Who else hates exercise?

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  • ladyfox1979
    ladyfox1979 Posts: 405 Member
    I absolutely hate exercise! But I found that if I don't think about it as exercise it works out. I am with the others and I love playing my just dance(all 3 of them) and my wii Zumba because I love music and I secretly (not anymore now) think I am a professional dancer but hey whatever keeps my heratbeat pumping and my body moving.
  • auticus
    auticus Posts: 1,051 Member
    I'm not a fan of exercise. I'm less of a fan of being fat, so exercise wins.
  • adaffern
    adaffern Posts: 161 Member
    I don't hate exercise. I hate the ache in my feet when I get up to walk to the other room or when I get out of bed in themorning. I only have this discomfort when I exercise, wether it's walking, playing the wii or spending time on the elliptical.
  • TeeRaceFisher
    TeeRaceFisher Posts: 44 Member
    hate it, hate it, HATE IT. I never get that "high" people talk about, I get a teeny bit proud when I see how many calories walking/running burns, but that's bout it. It's sweaty, stinky and time consuming.

    do. not. like. it.
  • PepeGreggerton
    PepeGreggerton Posts: 986 Member
    I like lifting weights, and boxing. Hate running.
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    I'm not a fan of exercise. I'm less of a fan of being fat, so exercise wins.

    Ha ha...this.

    I definitely like it more than I used to. I like lifting. I don't like cardio, but I don't hate it either.
  • knovello82
    knovello82 Posts: 110 Member
    Thanks for all of the advice so far. The only thing I haven't tried is classes at my gym. Unfortunately Zumba is only during the week while I'm at work, or on Sunday morning. I have tried to get myself to go Sunday morning and I never do, because I consider that my relaxation day. Even if I went, it's only 1 day a week so I figure it's not worth it.
  • Looby47
    Looby47 Posts: 43 Member
    At the moment I find that i'm forcing myself to get started. Its not so much that I hate it when I'm doing it but its just the getting up off the chair and finding a million other things to do instead! Once I'm at gym or whatever, I enjoy it and get the buzz afterwards. I am sure that I will enjoy it once I start to see the benefit.

    I'm just starting out and to motivated myself I have looked in my diary and booked a few exercise classes around my shift pattern as I'm more likely to go when i've a class booked than just going on my own. What I really want to be doing is to be fit enough to go hillwalking.

    Good luck!
  • chriscoates7025
    chriscoates7025 Posts: 131 Member
    I have been doing this for almost a year and had hoped I would learn to like working out, but that has not happened. I strongly dislike working out but only truly hate the treadmill.
  • caroldot
    caroldot Posts: 388 Member
    I've always hated excercise as well and have to push myself to do it. I'm not an athletic person so don't get into running or anything like that. For me it has to be fun & social event. So it helps to work out with a buddy - a friend of mine checks up on me and I feel more accountable knowing she will be there expecting me.

    Also in past, I would get frustrated becuase I would kill myself in gym & aerobics and not see results quickly since I'm very inpatient. But about 3 months ago, I decided to try spin class. Let me just say I love, love, love it!!!!! Its fun becuase its high intensity and the hour goes by really fast. Plus I've seen great results already - especially in my legs (that part where my inner thighs touch is going away!!!) I've even gone down a jean size even though I've only lost a couple lbs. Its a great feeling to go shopping for smaller jeans!
  • jhunny31
    jhunny31 Posts: 73
    I loved it at one point. Probably last year when I lost 45 pounds. This year however, I hate it. I have been working out like crazy, and I mean crazy at least 90 mins a day and have only gained 5 pounds. My bones are literally sore and I'm not losing. I feel so ugh about workouts. Glad I found this place.
  • fudgebudget
    fudgebudget Posts: 198 Member
    Disclaimer: The following statement will piss some people off and I don't care. It was not meant to instigate an argument, rather, it is a personal opinion.

