What are you favourite and least favourite exercises?

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  • karensoxfan
    karensoxfan Posts: 902 Member
    Favorites:
    Barbell squats
    Lat Pulldowns
    Romanian 1-leg deadlifts
    Elliptical
    Rowing Machine

    Least Favorites:
    Planks
    Front squat/push press
    jump lunges
    jumping jacks
    treadmill (except I love HIIT).
  • LilMissSunshine_
    LilMissSunshine_ Posts: 520
    I loathe pushups and pullups.
  • MuddyEquestrian
    MuddyEquestrian Posts: 366 Member
    I love the eliptical or jogging
    I HATE planks and squats but do them all the time anyways~!
  • shamr0ck
    shamr0ck Posts: 296 Member
    I hate, hate, HATE butt blasters. They are basically a weighted donkey kick using the Smith machine. But oh, they do such nice things to my hams and glutes....

    I love heavy leg day, especially deadlifts and leg presses.
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    Favorite: Deadlifts and 200 meter sprint.

    Least favorite: Distance running.
  • m16shane
    m16shane Posts: 393 Member
    Mountain climbers suck!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I don't like dancing or any of those typical "aerobics" type videos with froo-froo music and leotards.

    My favorite is riding a bike, but I have no bike right now, so I have settled on jogging for now.
  • cannotfailunlessyoustoptrying
    cannotfailunlessyoustoptrying Posts: 90
    I hate pushups, and power jumps in insanity. EW!
    but I have grown to love burpees, jogging, and ab work.
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    Favorite:
    Deadlift
    Bench Press
    Shoulder Press
    One arm bent over rows

    Love/Hate:
    Squats

    Neutral...I do them, but I don't really like them:
    Pullups/pulldowns.

    LOL's:
    Shrugs
    forearm curls
    skullcrushers into close grip presses (seriously, WTF here meatheads?)

    Now to excercises that I make no judgement on, I just don't like doing:
    anything isolating abs
    cleans
    bicep curls
    flys
    upright rows
    endurance cardio of any kind
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Favorite(s): Leg Press/calf raises, Dips, pec flyes, chest press

    Least: DREADmill, elliptical, stationary bike, squats
  • LMSCROGG
    LMSCROGG Posts: 35 Member
    I will be honest, my least favourite are Jillain Michaels dvds. Though they are quite effective with the results. They are way too painful on my back and knee(I have Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome) And I in all honestly do not enjoy one moment of the exercise. I pretty much end up feeling like I'm either going to faint or have a heart attack. And I did give it a good try. I managed 11 days of the 30 Day Shred, but only 3 days of Banish Fat Boost Metabolism.

    No doubt some people actually enjoy her workouts and good on you. But for me, it's like a form of torture :indifferent:

    They say, the workout that you will stick to, is the workout you enjoy. So pretty much, that is why I never finished the 30 Day Shred and gave up pretty fast on the other one.

    So far I have found enjoyment wise, I like walking, which is especially good for if I'm feeling the least motivated, as it's easy! The Kerry Katona workout dvd and Zumba. EA Active 2 is quite good too. But I guess I get unmotivated about how long it takes to set things up for that. Pretty much for me, if it's relatively easy to start and get ready for, I don't need as much motivation. Though, I don't think working out in my jeans and regular top is so sensible!
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    I had to "quote" this just to make sure I did not miss anything :-)
    I was going good on 30 day shred (with modified techniques) until I went to level 3...needless to say, it has not been done again ever since. I was doing EA 2 as well and then started 30 day shred. I am now between zumba (dvd's and classes) and Sean T's Rockin Body. I like them a lot more. It is fun for me. I close my door to my bedroom and just go. I need my exercise to be convenient and fun. But after reading this I might pop in my EA Sport 2 again.
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Favs: road running, step, weighted squats and wood chops

    Hats: lateral raises, arnold presses, yoga and dry treadmill runs
  • LALOCHA34
    LALOCHA34 Posts: 340 Member
    Favorite: Jogging, Biking, Hiking (any activity outdoors). I am so glad it is cooling down in Houston now.
    Least Favorite: Jumping Planks, stair stepper, elliptical (my feet go numb after a few minutes)
  • woodsygirl
    woodsygirl Posts: 354 Member
    Favorite: Squats
    Hate: YTWL (I'm truly embarrassed to grab light dumbbells, and I have to for these...)
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
    Favorite: Mountain biking, road biking, jogging, hiking

    Least favorite: Pretty much anything to do with weights and/or calisthenics. I don't know why, but I will ride/run all day long but would rather have hot pokers stuck in my eyes than lift weights (although I know I need to).
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Burpees suck..... The end.....

