what do you think about while exercising?

butterflylover527

AKA odd ramblings from a crazy lady.

Ok folks so outside of tuning in and tuning out while exercising and listening to your favorite music...what does your mind drift to?
What helps you get through the workout?
what crazy stuff do you ponder?...or is it just me?

things I think about...

as I am running on the treadmill, I think of a lioness stalking her prey and then sprinting for the kill...anything to get me through the 1 minute I amp it up to raise my heart rate.

then my mind wanders to ...why is it the lioness doing all the hunting and then eats last....kind of like me making dinner here and then finally sitting down when everyone else is served to my own cold meal and whatever is left for me after the pride and the vultures hit first.

then my mind wanders to chocolate and then why my boobs are so droopy and if I can just get a reshaping or do I have to get implants to put these suckers back to where they need to be.

then my mind wanders to which rock star I still lust after from the 80's hair bands that is still sex worthy or too used up to even give a second glance at.

then my mind wanders to ...Hey...i'm done working out...and I am covered in sweat....why the hell do I seem to sweat so much.

Ok peeps, your turn....

and YES, I know I am nuts! thanks in advance but I already know that!

You made my night, thank you!!!!!

SPNLuver83

I focus on the exercise I am doing. If I catch my mind wandering I pull it back to focus. Studies have shown, and I personally find, that you burn more calories and can lift heavier if you keep your focus!

mallorielewis

My thoughts are totally dependent on the type of exercise. If it's Insanity, I'm basically just getting through the workout and telling Shaun T that I hate him, but I don't mean it because he seems too nice to really hate, or I'm cursing at Tanya, a woman in the dvds whom I love to hate. (Seriously, how many matching workout outfits does this woman have and how do her boobs stay in place?)

If I'm doing the elliptical, (this is really weird, I know) I do math problems. I figure out how many calories I'm burning per minute, how many minutes it will take to get to a specific number if I keep up the pace, how many revolutions I will get to at the end of the workout. I also try to calculate the number of minutes going forward and backwards. (I alternate whenever the next song starts playing). All along the way, I wonder, "Will I finish this before my son wakes up?" I decide on what to wear for the day, what jewelry to put on, what I have to bring to work that day, what time I have to enter. Basically, all over the place.

Ha Ha! I do math too! I've been told I am nuts!

You guys are not alone I do math as well!! :happy: always liked math.

Changing__Christina

There is a basketball court at the gym. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday there is a group of 8 really buff and young guys that come in and play for an hour during their lunch hour. I make sure that I am ALWAYS there to watch so that I don't have to think about anything at all except that hot and sweaty basketball game! Its always the best hour of the day.

When basketball isn't available, I think about weird number stuff like how many minutes does it take to burn X amount, how many times I have been to the gym, how many machines are there (try to count), number of pedals, number of men v women. I'm weird!!!

Bubu20

most of the time I think of my goal and that i can't give up...i picture myself at the end and it makes me try harder. But sometimes I do think about random stuff lol...past memories, something that i wanna buy (p.s. i love shopping ahahhaah), school, work...so many things ahahaha

MMarvelous

FINISHING!!!!!!!!!!! I have to have music that I would dance to playing to keep me motivated to take "every little step" *in my Bobby Brown voice* LOL Seeing my total calories burned keeps me motivated too since I have a challenge goal to burn 20000 calories in May and 5500 calories this week. WHEW!

meshashesha2012

lifting : i think about the muscles i am engaging and concentrate on keeping good form

bike and spin : i pretend i'm in a race and trying to come in first

sprint HIIT : i pretend there's a dangerous animal or pack of zombies chasing after me

general running : i pretend i'm in a foot race and trying to beat my personal best

versaclimber and stairmill : i think about reaching the top of the building i'm climbing


now that the olypics are going to be starting soon, i'm sure a lot of those events will give me mental fuel for my cardio workouts

Elizabeth_C34

When I do cardio, the dialogue in my head goes something like this, "Oh dear god. I've only been on this elliptical for 2:00!?! ugh." 5 minutes later, "Only 7:00?! This is NEVER going to end." 20 minutes later, "Whoo... finally done. I hope I don't stink too bad."

When I lift, the diagogue in my head goes something like this:

Set 1: "Yeah, you sexy badass beast!"

Set 2: "GRRR"

Set 3: "grr... yeah, this is hard"

Set 4: "Holy bajeebus! PULL (or push) you stupid lazy muscle PULLLLLLL!" + lots of grunting.

After sets: "Oh yeah, I'm awesome."

maureen173

This was the funniest post I have read yet...thanks for the laughs! I do find exercising to be my time to really think and I also think of lots of.....interesting thoughts. I used to listen to music, but now I enjoy the quiet, because it allows me to clear my head and work out problems. But I so enjoyed your post, very funny!

marywilsoncline

I pray. I thank the Good Lord for allowing me to wake up, take a nice fresh breath of air, and thank HIM for allowing me to have what it takes to do my exercising!!!