    I really, really hate it when people say, "The trick is to find something that you love!" Sometimes this works. Sometimes it doesn't. I have tried pretty much every exercise that's out there, but I do not get the chemical high. I just feel like crap when I'm doing it. Obviously this doesn't keep me from doing it (anymore), but I find that incessant comment to be pretty patronizing. That's awesome that you found something that you love enough for exercising to not feel like a chore. We will not all find something like that.
  • nikolaim5
    nikolaim5 Posts: 233
    DESPISE cardio. LOVE lifing heavy things.
  • ceilidh92
    ceilidh92 Posts: 22 Member
    Disclaimer: The following statement will piss some people off and I don't care. It was not meant to instigate an argument, rather, it is a personal opinion.

    I really, really hate it when people say, "The trick is to find something that you love!" Sometimes this works. Sometimes it doesn't. I have tried pretty much every exercise that's out there, but I do not get the chemical high. I just feel like crap when I'm doing it. Obviously this doesn't keep me from doing it (anymore), but I find that incessant comment to be pretty patronizing. That's awesome that you found something that you love enough for exercising to not feel like a chore. We will not all find something like that.

    I completely agree with you on this!
  • KimmieBrie
    KimmieBrie Posts: 825 Member
    Disclaimer: The following statement will piss some people off and I don't care. It was not meant to instigate an argument, rather, it is a personal opinion.

    I really, really hate it when people say, "The trick is to find something that you love!" Sometimes this works. Sometimes it doesn't. I have tried pretty much every exercise that's out there, but I do not get the chemical high. I just feel like crap when I'm doing it. Obviously this doesn't keep me from doing it (anymore), but I find that incessant comment to be pretty patronizing. That's awesome that you found something that you love enough for exercising to not feel like a chore. We will not all find something like that.


    Sometimes I hate formal exercise if I'm not in the mood (GYM stuff)... but things like Zumba, ice skating, cross country skiing, snowboarding, hiking, swimming - I find fun and it's exercise too. I don't necessarily get a "high" from these things but I enjoy them. I'm going to ice skate more this year - I forget how fun it is till I do it. Just walking even clears my mind and is still exercise.

    If you can't find a single activity you like enough to stick with then I guess you'll be a tortured soul till goal weight. I don't think anyone was trying to be patronizing - but I find it rare that a person, especially a fit person, actually only enjoys sitting around on their butt doing no physical activity all the time. I would be bored out of my head.
  • stacey76
    stacey76 Posts: 66 Member
    I hate it too. I'd rather be anywhere else then the gym...
  • CharmCityBella
    CharmCityBella Posts: 37 Member
    I'm not a fan of exercise either, but I just try to think of it as one of the things I have to get done each day. And I try to mix it up. I switch between the treadmill, stepper, spinning, Zumba, yoga... and I always round out the day with a nice long walk with my dog. None of these are my favorite things, but they are necessary things.
  • Nuclear_Synthesis
    Nuclear_Synthesis Posts: 25
    wow, so pleased its not just me. I do it, but i have to force myself. Yes i feel better after and i feel like i let myself down if i dont, but damn its hard and boring and i just dont like it!!!
  • ButtercupSprad
    ButtercupSprad Posts: 117
    OMGooooosh no. Its very theraputic for me.....it helps me get through the day mentally.
  • tavcanada
    tavcanada Posts: 1
    **raises hand** I was a dancer for 20 years and couldn't get enough. Now...not so much. :D Like you I feel so much better when I do exercise but I still hate it. Meh.
  • merzback
    merzback Posts: 453 Member
    Find what you LOVE....
  • shmily713
    shmily713 Posts: 1 Member
    I definitely hate to exercise and I am a soldier.. lol! I think it is because I played softball since I was 5 and after I tore my rotator cuff I couldn't play anymore. Softball was FUN and it was my exercise. I have never had to "formally" exxercise and now that I do, I think that is why I hate it so much. Now, I make myself do group fitness at the YMCA. I love it, but it is the "getting started" that I am not motivated about. Once I am in class around everyone, I feel so obligated to finish that I don't quit. 1 hour of intense group fitness at the YMCA usually burns around 660 calories. Have you tried Zumba? I am not motivated enough to do it on my own at home, that's for sure! I am wishing you luck.. I know how you feel!!
  • doutri2
    doutri2 Posts: 186 Member
    I would ask yourself why you hate it.

