Want to Quit

musicmint
musicmint Posts: 469
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Maybe my routine is so boring that I just want to quit but I don't want to run anymore. Any suggestions? what do you do when you feel like not wanting to do your routine anymore?

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  • sherlock_h
    sherlock_h Posts: 5
    I change it! I haven't exactly gotten bored with P90x, yet but before I started that which was a few days after I started trying to lose weight, I actually went on Tumblr and looked for workouts that people would post. You can also go on Youtube and look for workouts as there are PLENTY of them. (:
  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
    I change it! I haven't exactly gotten bored with P90x, yet but before I started that which was a few days after I started trying to lose weight, I actually went on Tumblr and looked for workouts that people would post. You can also go on Youtube and look for workouts as there are PLENTY of them. (:

    What she said!
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Maybe my routine is so boring that I just want to quit but I don't want to run anymore. Any suggestions? what do you do when you feel like not wanting to do your routine anymore?

    That's easy.....change it! Running is hardly the only form of exercise out there -
    walking
    hiking
    biking
    swimming
    lift weights
    calisthenics
    go to a gym - tread, elliptical, stairclimber, classes
    free on line workouts - body rock tv seems to be really popular although you can fine workouts on youtube as well
    dance dance dance - bellydance, poledance
    exercises DVD's
    yoga
  • musicmint
    musicmint Posts: 469
    Maybe my routine is so boring that I just want to quit but I don't want to run anymore. Any suggestions? what do you do when you feel like not wanting to do your routine anymore?

    That's easy.....change it! Running is hardly the only form of exercise out there -
    walking
    hiking
    biking
    swimming
    lift weights
    calisthenics
    go to a gym - tread, elliptical, stairclimber, classes
    free on line workouts - body rock tv seems to be really popular although you can fine workouts on youtube as well
    dance dance dance - bellydance, poledance
    exercises DVD's
    yoga

    There's dance workout videos on youtube????? Wow didnt know that
  • 1MoreRep91
    1MoreRep91 Posts: 28
    Zumba!! My wife does this @ the gym and it looks like a blast. Ya come out covered it sweat but when that class starts, there is all sorts of hootin and hollerin going on in there :)
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Change it. Running is boring. There's about 40 billion other exercises out there.
  • hellraisedfire
    hellraisedfire Posts: 403 Member
    You can learn to do a legit jumpstyle from Youtube videos!
  • jesusHchris
    jesusHchris Posts: 1,405 Member
    If you can, try to sign yourself up for something that involves other people and where they will notice if you are gone. Maybe some sort of class - yoga, martial arts, a boot camp, that sort of thing. There is usually a professional there who will have some experience mixing things up for people. You might even find something you really enjoy doing. Also, you will feel shamed if you skip out. ;)
  • Melanie_RS
    Melanie_RS Posts: 417 Member
    do you belong to a gym?

    when I got a little bored of running, I tried cycle class and I love it! you get to have someone else tell you what to do! Plus, it really increased my lung capacity and endurance for aerobic activity...which when I went back to running, I could run a heck of a lot longer and not get out of breath tired.

    I have to exert so much more cycling than running - running easy, cycling hard. try it!
  • kie_kie
    kie_kie Posts: 106 Member
    I know how your feeling. I have about 6 workout dvds at home including insanity n julians 30 shed which has multiple videos plus I also do yoga, running around the field or walking up the hill. I also have some workouts that are just a list of exercises and how many reps you should do plus I put some youtube videos in my play list to do... i love exercise tv videos. Also when school is in session I go to the gym or use the pool completely free no membership necessary plus my university has free aerobics, yoga and tae won do (s/p) classes for its students.

    I'm saying all this to show you that you have a lot of things to choose from. don't limit yourself, keep a wide variety so you wont get bored.

    I am a person who gets bored very easily so I do whatever workout that fits my mood for that day....
  • jzsor12
    jzsor12 Posts: 69
    take up something else

    cycling, yoga or even karate?
  • MFPBrandy
    MFPBrandy Posts: 564 Member
    So don't run. There's a million other active things you can do to stay fit. Unless you have a goal of running a marathon, or you have a job that requires you to be able to run very fast/very far, running is self-inflicted torture. Change it up. Go to a climbing gym & wall climb for an hour. Take a kickboxing class. Go salsa dancing with some friends. Do cartwheels on your front lawn. Staying healthy is hard enough without adding mind-numbing boredom to the mix.
  • musicmint
    musicmint Posts: 469
    I dont belong to a gym because I can't afford one LOL guess I'll take up the youtube suggestion

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