Gettin bored...

Kdoty
Kdoty Posts: 12 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I love goin to the Y and working out... i just get bored after a while... i can rock out on the elliptical, but after about 20 mins i am bored with it...what shall i do? magazine? book? idk.. i enjoy the feel and the burn i get from it, just dont like feeling like OH COME ON IS THIS EVER GUNA END?!?! anyone know what i mean?

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  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    Girl... I suck at the elliptical after 30, and that's a stretch. Try doing multiple machines, for like 10 minutes a time. My Y offers killer classes.. have you tried them? Weights are great too.
  • strandedeyes
    strandedeyes Posts: 392 Member
    have you tried about take a class (spin, zumba, yoga, step...) to get in a workout instead? also you can try other machines, free weights... I am not sure where you live but you can always move outside to go for walks, jogs....so something outside...

    switch it up.
  • jon_dub
    jon_dub Posts: 166 Member
    I tried some books on tape for my ipod that helped a bit when i got lost in the story. I try to mix it up on the machines to stay into it.

    Like Jennw10 said switching it up works the best for me!
  • juliapurpletoes
    juliapurpletoes Posts: 951 Member
    I like everything you said about the eliptical..........except I get bored too!

    For me, when I do it I just gotta get my head into another place...not easy.

    i say mix it up more. try more variety??

    :smile:
  • BellySoonGone
    BellySoonGone Posts: 150 Member
    One suggestion: If you can, dump the Y and join another gym that has TV displays mounted on the elliptical (I assume the Y does not have it yet). At the gym I go they have that. I just put my earphones and I can go for an hour watching something of my choosing without even knowing when the time passed.
  • khrys1
    khrys1 Posts: 444 Member
    Are you listening to music? I watch TV while I'm on my treadmill, and can go forever as long as I'm watching something I like.
  • frenchfri87
    frenchfri87 Posts: 196 Member
    :flowerforyou: lift weights!
  • KansasGal
    KansasGal Posts: 268 Member
    when i do my treadmill i put george carlin or some other comedian on my mp3 player and it makes the time fly by!
  • sarahs440
    sarahs440 Posts: 405 Member
    My YMCA has huge tv's....I'm not sure why people think that just because its a Y they dont have anything. And I agree with above, they offer awesome classes for very inexpensive. Try that! Good luck!
  • SweetTooth68
    SweetTooth68 Posts: 169 Member
    No matter what my distraction, at some point i am always thinking exactly that - is this EVER going to end? I think breaking the time up with something like interval training helps me get through - like I'll do 5 mins at a certain pace, and then amp it up for 2 mins go hard core and make sure my heart rate is at max, then go back down again. That way I only have to do like 6 hard core bits, and I can say to myself "only 2 more to go". In between I distract myself with tv or music.
  • BellySoonGone
    BellySoonGone Posts: 150 Member
    My YMCA has huge tv's....I'm not sure why people think that just because its a Y they dont have anything. And I agree with above, they offer awesome classes for very inexpensive. Try that! Good luck!

    I feel compelled to answer this because it's addressed to my suggestion. I am the "people" and that is not what I wrote.. I suggested the elliptical machines that have their OWN TV. Yes - it's on the machine. It if does and you can chose your channel, than by all means.
    If there is a huge hanging' from the ceiling TV where you have to watch some boring cricket game with no control over it because the guy next to you loves it - when you prefer to watch something else to help time pass - than different story. Besides - was just a suggestion for boredom - nothing against the Y.
  • Kdoty
    Kdoty Posts: 12 Member
    Thanks for all your support and suggestions! i appreciate it all. Also i love ZUMBA... i go to it every Wednesday night! cant make it on Saturdays cause of work... But im still moving forward!
  • deeharley
    deeharley Posts: 1,208 Member
    I set goals for myself on the treadmill. Increase speed to way beyond my comfort zone for increased periods of time. Decrease the amount of time it takes me to do a mile, increase the number of calories I burn during a workout, etc.
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