what do you do while working out?

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  • Nefetete
    Nefetete Posts: 343 Member
    Music for cardio only.
    Can’t do strength training with music, throws off my concentration somehow.
  • MariaChele85
    MariaChele85 Posts: 267 Member
    Music for cardio only.
    Can’t do strength training with music, throws off my concentration somehow.
    Same here. I'm usually counting to myself, cant concentrate with msic in my ears.
  • RobfromLakewood
    RobfromLakewood Posts: 684
    iPod, with either sports interview podcasts, embarrassingly unmacho ballads among the music or some audiobook.
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    For those people who claim "If you can talk / read etc you're not working out"

    I think this is a rather narrow minded view - and without wanting to point fingers, its generally the one held by those who are lifters.

    I completely agree that strength training requires concentration and good form - back ground music might be on but you cant be focused on it at all. However...

    People who want to spend an hour in the gym walking on a tread mill or doing the equivalent on a bike are doing legitimate exercise. Its lower impact sure, but this is a great way into weight loss and exercise routine. In other cases it might be that its a kind of relaxation rather than a heavy work out. Heck - I'm a Triathlete/Marathon runner and there are some rest/recovery days when I'm stuck in a hotel in a strange city on a rainy day and actually going for a half hour walk is a great way to stretch out the muscles. And I could read a book doing that (if I wanted to).

    Exercise classes and high-rep type circuits are well suited to listening to music
    Endurance CV is fine for music or watching TV.

    Talking on a 20 mile social run is normal- encouraged even!

    Horses for courses people - open your minds.
  • pat_asai
    pat_asai Posts: 21 Member
    Mostly SWEAT!
  • kristinlc88
    kristinlc88 Posts: 63 Member
    When I'm doing my strength training, nothing. There's usually music playing, but I mostly concentrate on counting my reps.

    I do cardio for an hour every day, and I usually watch a movie or tv show on my iPhone to make it go a little faster. I still get in 11-13 miles each time, and I work up a pretty nice sweat, so I don't agree at all that you can't workout while watching tv.
  • RECowgill
    RECowgill Posts: 881 Member
    Sweat way too much. I'm gross. :smokin:
  • ingeh
    ingeh Posts: 513 Member
    If im doing a cardio workout then I usually do it along with a cardio dvd or youtube workout. If Im on my indoor rower il put youtube on and watch make up/beauty/clothes videos (im such a girl!) or put music on as it gives me a time frame to work with, So say I tell myself work through a 10 min video or 3 songs. Il listen to music when I do a kettlebell workout as it helps pass the time

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