Your favourite exercise!

bearhug990
bearhug990 Posts: 10 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
They say the best exercise is something you enjoy doing but I've never really found something that I really enjoy... So I'm putting it out there to get some new ideas - what's your go to, or your favourite way to exercise and get fit?
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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,644 Member
    Here ...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,644 Member
    edited August 2016
    My favourite is cycling.

    But I also like:
    -- walking
    -- running (on the beach or treadmill)
    -- weight lifting
    -- swimming (I'm not great at it, but I try)
    -- snow shoeing
    -- cross-country skiing
    -- canoeing
  • healthy491
    healthy491 Posts: 384 Member
    Walking , elliptical , dancing , tennis
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Running and strength training.
  • Damien_K
    Damien_K Posts: 783 Member
    Trail running
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    Deadlifts
  • lauracups
    lauracups Posts: 533 Member
    Mat pilates, it challenges me and I feel the benefits in my core.
    Walking for stress relief
    Arc trainer for hiit
    Elliptical for blood flow and mobility
  • fattothinmum
    fattothinmum Posts: 218 Member
    Running. Took months to begin enjoying it, but I do now.
  • shimonajade
    shimonajade Posts: 12 Member
    weight training - shoulder press, fly's, bentover rows and bench press are my favourites... enjoy most other exercises with weights as well as Pilates.
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    Zumba. And Clubbercise. Anything "dancy" with loud music basically, and preferably darkish so no one can see me ;)
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Long distance cycling and strength training.

    Both suit my self-competitive nature. I enjoy the activities and enjoy the results they give me. :smile:
  • Shadowmf023
    Shadowmf023 Posts: 812 Member
    In order of importance:

    1. Walking
    2. Weight lifting
    3. Elliptical
    4. Rowing machine
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    Weight lifting, swimming, dancing and walking/hiking.
  • jdawson002
    jdawson002 Posts: 167 Member
    elliptical, walking and swimming
  • ceirawillsucceed
    ceirawillsucceed Posts: 519 Member
    Running outside
  • rickc74
    rickc74 Posts: 416 Member
    fattothinmum wrote: »
    Running. Took months to begin enjoying it, but I do now.

    What changed to make you start enjoying it? Tonight will be my final run in the C25K program. I love the challenge, and completing it, and really like being able to say that I can run 5k...but I don't particularly enjoy the actual running part. I think I'd like to, though.
  • rickc74
    rickc74 Posts: 416 Member
    bearhug990 wrote: »
    They say the best exercise is something you enjoy doing but I've never really found something that I really enjoy... So I'm putting it out there to get some new ideas - what's your go to, or your favourite way to exercise and get fit?
    I walk a lot. Averaging 13,000 steps a day now. I've also been running, and do a fair bit of eliptical. What makes the most difference exercise-wise is resistance/weight training. When I don't get to the gym, weight loss slows down. What I eat matters most though. I find I really need a mix of eating well, weights and cardio. You know, kinda like what all the experts say :)
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    Squats on my Total Gym Fit, it's easy for me; to do. I can increase the resistance levels (which're my body weight, on a movable incline bench) & it allows usage of a barbel, to attach additional weight.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    I love gymnastics, calisthenics, tumbling, pretty much anything that's fun and looks cool.

    I also like weight lifting (most importantly the results it gives).
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    rickc74 wrote: »
    fattothinmum wrote: »
    Running. Took months to begin enjoying it, but I do now.

    What changed to make you start enjoying it? Tonight will be my final run in the C25K program. I love the challenge, and completing it, and really like being able to say that I can run 5k...but I don't particularly enjoy the actual running part. I think I'd like to, though.

    With me, I just feel better during and after a run. That's why I enjoy it. It makes me feel good. Both physically and mentally. Find that sweet spot, fast enough to be a challenge but not so fast that it hurts.

    Chalk up running as my favorite exercise. Lifting ain't so bad either.
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    cooking
  • Laughter_Girl
    Laughter_Girl Posts: 2,226 Member
    Eating...does that count? :D I don't typically enjoy exercising, but I do it for my health. Below is my list in no particular order.

    1. Walking - It's my go to lazy workout.
    2. Running
    3. Kettlebell
    4. Cycling
    5. Weight training (light weights though)
  • troytroy11
    troytroy11 Posts: 180 Member
    Pull-up/Burpee/Plyo push-up/power jump combo is probably my favorite. I like boulder push-ups and barefoot sprinting a lot too.
  • ARGriffy
    ARGriffy Posts: 1,002 Member
    Aerial invert drills and arm only climbs on the pole, pull ups and inverts on the pull up bar!
  • lisalewis7588
    lisalewis7588 Posts: 76 Member
    Hiking!!!, running, yoga. I really want to love cycling, but I just can't.
  • sfcrocker
    sfcrocker Posts: 163 Member
    Bicycling is my favorite. I'm weird in that I like urban biking. I live in SF, CA which is very hilly and crowded, but it's possible to cycle all year and there's a network of bike paths connecting almost the entire city. I *LOVE* to head out on my bike early Sunday morning while the rest of the city is still sleeping and have the bike paths and much of the city to myself.

    Next would be hiking with my dogs. I don't like the exercise so much as seeing how happy it makes the dogs!
  • CincyNeid
    CincyNeid Posts: 1,249 Member
    1. Road Biking
    2. Mountain Biking
    3. Running
    4. Walking
    5. Body Weight Straps like Monkii Bars.
  • CincyNeid
    CincyNeid Posts: 1,249 Member
    sfcrocker wrote: »
    Bicycling is my favorite. I'm weird in that I like urban biking. I live in SF, CA which is very hilly and crowded, but it's possible to cycle all year and there's a network of bike paths connecting almost the entire city. I *LOVE* to head out on my bike early Sunday morning while the rest of the city is still sleeping and have the bike paths and much of the city to myself.

    Next would be hiking with my dogs. I don't like the exercise so much as seeing how happy it makes the dogs!

    There is something special about a Dawn Patrol Ride. Esp in a big city that's still sleeping. I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, and there's just something about grabbing my Aventon and going downtown and logging some miles.
  • VenusCannon
    VenusCannon Posts: 13 Member
    I teach Zumba Gold and love it. I workout doing Zumba as I try to learn new routines or try to do my own choreo. I also take Ballet and Hip Hop and love them both. Sometimes I teach children dance as a sub for now. I also do my fake Curves workout(copying the moves I learned on their machines.), I do planks, wall push ups(they are easier for now until I build up the upper body strength) and belly dance moves like abs's for something different. I've even worked out to a Hawaiian dvd which is a harder workout than it looks(stomach was sore for days) don't do this one on a day you do ballet. It was still fun though. Sometimes I work in toning moves in my Zumba Gold routines for my class.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    Can't believe I am the first one in the Gutters.

    Sex
    Trail Running
    Swimming
    Hiking in the Mountains

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