I HATE exercise!

Go walking. It won't be a huge burn, but at least you'll get to move around.
Blast music in your ears to keep you busy and only listen to music then, so you trick your mind into WANTING to walk just so you get to listen to music.

Personally, I love the group exercise. i go to a community center and work at cardio-dance fitness classes (such as Zumba). I also do 30 minute Barre classes. If i had to depend on doing it at home, I would not be as devoted.

I'm not a fan either, but I love to dance so I do a lot of it for my cardio.

Now that I've gotten in the routine of exercise, I like it more. I NEVER thought I'd ever say that. Ever. I'm proud to say in the six weeks I've been back on MFP I've only taken 3 days off from some type of exercise. If I can do it, you can too.

The key is to find some activity (any activity) that you enjoy doing, and then do it a lot. Or that you don't mind doing so much and do it until you start to enjoy it.

I used to hate running, but as it got easier I started to enjoy it. Didn't much like cycling either (so boring) but I'm getting to like it and it burns so many calories it is really worth putting up with. I really really hate weight training with a passion though and only seeing the gradual changes in my body shape keeps me going back.

In addition to what some of the other commenters said, you may just not know enough about exercise to really appreciate it yet. Often we don't like things simply because they don't make that much sense to us. Exercising because you heard it's healthy doesn't provide the same psychological reward as knowing what specific exercises will help strengthen what you want to strengthen. You might try researching some exercises based on your personal goals and build your own exercise plan. You'll appreciate workouts much more once you know why you're doing what you're doing.

If I thought of weights as just weights and didn't understand form, or didn't know what muscles I was strengthening with each exercise, I would be bored with it too. It's like watching a football game and not knowing what a quarterback versus a kicker does, or why they're throwing around an odd shaped ball in the first place... when it doesn't make sense, it's just not that interesting.

I am the same way! It's like the boredom physically hurts my brain while I'm working out, because I'm usually doing about 8 things at once, haha.

The best thing that helps me is to treat it as 'me-time' and catch up on my favourite TV (I use an exercise bike at home), or my audio book while walking/running. It's not perfect but it definitely helps.

I am still always surprised when I actually make it to the end of half an hour without dying of boredom :laugh:

I had to laugh when I saw you post because that is where I'm at right now too. It seems too hard physically,boring, takes too much time and extra laundry. Can you relate to any of these? 10 years ago I was starting exercise. I pushed through these aspects of excercise and found something remarkable. I had unlimited energy! I was strong and flexible. I could walk, run, twirl (yes I said this) jump, skip, ride bikes. My body could do anything I asked it to do. Not only that, I dropped dress sizes, a shoe size, and looked great. My coworkers marveled at my change, some people I knew but hadn't seen me didn't recognize me Ieven my exhusband!) . So I encourage you to get up and exercise. Promise yourself that you will do it for at least 10 minutes before stopping. You will rarely decide to stop once those endorphs kick in. Good luck!

Turn it into a necessity, rather than an added chore ie. walk or cycle all or part of your commute, on the way to work or on the way home. I find having somewhere to get to makes it tolerable, as opposed to walking around in circles, just for the sake of 'exercise', which does seem entirely pointless and very boring. Arrange a good upbeat set of music on an i-Pod, or your phone, and especially on a nice day, it can sometimes fly by. Doing things this way also means you don't have to carve an extra 30-60 minutes out of a busy day. My walk home only adds about 20 minutes to my normal commute time, which is much easier to manage.

Otherwise, if that doesn't work for you, as everyone has said, you have to find something you enjoy enough to keep doing - maybe a dance class or team sport would seem less boring than solo exercise?

It is boring and I hate it! But hate it or not, I need to do it as part of a healthy lifestyle. Any suggestions? I think my biggest hurdle is that it is so boring!

Why do you hate exercise? Sitting around doing nothing is boring as well.

Good thing you weren't born in a prior generation where physical/manual labor was more the norm for everyone. Think how boring your life may have been.....? ;-)

Today's lifestyle to stay fit, in shape, and healthy involves good nutritional eating and a routine exercise program thanks to our sedentary lifestyles. So the "lifestyle change" everyone touts and talks about is adjusting to the reality of a sedentary lifestyle. You could either get a job that has you on your feet all day and moving, or you could add exercise into your daily routine with the boredom removed by goals. Goals such as not to get overweight, to look good, to feel better, to have better health, to have more energy - all being realistic and quality goals.

Screw the boredom thing. That doesn't light a candle around here on these boards. Get over that now or succumb to a life of being out of shape and overweight.

Walk. Run. Lift. Yoga. Cycle. Ski. Swim. Play a sport. Roller blade. Shovel your neighborhood's walks. Mow. Mow your neighbor's lawn. Garden. Clean the house. Do oodles of loads of laundry. Wash the car. Wax the car. Paint the house. Chase a pet. Chase a kid (your own of course). Dance. Move. Get at it. There are plenty of opportunities.

LIfe offers the 4 pillars for the taking that are not boring....

Wine
Chocolate
Sex
And Exercise Endorphins

Like others said, there must be something you like. I cannot stand cardio machines of any kind. In fact, I'm no fan of gyms at all. So I have exercise DVD's that I love, (Turbo Fire, Hip Hop Abs, Zumba) that I use in the cold winter months, and then when it's nice I enjoy long walks, bike rides, and roller blading. I also have dumbbells that I use for strengthening exercise. When you discover things you love to do, then it doesn't feel like exercise. It's just fun!

I hate exercise as well....A lot but sex is a good on'e as long as you have a partner,,,,kinda hard when you are single and don't want to sleep around. But yeah that would be my favorite....lol

Variety is the spice of life. I don't just do one thing, I do lots of active things and there is a double benefit. I get the exercise and I'm not sitting on the couch where I'm tempted to eat out of boredom. I hate lifting weights and I only run because it's convenient and I know I can do it. The trick is finding things that you love to do that are also active.

I like to go to a climbing gym with friends, mountain biking, kayaking and hiking. I'm handy and there are plenty of home-improvement projects and yard work around my house. I also just started Tae Kwon Do and I love it. I'm self conscious and I feel out of place but it's awesome and it's amazing how much progress I've made in a very short time. I can actually tell a difference in my balance, coordination and flexibility after only a few weeks!

I hate it too, I just do it anyway. I always feel better afterward, and as I'm busting my butt I just keep reminding myself that at least I'm not sitting at home on the couch... It helps me to know that I'm doing something to change my body in a positive way instead of being lazy