Who else finds the gym boring?

Hornsby

cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »

I ride outside and on a home trainer. What is this gym you speak of?

Where people lift weights to improve their cycling

giantrobot_powerlifting

I find everything else boring that's not my gym time.

cwolfman13

I find the gym to be boring for cardio work...I loath droning away on cardio equipment. I enjoy pumping iron though.

SassyCalyGirl

if you find the gym boring-you're not working out!

SyllyReth

I hate the act of going to the gym. I hate being there. It's boring, kind of annoying, and just not really my thing at all, but I don't have a lot of room or options at home and I have found that I am more likely to actually put in the work if I am paying to go somewhere. It's all part of the process for me. I would MUCH rather be outside hiking or something, but that doesn't always fit into the schedule, either. My gym is close, easy to get to, and usually not very crowded. I love the feeling after a good workout, too, so that helps push me through. I'd rather be anywhere but the gym, but it's what fits into my lifestyle right now. In the spring and summer, when I have more free time, I go hiking and stuff like that instead. Though, I would really like to have a home gym one day because I don't like dealing with people =/

harrybananas

Like any training program for anyone, do something you enjoy, otherwise it will seem more of a chore which is how most people fall off track. And in this case, if the gym is boring to you, you may not be doing things you're enjoying. Have you tried group classes? Going with a partner that's as motivated or more motivated than you? If you enjoy volleyball, how about doing exercise movements that are more in that realm such as some high intensity circuits, leg workouts, and perhaps some arm workouts?

BeaUtiful_1413

Yeah it's boring for me! I only like doing the treadmill at the gym now! So I actually do a lot of my exercises at home now, bumping music and letting my toddlers watch tv while I exercise in the living room with them!

nordlead2005

I love the portions of the gym that I use. I enjoy playing in the pool with my kids, and I enjoy lifting (barbells) and hitting new PRs.

I'm pretty sure I would find most of the rest of the gym boring unless I was training for something specific.

kshama2001

wildestrs wrote: »

I don't know about y'all but I just don't like going to the gym it does not appease me and once I get there I just want to leave. I was a volleyball player and I loved doing physical activity that involved that but anything else count me out! Does anyone else feel this way?

I saw people playing volleyball at the Y near me - if team sports are your thing, how about finding places that allow you to do that?

I find cardio at the gym tedious so walk and hike in the woods and use the gym for lifting weights.

jacklifts

I too used to find the gym incredibly boring. But back then I didn't know what I was doing, doing the same few exercises every time, and most importantly targeting a certain look. None of that stuff was motivating. Now, I'm chasing performance, and I literally have to keep myself from going to the gym. Also I've discovered the joys and pains of deadlifts. Do you deadlift?

kshama2001

marsh5224 wrote: »

I hate the gym too, from the YMCA to PF. I get bored with the machines and just walk around the weight room not really knowing what to do. However recently I joined a place ran by a couple of personal trainers. It has circuit training type classes that I love. Never same class twice. Boxing, TRX, kettle bells, medicine balls, free weights, jump ropes, steps, and more are all used in different ways depending if the focus is cardio or strength training. I am addicted as it keeps me guessing and my body confused. The best results ever as I have lost a total of 15 inches in the first 3 months. I could never get these results on my own or if I just joined an ordinary gym. Maybe there is something similar in your area.

This reminded me of when I was in the military and living in the dorms on Okinawa. There were lots of servicemen there who hated it. But these guys weren't getting out and enjoying everything the island had to offer. Gyms can be like that - boring when you don't know how to take advantage of them.

My opinion of my gym has raised since I've been reading "New Rules of Lifting for Women" and "Strong" and seeing all the new ways I can make use of my gym.

lemurcat12

I love the gym, but there are specific things people do in the gym that I find dull, like the elliptical or treadmill. I much prefer outdoor cardio, so I mostly try to do my cardio outdoors. (That said, even the treadmill has its place if the weather is truly awful or for some kinds of interval work, IMO, and I trained for a February biking trip last year in part with a spinning class.)

jacksonpt

I don't get any real enjoyment from lifting, but I do it anyway because it's necessary if I'm going to progress and improve in the things that I do enjoy. Much like I don't enjoy doing dishes, but I like having a clean kitchen.

