Most boring exercise
flynntrader
Posts: 210 Member
Rowing
I can’t sit more than 10 minutes
I can’t sit more than 10 minutes
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Nope.
Yeah, machines aren't as fun. I use mine in Winter, some, anyway, so I don't need to start over with fitness, and regain lost ground in technique, every Spring. (I'm the one in yellow, in the photo.)
If you feel the need to do things that are good exercise, but not at all fun (I wouldn't), then rowing machine intervals or rating pyramids are a little more distracting. Tabata intervals on the rowing machine are very, very distracting.
Many people don't have good enough technique on a rowing machine to get a good workout, so they set the damper at the top value (incorrectly thinking it's resistance) and rush up and down the slide at 30+ strokes per minute. That would make the boring worse, I think.
I find weight training pretty boring (but try to force myself do do some anyway), and don't even try to do things like treadmill or elliptical or stair climber (partly because boring, partly because physical constraints).
We're all different, and that's a good thing, eh?
Edited: wrong image.
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flynntrader wrote: »Rowing
I can’t sit more than 10 minutes
Droning away on pretty much any piece of stationary cardio equipment is pretty much the most boring exercise ever. The only way I can do stationary cardio and enjoy it is in a spin class.3 -
Literally any cardio machine. Treadmill, elliptical, stair-stepper, stationary bike, rowing machine. UGH kill me.0
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It's funny. I cannot spend any time on an elliptical or treadmill. But I love a spin class.1
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Stairmaster. Longest 5 minutes of my life.2
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Like @AnnPT77 mentioned, doing a focused workout is a good distraction. I have an indoor trainer and can only get a decent chunk of time in if I am doing an interval type YouTube workout (I enjoy seeing the various locations as well!). Our neighborhood is a .86 mile loop and after 2 years is becoming more and more like an outdoor dreadmill I have started some various training programs to break the monotony and it is working well! 1
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Probably the stationary bike for me. I don't find them comfortable either. I prefer different types of aerobics or kickboxing with interesting choreography to upbeat music.1
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Running. I do it cause it's a quick massive calorie burn but I get so bored0
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I get pretty bored quickly with any activity that doesn't have some element of creativity or exploration. Just about any workout will be interesting to me at first while I'm learning because I'm mentally engaged, but then it gets dull once it becomes routine. Heck, even flying trapeze got a little dull for me when I got past the beginner "honeymoon" phase and had to start spending hours just training swing timing.1
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Nothing.. Probably because im out of shape0
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Strength training is the most boring thing I have to do. If I don't make myself do it one time I tend to drop it completely, then guilt myself into starting it again after a while because "I have to". I need to pay attention to form and count, so I'm hyper focused on the exercise and every minute feels like an hour.
I'm that oddball who likes things like the treadmill. I like my activity to happen without thinking about it or to disguise itself as play time. Listening to audiobooks, watching Netflix, playing certain games on the switch while using the treadmill... etc. My body moves while I'm engaged with something else. I enjoy play activity, like laser tag, hiking treasure hunts, ring fit adventure on the switch...etc. Again, same concept, I'm engaged with the entertainment aspect and the exercise aspect comes more easily when it's in the background.0 -
I'm going to be in the minority here, I actually use stationary cardio every day, but I wouldn't be able to do any cardio or strength training without music, then my workout fizzles within 5 minutes. I have playlists for each type of exercise. At home I ride a recumbent bike which means I can read while I work out, so I save my novels for that time period. Gym I do the stair treadmill most the time, sometimes the elliptical, then weights. Walking through my neighborhood is probably the most boring thing I do, I just got a Fitbit so I'll be more tempted to walk now. I thought yoga would be the worst as I'm more of an "attack' mindset when I work out but I started it in January and love it, I actually CAN relax!0
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I used to think it was all boring. Now, I don't think any of it is boring, even isolation work like bicep curls.2
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flynntrader wrote: »Rowing
I can’t sit more than 10 minutes
I enjoy rowing & riding on my trainer in winter but the treadmill bores me to death.0 -
I can only do an hour of cardio machines if I watch TV on my iPad. I don't watch TV at any other time, so it is kind of a treat, actually.0
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I use my spin bike every day and the most productive sessions are when I let my mind drift off listening to music. Before I know it, 30-40 minutes are up. Other days I find myself looking at the clock every couple minutes...those days suck!0
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Housework !7
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I used to hate the treadmill, but recently ended up with one in my basement, so I can crank up the music and watch music videos on YouTube, and that makes it better... sadly, so does playing games on my phone while I'm warming up on it... Also - spin class (with the right instructor) totally rocks!
Most boring exercise ever - StairMaster.... if you ever find me on one of those just shoot me and put me out of my misery.0 -
All of it! Trick is to find an activity you enjoy and do it for life, but it can all be boring in one person's eye or another. TM is my tool of choice and while it can be boring, I use music, speed, (just starting to add a backpack with a little weight), incline to change it up. Sometimes I simply close my eyes(while holding on lol) and let my mind wander, check back a bit later and find I've finished my time. 0
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Zumba or any other dance class. I just can’t get into it as a workout. And I was a dancer/comp cheer...so, like, I should dig it but barf.
Now, tell me to run 4 hours? Aight. I’m in.0 -
Funny how everything is boring to someone.
4me it's the spin bike.
Own an expensive one and never use it any more since I bought my Concept2 rower.
LOL!
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If you find something boring, change it.0
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Pool running. Dang hardest workout, but good grief. I was doing it before I had a waterproof ipod, but there's not much that would make me want to do it again0
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They're all boring to me. That's what youtube and ear buds are for. Listen to podcasts, interesting lectures, creepypastas, even stupid internet drama. Repetitive motions are not interesting IMHO. Take advantage of free entertainment.0
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AliNouveau wrote: »Running. I do it cause it's a quick massive calorie burn but I get so bored
This is where podcasts are your friend0 -
Stationary bike.0
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The "Dreadmill"0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »flynntrader wrote: »Rowing
I can’t sit more than 10 minutes
Droning away on pretty much any piece of stationary cardio equipment is pretty much the most boring exercise ever. The only way I can do stationary cardio and enjoy it is in a spin class.
Ditto, except I'm not a fan of spin either. But I'd give a spin class another try if they'd play Metallica 0 -
jenncornelsen wrote: »Stairmaster. Longest 5 minutes of my life.
Me. Except it's more like 30 seconds. I don't like walking in the rain, so I force myself to get on the climber I have in my home exercise room. Music doesn't help, TV doesn't help. I'm thinking of hiring someone to dangle a doughnut on a pole and string in front of my nose while I'm on it.0
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