    This.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    I hate yoga more than anything. really, anything i can give 100% effort to and still not break a sweat (i.e. Walking, yoga, dancing, tae bo) and i get bored. im like, "can i jump yet? is it time to sprint yet? is it still yoga if i do burpees in between vinyasas?"

    I like Insanity (because if you arent having a stroke, youre still in the warmup!) i also like really heavy strength training. ive recently started to like tennis, because my fiance and i are terrible at it and it turns into sprinting and jumping pretty fast.
  • Yrla
    Yrla Posts: 19
    I have a lot of favourites - but perhaps cycling comes first, especially days like today when I went on a three-hour bike ride in the sunshine with my sister. A close second is the circuit training (mostly weights and bodyweight exercises) I do at home - I love how you can get such an incredibly hard workout with so little equipment. Mind you, few things beat a really good run... To be honest, I think what my favourite workout is depends on my mood!

    My least favourite are any kind of group exercise classes - I absolutely hate working out in a room full of lots of other people.
  • Elen_Sia
    Elen_Sia Posts: 638 Member
    Favorite: Cycling

    Non-favorite: V-Ups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuAquZKVuUk)
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Running and running.
    I love it and hate it.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Love - walking
    Hate - push-ups and sit-ups
  • HerBravado
    HerBravado Posts: 392 Member
    love--kickboxing. <3 also walking/running, aerobics, dancing.
    hate--squats, & anything involving that i get on the floor. lmao.

    sometimes i really dread weight training;
    i need to force myself to do it. :I
  • mermegan
    mermegan Posts: 143
    I love and hate the same exercises. Hate them because they're painful, love them because they kick my booty and give me results:

    Running stairs
    Burpees w/pushup
    Sprinting in sand

    I do really, really love hot yoga though (don't think there's any hate there!)
  • Salvi30
    Salvi30 Posts: 196 Member
    My favorite would be strength training, and my least favorite would be the elliptical.
  • getfitnow33
    getfitnow33 Posts: 38
    :noway: My least fav would be anything at the gym! i hate going to the gym its just torture!!!!

    My Fav would be Kettle Worx and just walking love JUST WALKING! i am not that person that loves to workout and dont think i ever will be. In fact i hate it and hate is a very strong word! :sad: :cry: :grumble: :explode: :angry: :mad:

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  • jodilo88
    jodilo88 Posts: 63
    My favorite so far is the Wii Fit workout. I really only do yoga and strength training on it and get my cardio elsewhere (cleaning around the house, "dance parties" ((LOL)), the occasional workout DVD) but it really works up a sweat on me, especially the strength training.

    My least favorite is anything super progressed...what I mean by that is there's absolutely no beginner level...which I desperately need. Lol.
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    my fav's are walking, bike riding, hiking, swimming
    I hate push ups and pull ups
  • tvanhooser
    tvanhooser Posts: 326 Member
    I'd have to say that my LEAST favorite is most ANY fitness video. Fitness Blenders are the only ones I've ever found that don't just make me want to punch the model in the nose after about 30 seconds with all that perky, perfect body "act like you like it" load of smelly things!! As to favorites...I think "favorite" is too strong a word in my case...more like the most tolerable, or the ones I DISLIKE the least, the ones I will stick with in spite of myself...and those would have to be biking and swimming (on the rare occasion I get to use a pool); and then those Fitness Blender videos I mentioned above.
  • Superbritt2drescu
    Superbritt2drescu Posts: 273 Member
    Fav- running, lifting heavy things
    Dislike- swimming(pool is always packed)
  • Sthrncupcake
    Sthrncupcake Posts: 79 Member
    Most fav- DEFINITELY strength training...least favorite- BURPEES

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