I hate lifting

Bumdrahp

I do sweat in the pool, I feel the prickle when it starts. I just don't have to deal with it!

I walk too, so thats good for the bones stuff

I think it's important for everyone to find some form of exercise they enjoy. The probability for success increases exponentially. Good for you for finding what you enjoy.

Oh... And, good luck with your "bones stuff". :noway:

Yeaaaaaahhhh, about that....

:noway:

kelbwjax

Not trying to be provocative but I guess there are others like me out there.

I love to swim, I am training to swim 2 miles in open water in August. I love moving through water, goign further and faster and I adore the head space training gives me.

I have tried with lifting, I have done free weights and machines, I have done bodyweight stuff. And you know what I hate it, I hate sweating, I hate forcing myself to do it and I hate the constant DOMS. SO I have stopped.

It may be that I am doing my body a dis service, and I feel bad about it, but the best way to keep active is doing something you love and can carry on doing

Not sure what results you are hoping for whether it is weight-loss, or general fitness. However, weightlifting is certainly worth every little bit of sweat produced by your body. If your not willing to sweat, your not going to get the results you want in the long run. Sweating is a sign that your body is working correctly, that it is cleansing itself of toxins, improving circulation, and yes even burning calories. Weight lifting will also strengthen your body and make you a better swimmer. Everyone hates something, and would rather not do it.... But your drive and willpower can overcome anything if it is what you really want (results). Sometimes you need to get out of your comfort zone to get the results you long for. Throughout this site you can see success stories and the big difference in these is weightlifting. I, myself began running for a month, my endurance improved, but my body visibly did not, when I did get serious about weightlifting I started seeing results almost immediately. It takes 21 days to make a habit and 66 days to stick with for years or even a lifetime.

6550mom

Not trying to be provocative but I guess there are others like me out there.

I love to swim, I am training to swim 2 miles in open water in August. I love moving through water, goign further and faster and I adore the head space training gives me.

I have tried with lifting, I have done free weights and machines, I have done bodyweight stuff. And you know what I hate it, I hate sweating, I hate forcing myself to do it and I hate the constant DOMS. SO I have stopped.

It may be that I am doing my body a dis service, and I feel bad about it, but the best way to keep active is doing something you love and can carry on doing

Yep, I'm the total opposite. I dislike cardio intensely, but LOVE weightlifting. I never got a runner's high from running, but get that feeling from lifting. It's interesting and most of my friends cannot believe I don't love the feeling of a good run.

People are different. Your last sentence may sum it up. I prefer the do most of what you love as your main workout. But, consider adding other things as supplements if it's also good for you. I will do the step mill stairmaster thing or treadmill or short jogs outside just a couple days a week even though I don't love it because I do want to maintain some cardio health.

Is there a shorter lifting workout or some types of lifts that you do like? If you feel guilty or like you are missing something, maybe you could find a short, supplemental workout that you don't hate too much to add in?

Good luck and keep up the swimming. No doubt that is very good for you. I am a horrible swimmer unless I have a snorkel in my mouth

Mainebikerchick

I LOVE lifting and LOVE to sweat!!! It means you're getting a workout!!! So, I guess you can either work it and sweat or not. Obviously the choice is yours, but lifting is what will make you strong for the long haul.

Isakizza

I LOVE CARDIO!

Recently decided to try heavy lifting as well only cuz I want a well rounded workout. I personally think you need to DO WHAT YOU LOVE. If it's lifting, lift! Cardio... go for it!

We're all different beings and don't have to all do what everyone else is doing, just do something. I personally have an idea of how I want my body to look, and I cannot get that without lifting. So now, with my cardio, I'm also hitting the weight room.

To each it's own :happy:


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Tricep_A_Tops

So do I!! Finding the fountain of youth really sucks!

Brownsbacker4evr

I like lifting, but I hate all the macho-wannabe-*kitten* that tend to come with the territory. A shoulder injury is keeping me back from lifting so I've taken up swimming...and I love it. Definitely a lot more than lifting.

Mother_Superior

"Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker."
Apollo Creed

DavPul

Meh. If you don't like to lift, don't lift. Lifting isn't required, resistance training is. While it doesn't offer the total resistance of lifting, swimming will probably give you the benefits that you need. And if you love it, do it. I'm not gonna tell you to do something you hate. I hate running, so I don't run. I've found other things give me the cardio benefits of running....except I actually enjoy them.

To each their own and you damn sure don't owe me an apology or an explanation.

WDEvy

i LOATHE it. It makes me nauseous every time. I takes me a good 20-30 min of rest after lifting but.... I still do it. Definitely not as often as I should but I know that I'll never achieve my goal without doing it. It's called sucking it up.

tinak33

Maybe I'm the weird one but I love DOMS. When I get sore, I spend all day poking at the sore muscle, just kind of enjoying the ache.

^^^hahaha I do that too!! :laugh:

Mguilmot

I didn't lift either. Didn't stop me from losing all the weight. Just do what you like.

yo_andi

Hyperbolic post is hyperbolic.

jonnythan

Excuse me, I have deadlifts to do.

kelbwjax

Yes, that's what fitness is all about ... being comfortable and doing only what we like.

Look, I don't like sweating either. I like cranking the A/C down to about 60 and chilling out and watching movies all day. But that ain't gonna make the magic happen with this body (especially considering my refusal to stop eating steak, cheese, chocolate, and peanut butter). It's not going to allow me to admire my *kitten* in every mirror I walk past. So I do what I have to do. I lift heavy weights.

