I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!

ninerbuff

I don't like exercise..there I said it ..but I know I have to do it How do you get yourself to do it ??I mean I would rather give birth than get on a treadmill or put in a dvd and sweat

Does anyone else feel this way?? or am I just crazy??? I don't know how to make exercise a habit that I have got to do no matter what, please help!!

Gotta hate being overweight/fat more than you hate exercise to do it. Thing is once you get to goal, you should still keep exercising.
People hate what they are bad at or makes them feel uncomfortable. Find a PHYSICAL activity you enjoy and it will be better.

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rml_16

I don't like exercise..there I said it ..but I know I have to do it How do you get yourself to do it ??I mean I would rather give birth than get on a treadmill or put in a dvd and sweat

Does anyone else feel this way?? or am I just crazy??? I don't know how to make exercise a habit that I have got to do no matter what, please help!!

What do you like to do that's active? Do that.

I hate the treadmill, but I love being outside, so I walk, jog and hike outside. I listen to good music or the radio if I'm alone or have a great conversation if I go with friends.

I love to swim. I biked 32 miles (first time on a bike in 20-plus years!) with a couple friends. I enjoy rollerblading.

Even if you're in a cold climate, bundle up and go outside. I used to walk miles in below zero temps and sweat.

Any sports you enjoy? Join a team.

Just because it's fun doesn't mean it's not exercise. Just get out there and MOVE!

ebrown30

Get a buddy, I'm a total couch potato with out my sister. She is my motivation to get my lazy but to the gym. She and I are best friends and always have something to talk about while we work our so the time goes by faster and it helps to have some one waiting on you so you know you have to show up.

Good luck.

emilynw10

I just talked to my husband last night about this. As I was lying in a sweaty heap on the floor after some circuit training, I asked him, "When people say they 'love' exercising... they don't mean it, right?" He assured me they don't... they like the results and how they feel afterwards. I do legitimately enjoy running though (and not just for the results), so maybe some people really do like doing lunges until their legs are shaking so badly they literally can't stand anymore.

I would soooo much rather not eat than exercise. If I could look good with no muscles, I would probably sit on my butt all day (except the running, because I looooove racing). And exercise vs. child birth.... hahaha... no competition.

nadiB

you know I hate gym style exercise as well!!! BUT I am a very outdoorsy type of person, so I like to go hiking, I walk my dog twice a day, I walk to work rather than take the bus, in summer play on the beach, frizbee, rounders, football....whatever just find something active you actually enjoy doing and tada...exercise

Firefox7275

I don't like exercise..there I said it ..but I know I have to do it How do you get yourself to do it ??I mean I would rather give birth than get on a treadmill or put in a dvd and sweat

Does anyone else feel this way?? or am I just crazy??? I don't know how to make exercise a habit that I have got to do no matter what, please help!!

You are not crazy, you are totally normal. I did absolutely nothing until I was around 30 and got sick partly due to bad lifestyle choices. I FORCED myself to go twice a week the first winter, didn't honestly put much effort in but I did meet some nice people and find some great instructors. One day it just clicked for me - horrible weekend, nearly crying on the bus travelling to the gym but felt a million times better just one hour later! Eventually I retrained in lifestyle healthcare, my family think it is hilarious.

Find something you enjoy or get satisfaction from or can tolerate. Volunteer to walk dogs or for 'green gym', dance or go to the park or bowling or ice skating with your children, cycle to work. Sign up to a 5k or 10K fun run for a charity you feel passionate about and tell EVERYONE you are doing it so you will feel ashamed if you don't. Family or workplace pedometer challenge - everyone gets a pedometer and you all aim for your 10,000 step target each day, there are rewards and forfeits. You can check each other's pedometers or take photographs on your mobile phone.

If you can force yourself into a gym classes are particularly good for those who struggle with motivation, you get a fixed time to attend, social aspect, music and/ or choreography and/ or someone shouting to distract you. I find by the time I really feel like it's a living hell there is often only twenty minutes to go .... of which I tell myself ten is a cool down. Start out with a shorter or slower paced class - abs blast, yoga, Pilates etc - just whilst you develop a habit, or take breaks whenever you need them, keep a drink and towel at the side of the studio. Try different classes and different instructors of the same class type, you might surprise yourself what you enjoy say Boxercise for stress relief even tho you are not at all violent nor sporty.

There are also some interesting smartphone apps - Zombies Run! which is a game, Gym Pact whereby you get paid if you exercise and log it properly, but have to pay out if you fail to do anything. Many people find it VERY difficult to exercise at home because there are too many distractions, and find it difficult to go out to the gym again once they arrive home tired and sit down - they will go before work, in their lunchbreak or on the way home say. It's a case of working around your own excuses, planning how you will deal with obstacles, making it easy(ish) to exercise by having plenty of clean kit and a packed gym bag in your car or by the front door.

bushidowoman

I never liked exercise, either, which is why I never stuck with it before! Treadmills, running, exercise DVDs...not for me! Ugh!

But I do like kicking and punching on the heavy bag hanging in my shed, "fighting zombies" with my bokken, swinging nunchaku around making Bruce Lee sounds, sparring with my husband, going to class a couple nights a week and hanging with the guys. And there is always that "next level" that I am working toward. There are always tests to pass, tournaments to train for, a new weapon or kata to learn. That's what keeps me going. I've been doing this for ten years now, and I can't see myself ever quitting.

So yeah, I'm gonna join in with everyone who says keep looking until you find something that lights your fire. There just has to be something out there just for YOU!