Exercise for music lovers.

maepis
maepis Posts: 51
edited September 19 in Fitness and Exercise
This might come in handy for anyone that exercises at home and loves music. My main means of exercise consists of jogging in place on a mini trampoline. I bought it at Wal-Mart for $35 and it has a step and calorie counter on it. I don't take the burned calories as gospel but I figure it's a good ballpark figure. Anyway, I have been noticing how it seems to take forever to just get my normal goal of 3000 steps\420 calories and I totally dread even getting on it. It only takes about 25 minutes to get to the goal but it seems to drag on for eternity even with music playing. Then I got the idea to start getting concert DVD's of my favorite bands from Netflix and watching them while jogging. WOW was it an amazing change. Granted I'm a metal head and the music makes me feel like jumping around anyway but I wound up pulling double my goal watching Korn in concert. I'd imagine this would probably work for about any genre of music. It's probably just because I wasn't realizing what I was doing and was focusing on what I was seeing while jogging but it was miraculous to me. I would catch myself jogging in time to the beat a lot. I didn't see any point in trying to keep just one steady rythm going since I don't care so much about the time but more about the distance. I still did the 6000 steps in under an hour and still had energy to go. I figured that maybe this will help someone exercise easier without having to dread it. I look forward to watching a concert and exercising now. :smile:

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  • maepis
    maepis Posts: 51
    This might come in handy for anyone that exercises at home and loves music. My main means of exercise consists of jogging in place on a mini trampoline. I bought it at Wal-Mart for $35 and it has a step and calorie counter on it. I don't take the burned calories as gospel but I figure it's a good ballpark figure. Anyway, I have been noticing how it seems to take forever to just get my normal goal of 3000 steps\420 calories and I totally dread even getting on it. It only takes about 25 minutes to get to the goal but it seems to drag on for eternity even with music playing. Then I got the idea to start getting concert DVD's of my favorite bands from Netflix and watching them while jogging. WOW was it an amazing change. Granted I'm a metal head and the music makes me feel like jumping around anyway but I wound up pulling double my goal watching Korn in concert. I'd imagine this would probably work for about any genre of music. It's probably just because I wasn't realizing what I was doing and was focusing on what I was seeing while jogging but it was miraculous to me. I would catch myself jogging in time to the beat a lot. I didn't see any point in trying to keep just one steady rythm going since I don't care so much about the time but more about the distance. I still did the 6000 steps in under an hour and still had energy to go. I figured that maybe this will help someone exercise easier without having to dread it. I look forward to watching a concert and exercising now. :smile:
  • angelinaz
    angelinaz Posts: 262
    :smile: This seems like an excellent form of exercise! I love the idea! Creative, sounds like fun! And I can do it at home and not have to go anywhere to do it!:smile:
  • VballLeash
    VballLeash Posts: 2,456 Member
    I seriousy can't run without my ipod! It's a little sad haha It makes a huge difference though! That trampoline thing sounds fun though!

    ~Leash
  • wilted6orchid
    wilted6orchid Posts: 423 Member
    You have stumbled onto something. I also jog on my trampoline in front of the computer. I think I jogged to Braveheart last time.:laugh:

    Hubby has all kinds of movies saved on here.
  • BMAJK
    BMAJK Posts: 72 Member
    :laugh: Excellent ideas! I love my upbeat music but sometimes I just like something a little different depending on my mood that day.:laugh. I do cardio 45-60 mins 3 times a week and I found a great trick-listening to comedy! Sure you look like a goofball at your gym when you break out laughing but I swear the time just flies by!!! Depending what your sense of humour, there are all sorts of good ones to download off iTunes. Dane Cook, Ellen, Robin Williams. :laugh:
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