I hate strength training!

Find a way of getting it in that IS fun. Suspension trainers? Sandbags? Kettlebells? I am the opposite. I love strength training and hate cardio but kept trying different ones until I found one I liked.

u know wuts boring... doing tons of cardio.

So boring! I am a triathlete for 5 years now. Just completed my first half Ironman distance this fall (70.3 total miles) but I am SO SLOW! I know that strength training is the answer but I cannot afford the fun ones like Crossfit and tho I have a modest weight bench, bands, etc. at home, I have a hard time making myself use them consistently. Same for speed work and/or hill sprints. They are just not enjoyable like my cardio. Any advice besides suck it up and get it done? lol. Thanks!

See, I am odd...I hated cardio with a passion when I started. Now I get a little twitchy if I go more than 2-3 days without it. I started strength training 9 months ago and LOVE the muscles I am developing. I can now leg press more than my body weight.

I'm a big advocate of strength training but I have to admit..not a big fan of it. I just suck it up and do it because I know it's essential for my goals. Now that I'm becoming stronger there are certain exercises I'm digging....love working my back and doing dips! Pushups I'm starting to like too. But pull ups still make me wanna puke blahh. I agree with the poster who said crossfit and like workouts are really just cardio....you're using light weights, faster movements and muscle confusion, awesome workout!!..but cardio.

My advice, just pick up the 'heavy' weights and do it!

You know what I hate...indoor cardio training. Nothing as awful as moving and going nowhere. On a related note to this post though, I used to hate strength training. However, I always did it because I wanted to get faster. That did not last too long though, as doing something you don't like only means you will do it just long enough until you are fed up with it. So, I experimented with a lot of mind games. I tried watching movies that had really fit looking guys (my wife happily joined me in watching these, lol) and then I would tell myself...hey, I can look like that too. I tried many other things, but what finally worked for me was that I really just wanted to turn heads whenever I took off my shirt or walked on a beach or around a pool. Nothing like an ego booster to help motivate. Sadly, I still have a long way to go before I have that body...but I am still trying very hard to achieve it.

You sound like a competitive person. How about competing against yourself, or joining an online group, or competing against a buddy to improve your strength? Make it into a game and reward yourself for your gains.

It sounds too that you might do better at a gym where you have others around you and could silently compete against them.

Or....how about you have to do x minutes of strength training BEFORE you are allowed to go out for a run or go biking or swimming!

Good luck!

oooh! I just found some Jillian vids on YouTube!

Those are not strength training. They are cardio based.

I'm the total opposite. Despise cardio. Love strength. It's done wonders for my body. My favorite is compound moves. Burns more calories and you get more bang for your buck. Jari Love is the one that started me on my love for strength training.

What is a compound move? Something like a burpee or jump squats?

Essentially, multi-muscle moves such as; squat and arm curl or lunge and overhead press or curl to press.

So boring! I am a triathlete for 5 years now. Just completed my first half Ironman distance this fall (70.3 total miles) but I am SO SLOW! I know that strength training is the answer but I cannot afford the fun ones like Crossfit and tho I have a modest weight bench, bands, etc. at home, I have a hard time making myself use them consistently. Same for speed work and/or hill sprints. They are just not enjoyable like my cardio. Any advice besides suck it up and get it done? lol. Thanks!

I feel the same way about weights! So friggin' boring! I switched to mostly body weight exercises and have had much better success.

I am on week 6 (last week) of the 200 squat challenge (www.twohundredsquats.com) and it's made such a difference in my legs. More than I had imagined. And I'm stuggling with the 100 pushup challenge (www.onehundredpushups.com) and have just started the 150 dips challenge.

Don't get me wrong. These are not as fun as cardio and it's hard to do that many reps. But IMO it's much better than pumping iron and I've had better results (though that's probably due to better consistency).

1 - Crossfit is NOT strength training. It's using strength training movements to do cardio.

2 - I have yet to be bored with 350 over my neck waiting to crush my larynx.

I totaly agree......I'd skip the crossfit. Lift and make a challenge out of it. I hate leg day with every fiber of my being but I still do it. You have to MAKE yourself do it. Sooner or later it will become a habit.....

I'm a big advocate of strength training but I have to admit..not a big fan of it. I just suck it up and do it because I know it's essential for my goals. Now that I'm becoming stronger there are certain exercises I'm digging....love working my back and doing dips! Pushups I'm starting to like too. But pull ups still make me wanna puke blahh. I agree with the poster who said crossfit and like workouts are really just cardio....you're using light weights, faster movements and muscle confusion, awesome workout!!..but cardio.

My advice, just pick up the 'heavy' weights and do it!

I was just introduced to the linear leg press, and I LOVE it. I have only done it a few times, and I can do 208lbs, 3 sets of 10 reps. I also have been doing pull ups for 3 months. I used to need the whole 165 pounds of assist, but now I only need 115 pounds. Hopefully this winter I can get the money together to get a trainer and get into more weights.