Love this. I do too. I pray before my workout, during and after.

Elizabeth_C34

When I do cardio, the dialogue in my head goes something like this, "Oh dear god. I've only been on this elliptical for 2:00!?! ugh." 5 minutes later, "Only 7:00?! This is NEVER going to end." 20 minutes later, "Whoo... finally done. I hope I don't stink too bad."

When I lift, the diagogue in my head goes something like this:

Set 1: "Yeah, you sexy badass beast!"

Set 2: "GRRR"

Set 3: "grr... yeah, this is hard"

Set 4: "Holy bajeebus! PULL (or push) you stupid lazy muscle PULLLLLLL!" + lots of grunting.

After sets: "Oh yeah, I'm awesome."

EDIT: Sorry this posted twice. Didn't notice it on Page 4 also. Weird

Elizabeth_C34

During 30DS.

Shut up!
I hate you, Jillian.
Damn it, I am NOT phoning it in! How about you turn around and tell Natalie to stop phoning it in?!
I don't NEED 6 pack abs. I'm fine with less blubber.

During c25k.

Ugh, why am I doing this?
I wonder if I can outrun zombies now.
Geez, I smell bad.
I LOVE this song.
That's such a pretty picture of the bridge. I'm totally running it next year.
My shin hurts.
It's been 40 minutes, I should stop now.
Shut the *#(@ up and keep going, fatty!

Repeat as needed.

LOL Nice!

becoming_a_new_me

Why are my thighs jiggling? You'd think after this long they wouldn't jiggle so bad. I must be getting old. You know, I really hate it when my boobs bounce like that, I wish I could find a bra that would support this darned saggy mess I have going on here. Why is my stomach bouncing? I hate it when my stomach bounces like that. I wonder how many more laps I can do before I fall over. Wow, that girl has a nice butt. I wish I had a butt like that. You know, if I win the lottery, I will pay someone to give me a butt like that. I want to buy a big house with an indoor pool so I can jog in the pool every day. If I win the lottery, I won't be one of those people who gain weight after they win the lottery, I will make sure that I keep losing weight. Huh...that guy sure is walking funny, I wonder what he did. Why is that kid staring at me? God, I must be jiggling again. 15 more mintes, that's right, I can go 15 more minutes...I can do this. Next time I'll do even more. I wish I had hours on end to work out, I'd be skinny as that girl if I could work out all day. I wonder how many calories I burned...I really need to get an HRM. I need a waterproof one though so I can take it in the pool with me. 15 more minutes and I can go sit in the hot tub......

Of course that is only if I didn't find some poor sap to talk to while I am working out. I get pretty lucky though, there is usually someone who likes a stranger as a workout buddy.

That's just a small glimpse of my crazy thoughts.

TitanGM

Mostly concentrated on my exercise routine.

ljbhill

Love this!

Usually I alternate between visualising how awesome I'm going to look in skinny leg jeans (lol!), dancing while running-throwing my hands up in the air (I may even actually do this while on the treadmill) or I'm concentrating on getting to the 1 minute interval, changing the speed in 30 secs, changing the incline in 60 secs etc etc.

Treadmill I'm mostly focused on the changing of the settings and occasionaly dance while running (mostly hand throws lol). I may even call myself lazy when I feel like stopping or my mantra will be "just 30 secs, just 20 secs, just 10 sec etc)

Outdoor running I'm alternating between visualising and just life stuff in general. I may through the odd insult in there like "What the hell is this? You can run faster than this... lazy fatty" to which I subsequently respond with changing the song to something more fast paced and pick up the pace. Almost feels like I'm mediating.

EmCarroll1990

This may sound totally creepy, but I think of HoLLyZ82. She's a user here, obviously, who I've got on my FL. And her body is amazing, I want it.

doorki

When boxing, I'm focusing on my form and technique. When exercising, I am cursing the instructor.

hikezilla

I TRY to run on my elliptical machine for 40 mins, 4 times a week. If I can make it through the first 10 minutes of mind games, then I am good for the whole time. In those first ten minutes I can think of a million other things I need to be doing instead of exercising....the brain constantly trying to rationalize its way off the machine....

ScottyNoHotty

I hate this, I hate this, I hate this, I hate myself, you fat *kitten*...keep going, keep going, good sweat, good sweat, hate this, hate this, that chick has a nice *kitten*, run faster, run faster, wonder if she's single, breathe, breathe, this music sucks, keep going , keep going, she looked at me, run faster, run faster, did she smile? push, push, breathe easy, breathe easy, she did smile, run faster, run faster, no boner, no boner, breathe easy, good pace....