What do you think about when you work out?

Nothing. That's why I do love working out. My mind switches off. I guess this is why after a workout I'd feel totally rested, all stress gone, all worries gone.

.... come on fatty move your @$$, ok now that's better, ugh, am I really bored (running), seriously self?, think of something awesome already, ugh, I need to wash clothes when I get home, and do dishes, and what am I going to eat when I get out of here, hmmm what time is it?, ugh, imma die, gasp gasp, oh dear Lord, come on, you got this, ok ok 20 more seconds, you can do anything for 20 seconds..... And breathe

On a side note - my brain wanders a LOT and I look at what other people are doing or focus on not tripping and falling LOL :laugh:

Same here! Because I'm focusing on what I'm doing (proper form, technique, not falling off the elliptical etc), it doesn't leave much room for anything else. Every now and then an idea or thought will float in- and I'll have a brilliant idea, which I think comes from not thinking

I listen to my Zombies, Run! app while working out, so I'm mostly not thinking during story times, just listening. Then, during the music portions I'm either "singing" along or wishing the song would be over so I can have more story time.

not approriiate hi is amyenman don.t you stop

Usually it goes like this, "it is only 5 reps, oh wow, this is heavier than I thought, feet right?, lower back, deep breath, now or never, knees, back arch, back arch, lower, legs, legs, oh ****, only 4 more to go....and repeat.

Usually "pep talk" myself to keep going, no your not going to be sick or faint or die but if you do the kids know to call 999! Keep going you know you will feel much better after this last workout only 2 more to go until next rest day! Or if I am feeling really bad while doing it I curse poor Jillian Michaels for inventing the 30 day shred!

Nothing. That's why I do love working out. My mind switches off. I guess this is why after a workout I'd feel totally rested, all stress gone, all worries gone.

I wish I'd seen yours before I posted! It's exactly the same for me.

Recently while biking I was thinking about what it would mean if dolphins had an abstract language. They'd need an imagination as part of this package. (Because otherwise how do you utilize what someone is telling you about something that isn't in your direct view/experience.) And I'd bet this would result in their own mythologies as they try to explain the world they experience.

So I imagine they might think something like "the air is a sacred/heavenly place where divine beings exist." It sustains their life, they'd have to know this much about it. And since they are mere mortals not possessing divine powers, when they try to enter this plane they are unable to stay there and are pushed back out of it, and into the water. And when they release any of this air into the water, it immediately returns to its sacred home, the sky.

Maybe this is why they so enjoy jumping out of the water... they are interacting with their creator(s) and this is a religious experience for them. Maybe they think those of us who can stay up in the air or float on the water are some sort of divine beings. Maybe this is why when a human is struggling in the water or being threatened by sharks they try to protect/help us.

Or maybe they see air-breathing as some sort of special thing, like this separates them from the primitive/inferior fishes who cannot breathe air because they are not demi-gods like dolphins.