running, outside or on a treadmill. i prefer walking and being able to look around. i dont use any music when i'm outside so i can be aware of my surroundings so it's just boring. i like walking and looking at scenery lol Yoga seems boring too.
Another vote here for (against?) indoor cardio. I get on the elliptical (reluctantly) once or twice a week for crosstraining purposes. I only get on the treadmill if the weather is absolutely horrendous and running outdoors would be truly bad. Even then I prefer running in a slight drizzle over the treadmill.
I often wish I had access to some type of VR technology which would make it feel like I was running or elliptical-ing outdoors, preferably in some beautiful landscapes I'm not able to experience otherwise. Right now I'm just stuck watching Youtube during those indoor workouts.
One time I tried to work out to a Denise Austin show. That one bored me to death as well. I liked Bodyshaping when it was on ESPN. Lol, then I just watched Kiana's Flex Appeal just to watch her workout.
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Low-weight, high-rep resistance training. 4 sets of 20 reps of something? 20 reps of something where you have to do right and left sides SEPARATELY? Just shoot me.
New one. REBOUNDING. I can go to Rock 'n Jump and trampoline there for an hour with my kid. But rebounding for an hour....................................meh.
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Treadmill.
I just can’t get “into” it and find I’m fighting a bored brain the whole time (which drags soooo slowly).
Which is odd, because I actually like “real” running and using an indoor bike. But the treadmill? Big fat NO!
It was so boring when I was on an indoor treadmill, and i never felt motivated to keep at it. I love night time and being alone when walking so gyms were a huge anxiety for me with such fit people around me. So i started walking at night, outside, listening to music. I moved to a really safe neighborhood and so now I can walk outside without anyone around and time just flies by! Also I got a compact rowing machine and it's easy to pick up so I now watch a whole tv episode while rowing! I love rowing so much better than just walking on the treadmill. I alternate walking outside with rowing indoors and I think I found my routine that I can actually stick to.
Also in the winter, I can dress like a Babushka and no one will care how I look, since I'm alone 🤣 🤣 🤣
Here is what I can think of off the top of my head:
1.) Treadmill (or elliptical or really anything similar). If the only exercise I could ever do was a treadmill then I just wouldn't do it. Music or podcasts don't help...all I do is watch the clock. I'd rather just pace up and down the hallway at home or march in place while I'm working.
2.) Weight lifting...might be better with a trainer perhaps, but doing it by myself. I'd rather watch paint dry.
3.) Running...its boring and it makes me hate my life whole I'm doing it,, so I don't. I will be taken down quickly in the zombie apocalypse and I've made peace with that.
Treadmill.
I just can’t get “into” it and find I’m fighting a bored brain the whole time (which drags soooo slowly).
Which is odd, because I actually like “real” running and using an indoor bike. But the treadmill? Big fat NO!
I love the elliptical, but hate the stationary bike. You are not alone in haying only certain stationary exercise machines.
The Dreadmill isn't too bad for me AS LONG as I'm running intervals on it. If it's just to walk on....................................................................................boring as hell.
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for me walking or jogging a track is the absolute definition of boring! I could probably do 6 miles in the woods or on city streets more easily than 2 miles on an oval track, meh.
for me walking or jogging a track is the absolute definition of boring! I could probably do 6 miles in the woods or on city streets more easily than 2 miles on an oval track, meh.
I could do an oval track (used to do an indoor one on rainy days at a gym I instructed at but no longer) because I'm still outside and I prefer the harder weight bearing compared to a treadmill. With and outside oval track, it also is "measured" so it's easier to assess running intervals and seeing if you're progressing in speed as well a little easier.
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I often wish I had access to some type of VR technology which would make it feel like I was running or elliptical-ing outdoors, preferably in some beautiful landscapes I'm not able to experience otherwise. Right now I'm just stuck watching Youtube during those indoor workouts.
I could do hours of indoor cardio. I study, read articles, watch youtube or netflix, listen to music, browse social media, get work done, etc.
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I just can’t get “into” it and find I’m fighting a bored brain the whole time (which drags soooo slowly).
Which is odd, because I actually like “real” running and using an indoor bike. But the treadmill? Big fat NO!
Also in the winter, I can dress like a Babushka and no one will care how I look, since I'm alone 🤣 🤣 🤣
1.) Treadmill (or elliptical or really anything similar). If the only exercise I could ever do was a treadmill then I just wouldn't do it. Music or podcasts don't help...all I do is watch the clock. I'd rather just pace up and down the hallway at home or march in place while I'm working.
2.) Weight lifting...might be better with a trainer perhaps, but doing it by myself. I'd rather watch paint dry.
3.) Running...its boring and it makes me hate my life whole I'm doing it,, so I don't. I will be taken down quickly in the zombie apocalypse and I've made peace with that.
I love the elliptical, but hate the stationary bike. You are not alone in haying only certain stationary exercise machines.
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I work at a YMCA and look at the treadmills, ellipticals, bikes, etc as hamster trainers. Kudos to you folks on them.... but not me.
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