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What exercise/program defines BORING for you?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,028 Member
    dsc84 wrote: »
    Not a fan of steady state cardio. I'll lift anything heavy any day of the week, but tell me I have to go for a long walk or run I'm not interested. I love HIIT type cardio.
    Running HIIT is brutal if done correctly. I do it 3 times a week and my recovery after 8 sets takes a toll. I walk so much slower and it takes me about 5 minutes to speed up to normal again.


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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,620 Member
    edited January 2021
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Jennliftsandspins wrote: »
    Walking outside alone. I want to walk with friends or my husband.

    On the treadmill or rower I can watch a show but usually choose YouTube to spin, do yoga or circuit training.

    Y'know, I think this is something bizarre about my brain**, but I can't watch TV while rowing machining.

    Music, podcasts, audio only: Fine.

    Add video, and I lose focus on technical details and groove in bad habits that will bite me come Spring, when back in a boat (where bad technique can easily turn rowing into swimming, Not A Good Thing especially in open water in Michigan in Spring, because cold, maybe even ice chunks at first).

    ** To make my point explicit: I'm not criticizing you! It's me that's weird. I'm actually envious of you.
    Possibly because your focal view changes when watching TV while rowing. It's back and forth so your eyes focus and refocus continually whereas on the others you don't need to eye focus.


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    It's not the watching that suffers, it's the rowing that suffers.

    One year, I let myself get way behind on the C2 Holiday Challenge, and had to do some 20K days to finish (not 20k without a break, but still a tedious amount of volume). So, I watched movies. The movies were swell. The rowing gradually slid in the direction of s*ck.

    I fall back into bad habits that I'd previously laboriously mostly broken, like opening the body angle a little too soon, or not getting my heels down fast enough, or a bit too much layback, or . . . . !

    Something about the visual stimulus is too absorbing or distracting, and I start to lose focus on the tiny details of technique. I can't afford that. Audio is fine. I just see at higher volume than I hear, brain-wise, I guess. 🤷‍♀️
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,620 Member
    edited January 2021
    Oops, network glitch, duplicate post.
  • AndreaTamira
    AndreaTamira Posts: 272 Member
    I like some indoor stationary exercises, but hate stationary biking. It is boring AND hurts my behind.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    AndreaTamira wrote: »
    I like some indoor stationary exercises, but hate stationary biking. It is boring AND hurts my behind.

    Yes and yes!
    Even with exactly the same saddle and riding position indoor cycling is a PITA after a short time - missing the rocking motion you get when riding outdoors apparently.
    With good music I can tolerate an hour or a little more indoors for my technical (mostly interval) training but need to put in some standing cycling for saddle relief. Very much training for results and not exercise for enjoyment though.
  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 499 Member
    edited January 2021
    Any intense indoor exercise. Less intense indoor exercise like walking, I can watch tv and completely forget im walking for a few hours. But when im doing intense exercise like my treadclimber, i can barely focus on the tv. I usually have to listen to music to get through it. NFL or UFC i can watch and get into the exercise, but those shows are only on once a week so only get a good intense workout on those days.
  • Slejhamer2112
    Slejhamer2112 Posts: 10 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I have discovered Zwift and enjoy it far more than any other indoor cycling I've ever done.

    My wife LOVES Peloton classes but I find those incredibly boring, and most of the instructors annoying. I almost regretted buying a spin bike for indoor cycling, but I recently found Zwift and am really digging it. Gives new life to the bike for me, and is a completely different experience from the Peloton-style classes. Ride on!

  • WandRsmom
    WandRsmom Posts: 253 Member
    Spin class made me want to light my hair on fire to make it interesting.
  • bsteves06
    bsteves06 Posts: 66 Member
    running, outside or on a treadmill. i prefer walking and being able to look around. i dont use any music when i'm outside so i can be aware of my surroundings so it's just boring. i like walking and looking at scenery lol Yoga seems boring too.
  • MarttaHP
    MarttaHP Posts: 68 Member
    Another vote here for (against?) indoor cardio. I get on the elliptical (reluctantly) once or twice a week for crosstraining purposes. I only get on the treadmill if the weather is absolutely horrendous and running outdoors would be truly bad. Even then I prefer running in a slight drizzle over the treadmill.

