To elaborate; I literally cannot focus on a workout, particularly a cardio routine, for longer than 5 minutes or so. If the best possible wourkout for me were to do 20 minutes of rowing, running, or cycling, I will literally want to kill myself after five minutes. Typically it won’t come to that, so I’ll just half ass it, call it quits and take the walk of shame home, bothered, unmoisturized, unhappy, out of my lane, unfocused, languishing. This is not due to over-exertion or the overall difficulty of the exercise but I guess some kind of latent inability to focus on any task for longer than the bare minimum.
I guess the simple answer is “Just mix it up, doofus”, but when I do that I end up just half-assing even more. What is to be done?
The best cardio is doing it to go places. When you need to run or bike somewhere, there’s really no way around it, and it just fits into your day. It’s no longer a chore that you have to do, but an integral part of existing in a broader area than one single address.
“Cardio machines” (excepting ellipticals and stationary bikes for people with bad joints) are the absolute worst, they take away the majority of the experience. They are the refined white flour of exercise.
i like to read a book. if the books boring me the amount of time it takes me to get to a certain point (chapter or whatever) is how long im working out, if the book is good im working until my body complains because i want to keep reading
either way im forcing myself to do something id not have the motivation for otherwise
It kind of sounds like your workout is boring. Do something you think is fun.
It doesn’t matter what it is, but it should be fun and motivating to you. Maybe it’s water polo, soccer, jai alai, rock climbing, skateboarding, whatever.
Gyms are lame and boring and great ways to catch covid. Go do something fun outside.
Do something you think is fun
That’s the neat part, exercise isn’t fun. At all. I have to do it though.
There’s like 1000 different physical activities from cultures all around the world, most of them literally built around the idea of being fun for people. You can’t seriously be saying none of them are fun, like surfing, basketball, scuba diving, disc golf, snowboarding, you literally think none of them are fun?
IDK if you really think that I don’t think I understand.
On god, I could literally look you dead in the eye and tell you I do not find a single form of physical activity to be fun. What I like doing is binge eating donuts. The closest thing to a physical activity I enjoyed was airsoft, and even then, it’s more of a test of your fitness rather than something to do to get fit, and since right now I can’t even climb a flight of stairs without running short of breath, I can’t even find airsoft fun anymore, plus none of the gear fits.
Some people literally do not enjoy exertion in any variety, or their baseline physical condition or mental health actively causes friction when trying to exercise
Pretty much this, just walk around to various destinations, grow food, de-weed, forage for edible plants, etc. It won’t feel like you’re exercising but you will be
If you’re not weak to COVID, maybe learn how to fight with a sparring partner. Anything that isn’t (do x reps for y seconds) is better
Gyms are indeed lame and boring. I tried to go to a gym once and I got yelled at because I “didn’t have the right athletic wear”. What happened to exercise being part of what we do every day?
Unfortunately part of exercise is being able to tolerate monotony and repeat the basics day after day.
Cycling or running to places around the area I live in that I haven’t been to often/at all, and exploring them, is probably the most fun cardio exercise. When you run out of places to explore, you cycle or run further out. Unfortunately this can get unsafe sometimes, so don’t do it if you feel unsafe