    Bored? Do 10 minutes per machine. Do 3 machines and you already have a 30 minute workout.

    Time constraints? "Working out for 20 minutes at high intensity is better than 1 hour on the elliptical reading a magazine." (quote from Jackie Warner, personal trainer).

    Or do weight lifting? Dumbbells and right exercises will create more muscle which will increase your metabolism.

    I believe that exercising is a mind game. So, is motivation.
  • hsmithway
    hsmithway Posts: 191
    I used to love running until I trashed my knees. Now I love being on the elliptical with good music that I can keep a steady pace to, but I loathe intervals. Once I'm going, I just want to go, not sit there watching the clock for when to speed up and slow down. Bleck.
  • ymachick
    ymachick Posts: 33 Member
    It's definitely a love-hate relationship for me.

    I love the way I feel when and after I'm doing it.
    I love the way I feel stronger, more powerful and exhaustingly happy.
    I love the way my body responds to exerice and how I look better when I regularly exercise.
    I love the way my clothes fit better when I exercise.
    I love how exercising allows me to occasionally indulge in foods I love without gaining weight.
    I love to be a person "who exercises regularly."

    I love everything about exercising...except actually exercising. :tongue:

    The key for me is that I do it for the results, not because I actually love to exercise.
  • ceilidh92
    ceilidh92 Posts: 22 Member
    Excercise equipement & bicycle collecting dust (and I don't care). But I do enjoy Wii Tennis & Boxing along with Square Dancing. So at least I have that. It's all individual... :wink:
  • dodd319
    dodd319 Posts: 228
    Yup, I hate it but love when the exercise is done. I have a Wii & use Jenny McCarthy's Your Shape game. She's a b!tch most days & I hate her, but like I said, I love when it's over. AND, like everyone else says, I LOVE to eat!

    Good luck!!!
  • cici1028
    cici1028 Posts: 799 Member
    I certainly USED to. I hate it more than anything on the planet. I hate it more than being overweight. But then I finally found something I enjoy that HAPPENS to be exercise... and that made all the difference. Now I practice yoga 5 - 6 times a week for 75 - 90 minutes a day... if I had to be in the gym running I could never stick to that kind of schedule.

    Now that I'm more active, I actually hate being sedentary. (Well, except for Saturday 90210 marathons now and again!) I now also try to walk or snow shoe every day on top of my yoga routine in the mornings. I think it really is a mental game with yourself... find something you LOVE doing and find a wake to make it exercise. If you LOVE dancing, play Just Dance for the Wii or take a ballroom dance class. If you LOVE to swim, then join a pool. There is a difference between hating EXERCISE and hating the GYM. :) Good luck!
  • dlyeates
    dlyeates Posts: 875 Member
    I hate to exercise... i'm training for a 5k right now and its like pulling teeth to do my treadmill 3 times a week... i'm already dreading 430!

    Me too!!!! If I don't have a goal or a program I just don't wanna!!!! I'm only doing C25K so I have a reason to go....and also trying to work on my lung capacity to try to lessen my asthma!!!

    I hate exercise, I don't have more energy....I feel like falling asleep on the couch every night at like 8:30 pm. I don't like sweating and I don't see a huge difference physically.

    I KNOW I'm getting stronger and have more endurance but I just hate it!!! I mainly do it to earn more calories because I do LOVE food!!!
  • addisondisease
    addisondisease Posts: 664 Member
    I have tried pretty much every exercise that's out there, but I do not get the chemical high.

    Oh cool so how much did you Clean&Jerk

    How much was your turkish get up

    How did you like farmer walks

    Much many kips did you get in a row

    How did you like those natural GHR's

    Did you use a sumo stance when you flipped tires

    I really doubt you've "tried pretty much every exercise"
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