    I often wish I had access to some type of VR technology which would make it feel like I was running or elliptical-ing outdoors, preferably in some beautiful landscapes I'm not able to experience otherwise. Right now I'm just stuck watching Youtube during those indoor workouts.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited February 2021
    Weight lifting

    I could do hours of indoor cardio. I study, read articles, watch youtube or netflix, listen to music, browse social media, get work done, etc.
  • LunaTheFatCat
    LunaTheFatCat Posts: 237 Member
    Running. Not even sure why, I can happily walk for hours, but running just bores me to death.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,028 Member
    One time I tried to work out to a Denise Austin show. That one bored me to death as well. I liked Bodyshaping when it was on ESPN. Lol, then I just watched Kiana's Flex Appeal just to watch her workout.

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  • ninerbuff
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    New one. REBOUNDING. I can go to Rock 'n Jump and trampoline there for an hour with my kid. But rebounding for an hour....................................meh.

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  • KNoceros
    KNoceros Posts: 326 Member
    Treadmill.
    I just can’t get “into” it and find I’m fighting a bored brain the whole time (which drags soooo slowly).
    Which is odd, because I actually like “real” running and using an indoor bike. But the treadmill? Big fat NO!
  • MidlifeCrisisFitness
    MidlifeCrisisFitness Posts: 1,106 Member
    All steady state cardio except skating and jumping rope. Cardio machines are really boring.
  • SunnyBunBun79
    SunnyBunBun79 Posts: 2,228 Member
    edited February 2021
    It was so boring when I was on an indoor treadmill, and i never felt motivated to keep at it. I love night time and being alone when walking so gyms were a huge anxiety for me with such fit people around me. So i started walking at night, outside, listening to music. I moved to a really safe neighborhood and so now I can walk outside without anyone around and time just flies by! Also I got a compact rowing machine and it's easy to pick up so I now watch a whole tv episode while rowing! I love rowing so much better than just walking on the treadmill. I alternate walking outside with rowing indoors and I think I found my routine that I can actually stick to.

    Also in the winter, I can dress like a Babushka and no one will care how I look, since I'm alone 🤣 🤣 🤣
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited February 2021
    Here is what I can think of off the top of my head:

    1.) Treadmill (or elliptical or really anything similar). If the only exercise I could ever do was a treadmill then I just wouldn't do it. Music or podcasts don't help...all I do is watch the clock. I'd rather just pace up and down the hallway at home or march in place while I'm working.
    2.) Weight lifting...might be better with a trainer perhaps, but doing it by myself. I'd rather watch paint dry.
    3.) Running...its boring and it makes me hate my life whole I'm doing it,, so I don't. I will be taken down quickly in the zombie apocalypse and I've made peace with that.
  • AndreaTamira
    AndreaTamira Posts: 272 Member
    KNoceros wrote: »
    Treadmill.
    I just can’t get “into” it and find I’m fighting a bored brain the whole time (which drags soooo slowly).
    Which is odd, because I actually like “real” running and using an indoor bike. But the treadmill? Big fat NO!

    I love the elliptical, but hate the stationary bike. You are not alone in haying only certain stationary exercise machines.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Steady state cardio 👎👎👎
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,028 Member
    The Dreadmill isn't too bad for me AS LONG as I'm running intervals on it. If it's just to walk on....................................................................................boring as hell.

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  • armin338
    armin338 Posts: 4 Member
    With the current lockdown in the Netherlands, I have to do it with those resistance bands.. bores me to death
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    for me walking or jogging a track is the absolute definition of boring! I could probably do 6 miles in the woods or on city streets more easily than 2 miles on an oval track, meh.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,028 Member
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    for me walking or jogging a track is the absolute definition of boring! I could probably do 6 miles in the woods or on city streets more easily than 2 miles on an oval track, meh.
    I could do an oval track (used to do an indoor one on rainy days at a gym I instructed at but no longer) because I'm still outside and I prefer the harder weight bearing compared to a treadmill. With and outside oval track, it also is "measured" so it's easier to assess running intervals and seeing if you're progressing in speed as well a little easier.


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  • maryjay52
    maryjay52 Posts: 557 Member
    i hate schedules ... to the bone i hate them which is why im so inconsistent ..i have always been a spontaneous person . i get bored with routine
  • Theo166
    Theo166 Posts: 2,564 Member
    The ultimate boring exercise is swimming laps, something I did for hrs a day in my youth.
    It wins the grand prize because of the extreme sensory deprivation, no sound or TV to distract.

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