I hate any and all forms of cardio, but I still do it (HIIT barbell & kettlebell complexes) because it's good for my heart to get it beating out of its comfort zone.

I think it's time we all got over the idea that everything we do is supposed to be a fun time.

THIS.

odusgolp

I Hate Lamp!

iulia_maddie

I hate running. Off to start a thread about how much I hate running.

NutellaAddict

I hate running. Off to start a thread about how much I hate running.

Beat me to it..damn.

odusgolp

I Hate Pulp.

Mother_Superior

Meh. If you don't like to lift, don't lift. Lifting isn't required, resistance training is. While it doesn't offer the total resistance of lifting, swimming will probably give you the benefits that you need. And if you love it, do it. I'm not gonna tell you to do something you hate. I hate running, so I don't run. I've found other things give me the cardio benefits of running....except I actually enjoy them.

To each their own and you damn sure don't owe me an apology or an explanation.

QFMFT

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

Meh. If you don't like to lift, don't lift. Lifting isn't required, resistance training is. While it doesn't offer the total resistance of lifting, swimming will probably give you the benefits that you need. And if you love it, do it. I'm not gonna tell you to do something you hate. I hate running, so I don't run. I've found other things give me the cardio benefits of running....except I actually enjoy them.

To each their own and you damn sure don't owe me an apology or an explanation.

^ This here.

Do what you love.

lucillebluth

I don't think there's anything wrong with that, as long as you are still being active. I hate cardio and I hate the idea of forcing myself to sweat..but once I get started I'm fine. I like kettlebells a lot more than traditional lifting

erinsueburns

Always lots of opinions on this subject. But it is pertinent to know that there are about a million different ways to exercise and the "traditional" ones may not be your cup of tea. For the record though, there is a such thing as aquatic strength training. You use floating dumbbells and it is INCREDIBLY hard. I can't say if it has any perceptible effects on bone mass. But I have personal anecdata from when I took such a class after I jacked up my knee, and I saw some pretty good results with muscular strengthand endurance. And they are relatively inexpensive:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001W1Z3OE/ref=asc_df_B001W1Z3OE2490965?smid=A2KL6DTWD7RBVL&tag=nextagusmp0382415-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395105&creativeASIN=B001W1Z3OE

There isn't a ton of research:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17194242
http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1361&context=ijes
http://www.institutosarkis.com.br/v1/artigos/novos/Effects_of_aquatic_resistance_training_on_neuromuscular_perf.pdf

It might be worth a try to see if you like it.

ChrisLindsay9

Hate the constant DOMS?

If you stick with a routine for more than a couple of weeks then you'll stop getting it.

Sweating?

Well, when I do cardiovascular type work, I sweat like a pig. Don't really sweat so much when I'm lifting though......

At the end of the day, you don't have to do anything you don't like. You can certainly live a healthy, happy life without lifting.

Just wanted to throw my 100% support and agreement to this comment.

PrettyPearl88

Not trying to be provocative but I guess there are others like me out there.

I love to swim, I am training to swim 2 miles in open water in August. I love moving through water, goign further and faster and I adore the head space training gives me.

I have tried with lifting, I have done free weights and machines, I have done bodyweight stuff. And you know what I hate it, I hate sweating, I hate forcing myself to do it and I hate the constant DOMS. SO I have stopped.

It may be that I am doing my body a dis service, and I feel bad about it, but the best way to keep active is doing something you love and can carry on doing

There are many things in life that I hate doing:
-I don't enjoy lifting weights
-I hate taking showers
-I hate shaving my legs
-I hate waking in the morning
-I hate cooking
-I hate not being able to eat brownies and ice cream every day
-I hate going to the dentist
-I hate studying ALL THE FREAKING TIME (I'm in law school lol)
-I hate cleaning

But I do all of those things. Why?? Because many things in life are a pain to do, but the RESULTS are so worth it and I want them so bad, that I'm willing to suck it up for a few minutes and do what I hate doing. I don't enjoy lifting weights, but I want to be stronger, more fit, and healthier SO BADLY, that it's worth sucking it up for 30 minutes 3 times a week. I hate taking showers and shaving my legs, but I LOVE the feeling of being clean and hair-free, so I suck it up and just do it every day. I hate cooking, but a home-cooked healthy is SO WORTH THE PAIN of cooking it lol! I hate not eating brownies and ice cream everyday, but I would rather eat them on special occasions because my health is more important to me. I hate studying so much in law school, but if I want to do well and succeed, I have it and it'll be worth it in the end. I hate cleaning, but I LOVE the feeling of a clean house.

So evaluate how important the results from lifting weights are to you. How badly do you want it? If you don't really care, then don't lift. But if you REALLY, REALLY want the results, you just gotta suck it up and do it! That's life! But it'll be worth it in the end.

baptiste565

do what u love. a good diet and active lifestyle is the key. there r sooo many weight lifters who r not healthy.

Joreanasaurous

Uh... Good for you? If you don't enjoy weight lifting don't do it. Easy. Done. I don't like yoga. I find it cultish and boring so I don't do it. What ever. I am a bit confused what bone stuff is being covered by walking though?

Rosplosion

Oh, jeez. Find something you love. Something sustainable for YOU. Don't listen to anyone else unless you are willing to suffer through somethin you aren't stoked about.

Lupercalia

Cool. Nobody is going to make you lift the big bad weights.

I must say, I don't understand the point of creating a thread from a place of total negativity. You said you weren't trying to be provocative, but if that was the truth, you would have just started a thread talking about how great swimming is rather than seeking negative attention.

Crankstr

I Hate Pulp.

Poor Pulp.