Not everything is about having fun all the time.

knittnponder

It depends on what I'm doing. If I spend too much time on the treadmill I just want to throw myself off the cardio deck! Get me under a barbell though and I'll stay for a couple of hours if I can get away with it. I love lifting. I joke that when I go to the gym it's my "happy hour at my favorite bar".

ETA: If you're a people watcher like I am then it's very entertaining!

titianknitter

Another outdoors girl here. Thousands and thousands of miles of roads available, starting at my front door. Trails, hills, lakes, sun, wind, rain, snow. I can take my dog. It's never the same twice. Why work out indoors when I can be outside?

Carlos_421

The gym is my happy place.

piperdown44

I love the weights section of the gym. Could care less about the cardio side.
Absolutely enjoy lifting weights.
For cardio I'd rather run hill sprints.

lisalsd1

When I get bored, I occupy my mind by watching people. Yes, I'm a creeper.

codsterlaing95

For weight lifting, I enjoy the gym. I don't do any cardio in the gym or mindlessly running on a treadmill.

parfia

The gym is also my happy place. I do cardio or lifting and a class each morning and don't know what I would do without it - it keeps me sane!

barrski145

I used to love going to the gym. The atmosphere, being surrounded by people pushing themselves, was very inspiring. But then the gyms I went to were not the chain type planet fitness style but a more serious body building type gym. I also had a group of guys I trained with that made the time go by fast and made the training very intense. I think that made all the difference.

But eversense getting married and starting a family I have not had the time to go to a gym so I built one in my basement. I workout at home 3X's a week and I go to a local Aquatic center where I swim 2 miles a day 3x's a week. Because of the family time my swim time is usually done after work at 9am (I work midnights). Training on my own is nice but I sometimes find it hard to initally get motivated. Not having anyone (training buddies) to answer to makes it easier to blow off the training or not push myself as much as I could.

I think the key is to get good people to train with and that will push you and make the time spent there fun/inspiring.

priscillabecho

If cardio is all you do...yeah it gets boring Try integrating strength training into the mix. Get some solid music to keep you going (I like to listen to Rob Bailey and the Hustle Standard radio on Pandora). Once you keep it consistent and see results; you can't stop

rejectuf

Doing Crossfit has kept me plenty interested. I look forward to going to the gym. If I have to take a break, I feel pretty crappy until I can get back to it.

feisty_bucket

Sure, yeah, I find it boring. But that doesn't matter, I've been lifting for ~30 years, so what? Tons of things I do are boring. Hygiene, my job, housework, etc. etc. but they're all vital, and so is fitness. So I go to the gym and lift as hard as I can and then it's over. I listen to audiobooks or podcasts so it's not exactly a brain-dead time, but I'd much rather be doing something else if I could. "could".

schibsted750

I have traditionally found the gym extremely boring, but since basing my workouts on circuits instead of doing one exercise the whole time, it's been a lot less monotonous. Cycling through a dozen 3-4 minute chunks isn't so bad.

LiveLoveRunFar

I thought I would hate it, just started going. But I don't hate it. I kind of like it, but the strength/weights is all new stuff to me so I don't find it routine yet. have trainer showing me how to do it correctly so maybe that breaks up the boring too.... Not crazy about running on the treadmill, but with itunes its ok.... since its too cold to run outside now.

Gisel2015

I love the gym; it is "my" place and where I really find myself being truly physically active and motivated. I am out of the house, I have the equipment that I need, and I can get variations in my exercise routine. I also like being around people even if I don’t socialize with them. I don’t run, jog or do outside activities other than walking; my main form of exercise is strength training, ARC Trainer, and body weight exercises and calisthenics. I don't like home workouts/DVDs; I find them boring, but maybe because my home is not set-up for that kind of activity. In order to be successful, we need to do what we like and what we find interesting and motivating.

Veryana

I like some moves but hate others. But compared to swimming I rather go to gym, I feel like I achieve more in gym than swimming back and forth in pool

47Jacqueline

I love going to the gym, or a studio,or riding my bike, or...

If you don't like the gym, do something else. Or you can join the 90% of Americans whoare sedentary, where you'll be in plentiful, if unhealthy, company.

KDar1988

I love the gym. I have memberships at 2 gyms. For my schedule I do cardio at the one closest to my work and lift weights early in the morning at the one closest to my house. It works for me, I put my tunes in and zone out for a while. Plus there is 1 piece of eye candy that is quite enjoyable to admire there