how some (most) people train.
EDIT: I have a mate who had trained for 3!! years 3-5 times a week with almost no gains (just lost some bodyfat). I made a proper diet- and exercise plan for him and we (he) trained 3-4 times a week and had more progress in 2 months than in 3 years. After 6 months he had achieved what he wanted.
Does the traditional English breakfast meet your proper diet requirements?
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Yes it does, just use good oil for frying, Extra Light Olive Oil or even better, normal (good quality) butter. And maybe a bit more vegetables on side but you can cover that with lunch or dinner too.
17km is a big one i mainly run between 6-12 Km depending .... but i do run sometimes a long one as well
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now the weather is getting a bit better i'll do some long ones as well
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Good to see some Hodlers in shape as well
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17km yep and I'm no marathon runner
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17km is actually the longest distance I have covered on a single run, daily max is 20 (10 in the morning and another one in the evening).
Normally I do about 7-12, but the distances are growing now as my shape gets better, 10km comes fairly easy. I've tried to run minimum of 40km every week. I'll reduce that from next week though as I start hitting the gym 5-6x weekly, idea is to get 3-4kg muscle mass in 2 months.
My body fat maximum was around 45%, now it's 13 and goal is under 10 for summer. I'll just look old pics of myself whenever I need some motivation
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Wow! From an extreme 45% to an extreme 13%?!?! How the fuck did you do that? In how many years? You sir are an inspiration, I need to know more!
This has been going on for 8 years in total now, the first 25% (45-20) came off in a year, with no exercise, only with proper diet. Then I started hitting the gym but the diet went a bit off, I hovered around 20% (20-25) for many years. One of my mates owns a gym and I have multiple personal trainer friends, I asked access to all of their study materials and started to educate myself a bit more on the subject. Started training properly in Q3 2017 (proper cardio and gym, both are necessary to get gains without any illegal supplements) and got really serious in February last year, starting point was 21% which went down to 10.7% in six months. Goal is under 10% by the middle of June 2019, 8-12% is professional athlete level and it needs proper observation dietwise, just getting the fat off with excessive training can be life-threatening.
Under 10% is just a milestone, I'll try to keep it between 12-16 after I've achieved that.