HATE exercise

katisere
katisere Posts: 34 Member
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Anyone else here just hate exercise. I do it most days, I mix between 30 day shred, kettlebells, spinning and just general walking, but I bloody hate it. I wish I actually enjoyed it but it just seems like such an epic chore each day...


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  • Thechiplover
    Thechiplover Posts: 118
    I'm like you but I love the feeling after a workout
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    I hate running worse than fat kids hate being naked in a locker room. I still do it, just not as much as I lift. For me, the gym is for picking up ridiculously heavy ****, not running on a high tech hamster wheel. Find something you can enjoy, and get at it. ;)
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Anyone else here just hate exercise. I do it most days, I mix between 30 day shred, kettlebells, spinning and just general walking, but I bloody hate it. I wish I actually enjoyed it but it just seems like such an epic chore each day...

    Do a sport then. Like the outdoors? You're in Scotland so take up rock climbing! Or scrambling.
  • Mhaney
    Mhaney Posts: 467 Member
    LOVE IT

    try a martial art or something......
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    Pilates is fun...and it increases flexibility. Same with Yoga.

    You don't look in your picture like you have a ton to lose. I enjoy walking if I take my husband or dog...I don't mind the gym if I'm watching a show on my smart phone or on their TV's or if I find good music to listen to.

    I don't particularly enjoy working out but I do it anyway.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I echo the "do something you enjoy" crowd. If it isn't something you enjoy, why not find something you do. I like running and picking up heavy things, so I do that. I don't expect everyone to like it, but I do.
  • srm1960
    srm1960 Posts: 281 Member
    Anyone else here just hate exercise. I do it most days, I mix between 30 day shred, kettlebells, spinning and just general walking, but I bloody hate it. I wish I actually enjoyed it but it just seems like such an epic chore each day...


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    Yes-Hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-but if we don't do it, then this process will take soooooooooooooooooooo much longer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    Anyone else here just hate exercise. I do it most days, I mix between 30 day shred, kettlebells, spinning and just general walking, but I bloody hate it. I wish I actually enjoyed it but it just seems like such an epic chore each day...

    Do a sport then. Like the outdoors? You're in Scotland so take up rock climbing! Or scrambling.

    I was just going to say this.

    Get involved in a sport.

    Workout to improve your performance in that sport.

    Once you see your body change and your performance improve you eventually learn to love it.
  • Joycie13
    Joycie13 Posts: 9
    I don't like it, but don't hate it either. But like you said, it's an epic chore for me as well. Trying to find enough time in the day to exercise can be a chore in its self, especially after dedicating 10 hours to work, then coming home and doing more work. Trying to exercise before you go to bed is no good either, but that's the only time I can squeeze it in.

    I've had to tapper off of exercising until life slows down a little because exercising before going to bed really made it hard to sleep which makes my entire next day a ton harder to get through. I can't exercise before work because, unfortunately, I don't get that revitalized feeling after exercising. I feel the opposite.
  • Stormchasegrl
    Stormchasegrl Posts: 61 Member
    I hate it too. The after feeling isn't enough to overpower how much I hate it. I have to force myself to do it every time. I tend to mix my cardio between general aerobics and my stationary bike. I'm not coordinated enough for sports, so I don't do them and running tends to do more harm than good for me it seems (shin splints, lower back pain, joint pain, etc.). Some people are built for it or grow to love it. I do it because I have to. Breaking through *that* mentality will be my biggest challenge, far greater than losing the weight alone!
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Treadmills and exercise bikes totally suck. If I'm going to pedal that hard I want to move and feel the wind in my hair and zoom up and down hills and over bumps etc! I also hate the exercise/dance video and that type of stuff. Exercise for the sake of exercise is not fun, especially if it involves following someone else's lead... it requires just enough of my brain power that I can't space out and daydream or meditate while doing it so I'm stuck paying attention to something incredibly mind-numbingly pointless and boring.

    I find things I enjoy like in the summer, biking, kayaking, swimming, and in the winter playing kinect sport-like games and indoor swimming.
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    Find something you like and do it.
    Like Gallowmere, I'm not particularly fond of running though I still run. But I love kettlebells, lifting, bodyweight work, etc.
  • Health_Gal
    Health_Gal Posts: 715 Member
    Have you tried any of the "exercise to music" group classes at local gyms?
  • mshawler
    mshawler Posts: 1
    I don't like it, but I think that's mostly because I'm out of shape and bad at it. I was doing P90X for a while...loved the Kenpo. All that kicking and punching was tough but fun. I would do the days I didn't like to get to the ones I would look forward to :)
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Or Nintendo Wii? Many look down on it but I think such things are fantastic.
  • katisere
    katisere Posts: 34 Member
    Or Nintendo Wii? Many look down on it but I think such things are fantastic.

    My wee boy has got a kinect, think he got some fitness games when it was purchased, will have a wee play around with them tomorrow and see how I feel with them :)

    Thanks for the advice guys :) Onwards and Upwards
  • MrsSardone
    MrsSardone Posts: 194 Member
    When I was out of shape I didn't really like it. But now that I can go harder for longer I do enjoy it. I usually work out until I get an endorphin high. For me it's THAT good.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    When I was out of shape I didn't really like it. But now that I can go harder for longer I do enjoy it. I usually work out until I get an endorphin high. For me it's THAT good.
    OH, you're talking about exercise.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Anyone else here just hate exercise. I do it most days, I mix between 30 day shred, kettlebells, spinning and just general walking, but I bloody hate it. I wish I actually enjoyed it but it just seems like such an epic chore each day...

