What do you do while you execise?

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  • krazemags
    krazemags Posts: 21
    I normally just watch/listen to something without commercials. Commercials when I'm working out drives me flippin bonkers. I also will read or play sudoku on my kindle.
  • Nicks_scotland
    Nicks_scotland Posts: 77
    Sweat usually.... If nto I'm doing it wrong.... I usually end up crumpled up in a sweaty ball on the floor at the end of my workout....

    ^^This, but when I am still upright and working out hard, I normally day dream about hot men with hipdents. This can occupy my mind off the pain of working out for hours :wink:
  • domgirl85
    domgirl85 Posts: 295 Member
    I used to listen to music and read or tweet when I only walked lol! Now that I run I can only listen to music. I get too dizzy to do anything else while running :P
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Treadmill at home, so TV usually... catch up on DVR, watch news or other live shows, etc. Sometimes use tablet or listen to music. I love my treadmill so much, that I'm making plans to build a portable desk on it to use while teleworking. Seriously! I only need it to hold a portable fan and my work laptop and BB, so it should be a relatively easy thing to build. If anybody has built one, PM me. I'm not spending the insane $ they charge for dedicated ones.
  • kitkatkate77
    kitkatkate77 Posts: 24
    I like to work out to excercise videos, so usually I'm concentrating on not tripping over my own feet and keeping up with the moves, as I'm the opposite of coordinated.
  • jenns1964
    jenns1964 Posts: 384 Member
    I Breathe!
  • kitkatkate77
    kitkatkate77 Posts: 24
    Also, I curse at the workout instructors. A lot.
  • dangerxbadger
    dangerxbadger Posts: 396 Member
    Music is a must for all of my workouts (especially runs), but mostly I just focus on the workout itself. I want to get the most I can out of my time and don't want my attention split.
  • Strangelyinsane
    Strangelyinsane Posts: 120 Member
    Audio books while I walk. Currently: John Scalzi and the Old Man's War with sequels.
  • leeanneowens
    leeanneowens Posts: 319 Member
    I close my eyes and pray it will be over soon. lol


    :laugh:
  • whitmars106
    whitmars106 Posts: 118 Member
    I listen to Pandora, and get on Facebook.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Daydream during my step aerobics class and then I mess up- lol! :laugh:
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
    Make waffles.

    How do you avoid getting the batter all over the treadmill?
  • jjlang25
    jjlang25 Posts: 3
    I am usually rolling my eyes at my trainer LOL, thankfully he is patient.. But I found having someone who knows what they are doing help me through my exercise was huge in my progress and he is entertaining so i rarely get bored!
  • nharder1
    nharder1 Posts: 110 Member
    It depends on what I am doing. If I am doing a hard, intense workout, I focus on that and get motivated with angry screaming rock music. If I am leisurely walking, I can watch something.


    While I workout on a treadmill I like to watch hulu or netflix. I got caught up on my shows like Scandal, Spiderman and others. This allow me to tune out how long I been on the treadmill. I can stay on the treadmill for an hour to a hour and half and burn 1000 plus calories. What do you do while you workout?
  • Typhanee83
    Typhanee83 Posts: 309 Member
    I sweat, moan, and use a lot of four letter words.
  • susanmarnold
    susanmarnold Posts: 142
    I workout. And concentrate on working out.
  • coe28
    coe28 Posts: 715 Member
    I practice my chanting.

    "ONLY 10 MORE MINUTES, ONLY 10 MORE MINUTES, ONLY 10 MORE MINUTES, ONLY 10 MORE MINUTES, ONLY 9 MORE MINUTES!!"
  • Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt
    Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt Posts: 226 Member
    I have a stationary bike propped in front of the TV at home, so I watch TV while I'm biking. Particularly Biggest Loser and the like, because then I can't whine about how hard a 1/2 hour on a bike feels, watching the stuff they're doing. At work, there's a little TV in the gym by the treadmill and elliptical, so same thing (that, or put on my Pandora channel to "80's cardio" and pretend I'm in a an epic training montage).
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    When I'm at the gym with my trainer, we talk about food. 90% of my time on lifting days is spent talking recipes, cooking techniques, foods we like, foods we don't .. she's about as food-centric as me.
  • angdpowers
    angdpowers Posts: 311 Member
    If you are seeing results while rapidly walking on a treadmill, please let me know!! This actually sounds fun. :D

    I do HIIT on the treadmil -- walking -- but the speed and high incline not only sheds the wt because of the high heart rate, but builds the muscle because of the incline. I've lots 10lbs in 23 days and my overall goal is 30lbs. Shedding it pretty quick and I was only aiming for 1lb/wk
  • fougamou
    fougamou Posts: 200 Member
    I will admit it, I use an elliptical and a stationary bike simply because I can read my nook and exercise at the same time.


    People talk about women not wanting to lift because of fear of bulking up..BWAHHHH.. in my case its because I cannot read.


    (And not accepting criticism for either, it makes me happy and is better than not exercising)
  • angdpowers
    angdpowers Posts: 311 Member
    What do you do while you workout?

    If I'm on the treadmil, then I watch my favorite shows -- in the mornings there are actually music videos!! Say WHAAAAAT???!!! haha

    If I'm doing a different type of workout (ie TaeBo, Jillian Michaels, P90x), I can't think of ANYTHING but what I'm doing. I really try to focus on whatever the muscle group/goal is --- to make that mind/body connection! :)
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    i knit scarves. LMAO!

    seriously, while running on the treadmill i watch either the food network or E
  • NakedLunchTime
    NakedLunchTime Posts: 559
    If I am doing cardio, hopefully I am working too hard to watch TV or read. I usually listen to music or I also find audiobooks a good distraction because you don't have to use your eyes. Current audiobook/distractor for long workouts - Tina Fey's Bossypants (read by her = hilarious).

    I don't understand this. I work out hard while doing cardio and I have no problem keeping my eyes on my phone while watching netflix

    <<<<< Hard worker over here
  • aepdx
    aepdx Posts: 218 Member
    I stare at a paint chip on the wall in front of the treadmill. Sometimes I try to heal it with my mind. No luck yet.

    hahaha
  • jaybird110
    jaybird110 Posts: 16 Member
    I love to put my phone on the treadmill, hook up the headphones and watch/listen to upbeat, fast-paced music videos.
  • Kimberley197222
    Kimberley197222 Posts: 7 Member
    I love to listen to NJ Classic House Music on my Ipod . . . . It's the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Fitness4Paul
    Fitness4Paul Posts: 166 Member
    Netflix while doing cardio. I watch thriller/action stuff. It's funny but I have noticed I'm kicking it harder when there is action stuff going on in the show.....
  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
    Sweat.

    And sometimes I rage internally when this happens

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