People who workout for long hours or all day

[Lana]

Do you know anyone who's serious about fitness, so serious that they will workout for hours and sometimes even a day? Or very long hours in general. I can get an hour at most of a workout. But if I'm playing a sport or something, I can probably go a bit longer. But a general workout is about an hour for me. 

But I hear some people workout for 4 hours a day. And I hear some people do even more than that. How do people workout that much? Isn't it taxing on the body to workout for so long? 

[James]

When I am going well my work outs are typically 90 minutes a day 6 days a week. I am in a bit of a resting period right now but my running training in my plan is ramping up next month. The workouts are going to get long. Check out what I have planned rolling into November of this year. 

My training for running will start to taper around the end of the year and then I will go back to focusing on cycling as my primary for a bit. I switch back and forth. When the weather is nice I do like to get at least one 3 hour long bike ride in per week. 

The long work outs feel really good and are typically more of a mental challenge then anything. Got to get that mind strong and continue to build the confidence. 

[Scarlett]

I think the people who work out that much are doing it to manage muscle. You kind of have to if you want to keep your muscle size. Very few people are gifted enough to retain massive gains without spending several hours a week in the gym.