Workouts that You Love to Hate

for_ever_young66
for_ever_young66 Posts: 2,877 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What are some of the workouts you do that can be so intense and uncomfortable, yet you just love the results that you get from them. You actually dread doing them but you know that they have to be done in order to get that definition. Mine are weighted plank rows (on the floor in a pushup position) and of course, burpees. These exercises are grueling but they have yielded great results. The weighted plank rows have developed my shoulders in ways I could never have imagined.
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  • VegasFit
    VegasFit Posts: 1,232 Member
    I'm not a fan of lower body and chest/tricep days.
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    Burpees
    Front squats
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,527 Member
    HIIT treadmill sprints
    Lunges
  • nishatay
    nishatay Posts: 67 Member
    Lunges, planks, and wall sits. I love burpees lol!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I have some that I hate and will still do-lunges, front squats, tricep extension. Then there is the bulgarian split squat and cardio in general, which I just don't do.
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    Lunges and cardio. I don't "love to hate" them-I just hate them.
  • lizzocat
    lizzocat Posts: 356 Member
    I hate lunges and accessory work but it's necessary !
  • anyatanu
    anyatanu Posts: 35 Member
    I hate jumping jacks :s
  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    I don't know what they're called. But the step up thingie followed by a lunge when I step back. While holding 5kg dumbbells in each hand. I bleeping hate them. But omfg they are making my legs awesome!
  • lucyholdcroft363
    lucyholdcroft363 Posts: 124 Member
    Anything to do with my arms...
  • slideaway1
    slideaway1 Posts: 1,006 Member
    Weighted sit ups on a decline bench. Sometimes I cry in public.
  • bostongrl13
    bostongrl13 Posts: 58 Member
    Biceps. The preacher curl and I are not friends.
  • pianoplaya94
    pianoplaya94 Posts: 185 Member
    I HATE the INCLINED elliptical. I do it everyday... and I love the feeling I get after doing it, but I hate it.
  • for_ever_young66
    for_ever_young66 Posts: 2,877 Member
    Those are some good ones, guys. I'd probably have to throw the stair climber into the mix as well. Grueling but the results are good
  • for_ever_young66
    for_ever_young66 Posts: 2,877 Member
    nishatay wrote: »
    Lunges, planks, and wall sits. I love burpees lol!

    You are the first person I've ever met that loves burpees. lol

  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Anything that involves me getting down on the floor and back up again at any great speed and anything in plank position. Being close to the floor is not my friend but the results and progression are satisfying.

    You will also never find me in the gym let alone on any cardio machine, although that is purely hate hate, no love!
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Front squats. God, I hate those so much.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Rowing machine. It's a fantastic workout, I go hard, but it leaves me exhausted. I think part of it is breathing cadence - it's either one or two breaths per stroke, so I feel like I'm either struggling to breathe or hyperventilating.
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    Eight count body builders, front squats, sprints on squat day.

    Rigger
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    Weighted step ups and abs anything... I hate working abs... probably why I never do it :joy:
  • steph2strong
    steph2strong Posts: 426 Member
    My Kettle Bell routine.... awesome full body conditioning.
    Mode X on the Octane Machine.
  • R222i
    R222i Posts: 11 Member
    Jump Squats,High Knees,Mountain Climbers :D
  • Frozenmango
    Frozenmango Posts: 207 Member
    Lunges, cardio and burpees - Just hate them period. Would probably love chin-ups if I could actually do them lol. Box jumps scare me. I keep thinking I'll miss one day and really hurt myself
  • noclady1995
    noclady1995 Posts: 452 Member
    Abs, abs and did I mention abs? Hate. It.
  • Bizurke51
    Bizurke51 Posts: 190 Member
    dead lifts
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    Hill sprints. UGGGHHH.
  • brad837
    brad837 Posts: 53 Member
    My 500 Kettlebell Swing routine! Every time I'm about to start, I have to ask myself; do I really want to do this, and why??? :o
    Yet once I get started, I love it and the results!
  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
    Walking and/or running the bleachers at my local university. All 74 of them, over and over again. Ugh.
  • Kiwi_Made
    Kiwi_Made Posts: 101 Member
    Supersetting battle rope slams with burpees = death
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Bent over rows. Hate 'em!

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