How to make lifting more interesting?

You might want to try something more active like a weights-incorporated cardio class (my gym has a few of these) or maybe something more intensive/competitive like Crossfit. Those are less "stand in front of the mirror and do X number of reps", so they might keep you more entertained.

Or just incorporate it into your running/interval workouts. Sprint a short distance or do some hill training, then at the top of the hill do some weights or burpees or whatever. Obviously this would restrict the weights you carry, but it might be a good way to just work in a bit.

Watch TV during it. I do that or put on ankle wrist weights and go do something outside.

Change the days , the reps, the weight size and the routine.

Switch it all up..Set different goals, challenge yourself to increase strength.

Try a trx class or try Cathe lifting dvd's never a dull minute- Love slow and heavy series.

Invite a friend, put up a mirror and watch your progress.

I love to lift and change it up every 4-6 weeks to keep new..Good luck ;-)

Lift heavier things, then you can lift them for less time and it's over quicker.

Make sure you're doing a progressive program - if you're just doing the same thing over and over, of course that's boring. Meeting and beating goals is more fun. Switch up your splits, try different techniques for increasing your weights - do pyramids, pause-reps, whatever.

Or find something to train for - I like lifting weights, so I don't *need* any other reason to do it, but training for a competition has really stepped everything up, and it's a lot more fun than I thought it would be.

Going heavy makes it very interesting.

boku and megalin probably hit the nail on the head.


Doing better than last time, IMO, keeps lifting from getting boring. I remember 20 years ago, when I had absolutely no clue what I was doing, I went to the gym and did the same things just about every day, but wasn't progressing. As such, I got bored. Now that I more-or-less know what I'm doing (I don't have it all figured out), I started a progressive loading program and have since switched to 5/3/1. The progressive loading kept things interesting, with PRs for weights. 5/3/1 - while still increasing weight PRs - has me lifting for more reps with the same weights each month*.

As others have mentioned, maybe you just need a new routine. This is where NROL is good, as it changes things up every month or so. You'll have new lifts, variations of lifts you've been doing, and different rep ranges to keep things fresh.



* - Sort of. It all depends on where the weights end up with the percentages used. Some months, I end up using the same weight(s) for certain lifts, but do 5+ reps, whereas last month, it was only 3+ reps and so on and so forth.