    I hate *most* exercise. I do short work-outs mostly. Occasionally I'll play basketball or something like that and have fun.
  • fresh_start59
    fresh_start59 Posts: 590 Member
    HATE exercise.
    FEAR cardio, especially when my son is not home.
    SELF-Conscious about exercising in front of people.
    NO MONEY for a gym.

    I guess I am the only one with a huge fear of exercise. I started a group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10234-exercise-phobia-face-the-fear and the only person that posts there is me. LOL

    Despite my disdain, my fear and my lack of funds, I am slowly working to improve my fitness level. (No Biggest Loser workouts for this gal!)

    I guess something is better than nothing, right?
  • gilberts3
    gilberts3 Posts: 37
    I don't think anyone likes exercise but if you want to lose weight you have no choice just try to find some thing you like to do
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    I do this:

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lJBJeXA4gmw&feature=related


    And this

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M0AmcnHSZRE

    I also play with the Wii, go for long walks with my man, and sail.

    I haven't lifted a weight in over a week, but I am as sore as if I had done a body sculpt class!
  • Stormchasegrl
    Stormchasegrl Posts: 61 Member
    I don't think anyone likes exercise but if you want to lose weight you have no choice just try to find some thing you like to do

    Then a lot of people are really good at pretending. I realize many need the complete positivity to keep going, but the enthusiasm and love poured out over exercise so often has me begging to differ. Which is why so many of us who just cannot feel that, feel like we're in the minority, I guess.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    Nope. I actually love it and feel like crap when I don't.
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    I don't think anyone likes exercise but if you want to lose weight you have no choice just try to find some thing you like to do

    Then a lot of people are really good at pretending. I realize many need the complete positivity to keep going, but the enthusiasm and love poured out over exercise so often has me begging to differ. Which is why so many of us who just cannot feel that, feel like we're in the minority, I guess.

    Not pretending. Some of us really do love exercise. Some people even actually love running long distances, which I don't get but more power to them. Me, I love tossing around big pieces of iron, doing lots of push-ups, and sprinting.
  • Shoechick5
    Shoechick5 Posts: 221 Member
    My "Exercise" of choice are six mile hikes with my husband on Saturdays and Sundays which I LOVE. Find something that you love that you don't have to classify as "Exercise"
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I don't think anyone likes exercise but if you want to lose weight you have no choice just try to find some thing you like to do

    Then a lot of people are really good at pretending. I realize many need the complete positivity to keep going, but the enthusiasm and love poured out over exercise so often has me begging to differ. Which is why so many of us who just cannot feel that, feel like we're in the minority, I guess.

    Nope. I do love to exercise. I love the way I feel after a good, hard workout. I love the way my body is transformed when I lift my weights. I love the feeling of accomplishment, that "YES!" feeling that I get when I'm done that lasts throughout the day.
  • shellbatronic
    shellbatronic Posts: 193
    Nope. I do love to exercise. I love the way I feel after a good, hard workout. I love the way my body is transformed when I lift my weights. I love the feeling of accomplishment, that "YES!" feeling that I get when I'm done that lasts throughout the day.
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    Same here, and I never ever ever thought I would feel that way. I do think it's a matter of finding what you enjoy, and for a lot of people that can change or just take some time to find. Personally I find running to be a chore but I have to do it in order to compete in obstacle events, so I get it out of the way so I can do strength stuff, which is what I really enjoy. My friend lost 90 pounds and her main source of exercise was one of those Dance Dance Revolution arcade games, because it's the only thing she could do that she actually found fun. Whatever works, you know?
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    I don't think anyone likes exercise but if you want to lose weight you have no choice just try to find some thing you like to do

    Then a lot of people are really good at pretending. I realize many need the complete positivity to keep going, but the enthusiasm and love poured out over exercise so often has me begging to differ. Which is why so many of us who just cannot feel that, feel like we're in the minority, I guess.

    Not pretending. Some of us really do love exercise. Some people even actually love running long distances, which I don't get but more power to them. Me, I love tossing around big pieces of iron, doing lots of push-ups, and sprinting.

    Pretty much this. You just have to find that thing that you love within the world of physical activity. Granted, some people will never have something like that, and exercise will always feel like a chore. Chore or not, so long as it's done properly, the results will be the same. We just get the added bonus of being happy while doing it.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I don't think anyone likes exercise but if you want to lose weight you have no choice just try to find some thing you like to do

    Then a lot of people are really good at pretending. I realize many need the complete positivity to keep going, but the enthusiasm and love poured out over exercise so often has me begging to differ. Which is why so many of us who just cannot feel that, feel like we're in the minority, I guess.

    Nope. I do love to exercise. I love the way I feel after a good, hard workout. I love the way my body is transformed when I lift my weights. I love the feeling of accomplishment, that "YES!" feeling that I get when I'm done that lasts throughout the day.
    Yep, I feel alive afterward, and during. And I enjoy actually using my body to interact with the physical world, especially if it's in some sort of competition against either someone else, the elements, or a scoreboard.

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