What do you do while working out?

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  • JustTheBeebs
    JustTheBeebs Posts: 124 Member
    get in my own zone headphones in with music.
    Zone everyone else out so i concentrate on my own workout, im there for me.

    Not to watch other people, perv on the hot girl in the gym on get annoyed when people jump on the treadmill next to me.....get over it!

    so yeah i just pump myself up and do my own thing
  • sclarktiw
    sclarktiw Posts: 217
    I have been known to play PS3 while on my elliptical at home.

    I would do that when I am at home on my turnarounds too! My wife would get cranky about it...unfortunately I dont have a stationary bike where I am staying so I cant do it otherwise I would have the world rid of zombies in no time flat!!!

    So alas it is music on the iphone.
  • BlackTimber
    BlackTimber Posts: 230 Member
    I absolutely hate indoor steady state cardio. So there is no need to add TV or music. I just don't do it. I get outside and walk, jog and run when I can. My indoor cardio is limited to putting my bike on the trainer and doing sprint sessions. When lifting (I have some weights in the basement) I typically play some classical music to help pass the resting times. I can block it out when actually doing the lifting.

    Soon it will be warm enough and I can get back outside on my bike!!!
  • HOLLEE85
    HOLLEE85 Posts: 89
    Only music.....Music is my life
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    sweat.

    This, only a lot.
  • rfsatar
    rfsatar Posts: 599 Member
    Last couple of weeks I have had to try and NOT fall off equipment while following the Australian Open Tennis livescores in the morning, during my workout...!
    But normally - it is music all the way for me/half watching the subtitled news on the treadmill/elliptical
  • mruntidy
    mruntidy Posts: 1,015 Member
    I think, a lot. In fact i think i do my best thinking in the gym whilst i am working out.
  • Dlibo1013
    Dlibo1013 Posts: 883 Member
    Tunes :-)
  • AussieTrainer
    AussieTrainer Posts: 171
    I concentrate intensely on my body and the workout the entire time..
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Listening to music, watching the clock (in between sets), watching Sky Sports ticker feed, people watching, bullying myself to work harder, and daydreaming.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    While working out I like to workout...
  • Cynduck
    Cynduck Posts: 255 Member
    Watching something on Netflix from my phone if I am at the Y. From home it's the tv. I need something to keep my mind focused on something else.
  • walkwithme1
    walkwithme1 Posts: 492 Member
    Breaking bad!


    Music.....loud!
    When I'm spinning I watch a movie on my phone.....I won't get off till its over.
  • BadAzzBea
    BadAzzBea Posts: 461
    I try to do cardio while my favorite shows are on (Sometimes ya kinda get caught up on the show and when that tv seems to be getting smaller, you realize youre on a treadmill!) or I just listen to music.
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    I watch the tvs at the gym but sometimes I get a little too involved in them and almost fall off the treadmill when I'm running
  • jonwv
    jonwv Posts: 362 Member
    Sometimes I will crank up some metal while at the gym but most of the time I want it quiet..I seem to lift better
  • beckstar41
    beckstar41 Posts: 10 Member
    I listen to Motion Trax for workouts and music and audio books on my bike
  • skcardiog
    skcardiog Posts: 316 Member
    I pray . . . I pray I don't drown while on my rowing machine.
  • North44
    North44 Posts: 359 Member
    When I take a walk I listen to podcasts about my fave team the Packers. Now that the season is over I'll probably listen to music, or nothing, until draft time comes up.
  • allenhandley
    allenhandley Posts: 134 Member
    Music on mp3 while running, lifting, sit-ups etc. When on bike sing to myself. Man, i get some strange looks on group rides LOL
  • dawncolleen0120
    dawncolleen0120 Posts: 29 Member
    I like to listen to music on the MP3 player, which really makes me step it up. As a former marching band member, I can't not walk at the speed of the music . So last time I walked I did some serious hills and I swear you have a whole different attitude climbing hills to "Walking on Sunshine" or Gloria Estavan singing "Get On Your Feet". :)
  • EmpressOrange
    EmpressOrange Posts: 40
    When I'm on the stationary bike, I watch tv shows. Usually something fast paced.
    I stumbled across Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss edition. Watching morbidly obese people shed all that weight really motivates you, and gives you no excuse to slow down.
    Sometimes I play Words With Friends on my IPhone when pedaling. It really helps pass the time, and I'm still able to pedal quickly.
  • TodayYesterday
    TodayYesterday Posts: 42 Member
    Music! Though, I want to sing along, which might not be a good idea at the gym ;)
  • athorp127
    athorp127 Posts: 13 Member
    I ALWAYS have to have music or i can't focus. :)
  • lveh8lve
    lveh8lve Posts: 162 Member
    I watch random Showtime series on my iPad (free wifi at my gym!) and wait for the guy next to me on the treadmill to see some boobies and almost fall. But thats only doable for cardio.

    When I lift, it's hard rock all the way.
  • happyhaunt
    happyhaunt Posts: 180 Member
    Listen to music... try and zone out and imagine myself somewhere else. I love watching TV when I'm at the gym but most of the time when I'm working out, there is nothing interesting on tv.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,281 Member
    Only music.

    This. Anything else and I can't keep up the rhythm or pace.
  • Bakkasan
    Bakkasan Posts: 1,027 Member
    Music for jogging, movies for elliptical, talk radio for lifting(wtf right?)
  • xoxomarshmallow
    xoxomarshmallow Posts: 675
    I love to listen to music on my phone :)
  • cthouin
    cthouin Posts: 8 Member
    Either music or watching old episodes on TV of Roseanne

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