What intresting things do you do while working out?

Gordie580
Gordie580 Posts: 154 Member
edited November 12 in Chit-Chat
I play madden football 2012 football on ps3 while I work out.

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  • tmarie2715
    tmarie2715 Posts: 1,111 Member
    I play madden football 2012 football while I work out.

    How do you squeeze in a workout while fiercely involved in that test of skill and manliness? ;)
  • Gordie580
    Gordie580 Posts: 154 Member
    Very easy, concentrate on Football and I don't even know I am working out. I started doing this about 40 days ago and it is working out well for me. I have very good physical skills........
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I curse like a sailor and threaten my exercises with death.
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    I watch HGTV and the Discovery channel! Always sucks me right in.
  • scienceteacherAK
    scienceteacherAK Posts: 94 Member
    Read my Kindle!
  • finchest
    finchest Posts: 245 Member
    i read! and sometimes check my work email giving others the illusion of productivity...
  • ShalisaClam
    ShalisaClam Posts: 190
    I daydream about how great I'm going to look lol
    and I repeat to myself "I can do anything for 10 minutes" when I'm struggling to get through the next 10 minutes of my exercise tape...

    :tongue:
  • EMarvie
    EMarvie Posts: 335 Member
    curse and swear at Jillian MIchaels If Im working out with her..
    or watch movies on my ipod if on the treadmill
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    I play madden football 2012 football on ps3 while I work out.
    What are you actually doing? Clearly nothing with your arms, hey? When I get under 250 I can then use my wife's stationary bike and play my PS3. Can't wait! :D

    But I have to swing my arms when I'm on the treadmill, and it's impossible to play games while lifting anything, or boxing. Unless I'm doing EA Sports Active 2.0, in which case, it's not really a game..
  • GetFitE
    GetFitE Posts: 247 Member
    If I'm running, usually turn on a movie or watch a show I missed online...or turn on the tv--some kind of visual distraction that'll suck me into the drama. If I'm lifting--usually cursing Jillian Michael's out in my head (I INFINITELY LOATHE strength training, but know it's a necessary means to my goal weight end, hence why I do JM videos cause it's the only way I'll stick to a regular strength training program).
  • maurierose
    maurierose Posts: 574 Member
    I prop my tablet up on my exercise bike... cover up the feedback screen..... ledge is PERFECT for it and the fan is positioned in just the right place to not be blocked by it........ and then I either read, flip through the news.... watch netflix, catch up on shows... you name it. Makes time pass SOOOOO much more quickly, and it's almost a treat to have that time to myself!!!
  • moran1917
    moran1917 Posts: 1,133 Member
    i like to crank up the music when i am running, or i watch tv. when i am doing dvd's i play with my dogs while i workout. they are always trying to help me with my push-ups and sit-ups!!
  • gehlerc
    gehlerc Posts: 651 Member
    I play madden football 2012 football on ps3 while I work out.

    LOL. My brother-in-law used to play Guitar Hero while on the treadmill.

    As for me, if I'm on the treadmill, I watch TV. If I'm walking / jogging outside, I do math problems in my head.
  • Kanzaki3
    Kanzaki3 Posts: 656 Member
    I constantly tell myself and my spotter how incredibly weak I am.
  • Dilfster
    Dilfster Posts: 416 Member
    i play the violin while Im running 7mph pace on the treadmill. lol. nah jk-- nothing interesting with me.. just a man and his thoughts.
  • Gordie580
    Gordie580 Posts: 154 Member
    Today, I did 88min of working out, and didn't even realise it. I do use my arms, on defense, all the time. I use an elipitcal, i get shin splints on treadmills.
  • kendib
    kendib Posts: 155 Member
    Depends on what exercise I'm doing. If I'm running I do nothing but run, it is my time to clear my head and NOT think. I usually read or watch tv if I'm using a machine at the gym.
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    Lip-synch to music blaring on my zune and daydream about... well.. everything.
  • BrittanyH8588
    BrittanyH8588 Posts: 77 Member
    While doing Zumba I am cursing and saying mean things to Beto and his little friends and their perfect abs and then to myself "If I keep working out like this I will have abs like all of them one day!!" And then when I do my calisthenics for 20 min I watch tv :)
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    Not sure if this is "interesting" or not... but I make faces at myself in the mirror at the gym while I'm strength training... keeps me amused, makes me work harder, and I think it keeps anyone from standing too close to me or stealing my weights :-)

    When I ride my bike trainer at home, I watch movies...
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    Depends. Days when I'm doing mundane workouts like wall squats, I read National Geographic. Running, I dance and lip sync in empty areas in the park. And everything else, I swear. A lot.
  • chrissismone
    chrissismone Posts: 116 Member
    I imagine I'm a stripper and I'm giving my best performance each time..I come out sweaty but in my head I had many a men make it ran in all hundreds.. other times I think about what I need to do when I get home or my future..
  • stetienne
    stetienne Posts: 560 Member
    Audio books on my Kindle Fire...great when walking/hiking.
  • foramanwhohashope
    foramanwhohashope Posts: 90 Member
    I push the world down.. not much else to do when you're blood related to Chuck Norris and shoot up heroin for breakfast...

    :)
  • mybeach27
    mybeach27 Posts: 243
    I blade my music with headphones in and watch the food channel on silent...its like torture though because when I go, Paula is usually on...:( but its like a test, to see if I can figure out what she's making and what ingredients she's using without the sound!!:)
  • raevynn
    raevynn Posts: 666 Member
    I usually read trashy vampire novels on my Nook...

    This evening, I watched three episodes of "Big Bang Theory" while walking. :)
  • shanahan_09
    shanahan_09 Posts: 238 Member
    Pretty much nothing except sweat and mentally curse trying to get more reps out. Will listen to tunes on the treadmill--when hiking, it's just me and nature...too chicken to listen to tunes then...live in cougar country. :ohwell:
  • angied80
    angied80 Posts: 713 Member
    Soooo I just realized when my workout partner is doing her sets, I breathe along with her as if I am doing it instead of her ! HA! I pointed it out to her and told her I was a freak. She never noticed because we bother wear our IPODS.
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 962 Member
    Does mentally snickering at the pretty boys in the gym do cable machine exercising while posing and watching themselves in the mirror count as interesting? That's about as good as it gets, I'm afraid...
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