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If you don't like exercise, why not?

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akaemmafrost · 21/05/2012 16:39

I run or swim most days. Whenever I mention that have done this I nearly always get the same responses:-

Oh you are good.
God, I couldn't be bothered with that.
I hate exercise!

Seriously, it made me wonder why do people see it as such an evil difficult thing?

So just being nosy really.

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scarletforya · 21/05/2012 22:21

I have asthma but it wasn't noticed when I was a kid, didn't really know until my thirties I think. So I unconsciously associated physical activity with suffocation.

God knows I tried though, aerobics 4 times a week at one stage. Never got any fitter. Face purple, lips blue and a taste of blood in my mouth!! Gave up and that's why I don't like exercise!

CrunchyFrog · 21/05/2012 22:16

It's just not a good look, is it mummmsy. I have a rep to protect, can't be looking like I make an Effort at anything.

mummmsy · 21/05/2012 22:15

oh yeah and purple, i go purple too

mummmsy · 21/05/2012 22:14

just cannot be arsed, can think of a million better things to do, don't really see the long term benefits if they're not immediately obvious, don't like getting sweaty/cold, makes me hungry and tired

CrunchyFrog · 21/05/2012 22:13

SHHHHHHH I'll have to get a taxi now.

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akaemmafrost · 21/05/2012 22:13

Still exercise crunchyfrog speed walking is brilliant exercise.

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amillionyears · 21/05/2012 22:11

I was thinking only yesterday that I need to get motivated.I think I need to sort out whether I want to do it outdoors,with other people,team sport etc.

CrunchyFrog · 21/05/2012 22:10

I go purple. Proper purple.

And I want to DIE.

Having said that, I walk between 3 and 6 miles most days, at speed. But that's not exercise, I'm going places.

I was shit at sport at school (the rather special geeky combination of astigmatism, asthma and rather-be-reading). Put me off for life.

Born2BRiiiled · 21/05/2012 22:08

That's what I was saying earlier. Exciting exercise is time consuming and expensive. Even boring swimming costs 4 quid a go.

Trestle · 21/05/2012 22:00

It's boring, difficult to find the time and it takes a long time to see results.

StarlightMcKenzie · 21/05/2012 21:56

No, it doesn't hurt in a good way. I don't even dry my hair after a shower because holding the dryer aches my arm.

Also, when done, I am intensely grumpy and hungry!

Tannhauser · 21/05/2012 21:52

Truly, the only thing worse than having to run for the length of time the Archers omnibus is played for would be to have to run whilst listening to it!

Sorry orm

TheMonster · 21/05/2012 21:49

I'm lazy. I'd rather be doing something else (or nothing).

And I always think people are laughing at me. It stems from school days.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 21/05/2012 21:49

I did too OP! But it's rather joggly for reading!

Have thought about buying/downloading some decent audiobooks and starting again...

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akaemmafrost · 21/05/2012 21:45

It hurts in a GOOD way though !

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StarlightMcKenzie · 21/05/2012 21:45

It's just so damn boring and repetetive, and hurts......

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akaemmafrost · 21/05/2012 21:43

elephants before I got into running I would read the paper or a book at the gym while on the bike or cross trainer. The paper is easiest as can be draped conveniently on the front of the exercise equipment.

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Coconutty · 21/05/2012 21:43

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SwedishEdith · 21/05/2012 21:40

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17177251 I take comfort from this research - if I could be bothered to even do 3 minutes

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 21/05/2012 21:39

I hate that it makes me feel like I'm dying, even when I was a kid and did loads of dancing, swimming etc running for more than a minute makes me feel like my chest is trying to kill me and I don't feel ok for literally hours, like my lungs are bruised.

And paying £40 I don't have to go and do something I find very dull is a challenge. I went to the gym for a while when I was unemployed and it got me back on an even keel, emotionally, so I know it's good stuff. But I find it SO boring and end up clockwatching. If I could watch a film or read a book when exercising, and not look at the time, I would get a lot more done without thinking about it.

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akaemmafrost · 21/05/2012 21:28

If I'm stressed out and go for a run by the time I come back I am calm and cheerful. I listen to my favourite music while I run, my mind is open and free as Ormiran said. When I get back I am exhausted but in a really good way.

It's like taking a sedative .

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motherinferior · 21/05/2012 21:25

Ah, you see, I would hate to use my brain when exercising. I feel I'm more suited to the....meditative approach

Meglet · 21/05/2012 21:25

I dropped out of PE at school and was often last to be picked.

From about age 25 I realised I loved exercise. I've also know a few people who didn't look after themselves and it doesn't end well, you can wing it when you're young, but bar being run over by a bus then I intend to stick around for many decades yet. I really don't want to suffer ill health when I'm old.

rhondajean · 21/05/2012 21:23

I love exercise.

I love kickboxing, boxing, resistance training..I love sweating and I love hurting ( in a good way as long as I haven't pulled anything)

I cannot love running. I keep persisting as I reckon it's the way to shift the weight and get the cardio truly working, but I find it soooooo boring.

So I reckon it's about finding the things that you enjoy, and also an element of having to want to do it , same as stopping smoking, there's loads of people out there who know its good for you but you will find every excuse under the sun not to do it because actually you don't care enough?

OrmIrian · 21/05/2012 21:23

"but that finding that form isn't always easy."

True! I used to swim twice a week before I had the kids, feeling v virtuous and hating every second of it and not improving at all

Running is different. It allows me to release my inner nerd. I can use maps and time myself and compare one run with another, and make special running playlists. I spent happy hours with an OS map searching out footpaths and little lanes to run down Now I run with dog I have to stick to footpaths though.

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