Least favourite exercise.

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  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    exercise videos. I freakin hate them. all of them. So I don't do them unless the weather outside is impossible (lightening or temperatures below -20C)


    and lunges - my knees just won't have it. I've been trying to strengthen the surrounding muscles with other movements in the meantime.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I don't enjoy weight training nearly as much as I enjoy yoga, cardio and dancing. It's not awful though.
  • missbrendalynn
    missbrendalynn Posts: 74 Member
    Had to chuck in kettlebell swings in here too.

    My form is always off because I really have to concentrate hard on gripping them securely so that I don't accidentally fling them across the room and give someone a concussion. Nearly happened once, scared the crap out of my PT :tongue: My fingers end up all peeled & bruised up too.

    Lovin' the replies, keep em coming! :bigsmile:
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    Swinging neck-hangs.
  • blackcloud13
    blackcloud13 Posts: 654 Member
    No contest. I absolutely detest squats. I just find them so painful and exhausting. If I ever took over the world ....
  • GiGiBeans
    GiGiBeans Posts: 1,062 Member
    Lunges. I have crappy knees and my ortho said don't do them (amongst other things pfft) but I do them anyway because I'm a stubborn fool. Reverse lunges and walking lunges feel better than regular ones at least.
  • Helen_Luvnlife
    Helen_Luvnlife Posts: 230 Member
    Jumping jacks. I hiked the Grand Canyon but I can't handle jumping jacks. I think anything high impact is just to hard on me. Push-ups are horrible too but I still work on those but use the girly form with bent knees.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Bulgarian squats. Like lunges but more worser.
    I have a love hate relationship with these, they are the exercise I do after BB squats and front squats, so it is like the shot in the head after the double tap in the chest...but so effective.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Anything cardio is related to the devil.
  • lebaker310
    lebaker310 Posts: 164 Member
    Hip abductor. Especially when people make eye contact mid-spread-eagle.

    but for real tricep dips, still working on that.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Swinging neck-hangs.
    huh? do they supply the rope at your gym?

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  • grillnchill
    grillnchill Posts: 772 Member
    Burpees. Those are just plain evil

    YES!!!! :sad:
  • joannagadzinski1
    joannagadzinski1 Posts: 12
    I don't mind lunges. I have very weak arms and can't even do 1 push up which is so frustrating. My boyfriend laughs at this considering he can do a hundred where as I can do more sit ups :) No one is good at everything
  • grillnchill
    grillnchill Posts: 772 Member
    I admit, I'm not a huge fan of jumping rope...I would rather run 5 miles with rabid grizzly bears chasing behind me than having to jump rope for 3 minutes straight.
  • grillnchill
    grillnchill Posts: 772 Member
    Hip abductor. Especially when people make eye contact mid-spread-eagle.

    but for real tricep dips, still working on that.

    YUP on the hip abductors!
  • einzweidrei
    einzweidrei Posts: 381 Member
    Jogging/Running.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    I don't mind planks, but I warn anyone to build up to a minute so all your stabilizer muscles can adjust. I got rowdy challenging my fit roommate to last a minute and my lower back hurt for days
  • Stephanie199023
    Stephanie199023 Posts: 8 Member
    push ups for sure!
  • frenchfancy123
    frenchfancy123 Posts: 23 Member
    push ups and burpees...
  • anlu37
    anlu37 Posts: 100 Member
    Running. Running. AND.....running.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    not a big fan of lunges either. make my knees hurt.

    In on lunges, cause I keep falling the *kitten* over

    You'll love Bulgarian squats then. :devil:
  • sarahthin
    sarahthin Posts: 221 Member
    the arm bike, the trainer insists I do it before any sort of lifting... longest 10 mins of my life.

    thats rediculous. i mean, yeah, warm up, but moving the arms like that for 10 minutes? my rotator cuff would be screaming.

    running, jump rope, push ups, and sun-gods are all good warm ups for upper body lifting day.
    After shoulder surgery that is the first thing you do. When in therapy it's what you start with. Does loosen the joint but is so boring.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    Try this guys routine and complain-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErZ5GjOyas
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    add another notch to the tally for lunges
  • sarahthin
    sarahthin Posts: 221 Member
    Jumping jacks. I hiked the Grand Canyon but I can't handle jumping jacks. I think anything high impact is just to hard on me. Push-ups are horrible too but I still work on those but use the girly form with bent knees.
    Because of my knees I have to do standing ones
  • Elpaw4mbv
    Elpaw4mbv Posts: 43 Member
    Lunges.

    When I was thin, I loved them. Now, I hate them but I do them anyway because lunges give you an awesome butt. :smile:

    At this weight, I feel like I am going to fall over, that my form is wrong (even though my trainer says it looks textbook perfect), my arthritic left knee screams, and they make me feel hideously uncoordinated.

    Oh, and step ups for the similar reasons (falling, knees, lack of coordination.)
  • aremid
    aremid Posts: 2 Member
    Burpees. They're the spawn of Satan.

    This
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    Running,no can do. Ditto trying to go fast up & down on stairs.
    Too old to care.
    Love aerobics,swimming & walking.
  • jamiek917
    jamiek917 Posts: 610 Member
    burpees.

    or in New Rules of Lifting for Women we did thing called YTLW (google it, to hard to describe)- hurt like a *kitten*
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    Swinging neck-hangs.
    huh? do they supply the rope at your gym?

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    Oh. I was talking about this alternative club I go to. Didn't realize this was limited to just gyms. whoops. :-(

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