If you don't like exercise, why not?

Why is Zumba controversial?

I was still am a bit mega unfit and four stone heavier than I was 8 years ago, I started zumbaing and love it, its the only thing I've stuck too at all, I'm now nowhere near as unfit as I was, but still overweight .

Starting Bokwa soon too.

amillion I've done the same step class for about 7 years. We're lucky to have a great instructor who constantly evolves the class. There's a new routine to learn from scratch every month or so.

I love it because it's such complex choreography that you have to concentrate so hard to get the steps right that you don't even notice you're exercising. Then once you get the routine straight in your head, its just the best spinny-dancey-throwing-yourself-about crazy exertion to really good music.

Bad for my knees I know but I can't give up.

And OP the other thing I hate about exercise is people like you who are so insistent that I would love it if only I would make the effort.

Sorry, you did ask

It gives me heart palpitations

Does anyone on here who likes exercise, stick to the same sort of exercise for years on end?For some reason I would like to do that,but maybe I am just making excuses.Also have a large bust which is uncomfortable,running wise.

It is a faff, I developed a loathing at school that I've never got past.

Also I have no time.

I do sit ups and some twist things I can't remember the name of, I dance around like a loon, play with my nunchucks, practice swordplay with half an old nunchuck that just happens to be exactly the same length as a Katana handle, I do just generally try to keep moving about a bit.

was doing steps today (no stairs in my flat) I was running round in circles stepping up on my sons stepstool (as was he) then it made a crack sound looks ok but will not be doing that again. pretty sure I need to do more things for my bottom half. really want to get a skateboard.

I hate getting hot, odd because I love hot weather, but I hate getting hot and sweaty. I didn't mind running in winter, and I don't mind swimming. I could swim for hours because i don't get sweaty.

But I don't have the time to swim every day, when I'm not working 14 hour shifts I have both kids all day as they're both preschoolers. When they start full time school I'm sure that will change. From September I will have a whole 2.5 hours with no children at all. I will use that time to MN swim :o

I think it stems from compulsory PE at school. And also from the fact that I am bone idle nowadays. I have belonged to gyms in the past and once I got into it sometimes enjoyed it. Don't like swimming except on holiday in a warm climate. Or at a spa type place. As for aerobics and water aerobics. Can't see why anybody would torture themselves in that way.

I have recently started exercising more - I go to a personal trainer once a week and walk every day. I now miss it if I don't go, and I enjoy the walking. I don't really enjoy the training sessions, but like their effect. I enjoy walking, and recently surprised myself by enjoying climbing a mountain - actually enjoying the climbing, despite the pain and lack of breath - which I hadn't expected.
I don't enjoy team sports and don't really like anything that causes pain or continuous breathlessness. I just don't enjoy the sensation.

I hate exercise if it seems pointless.

I absolutely LOVED running when I did the C25K and it's the only exercise I could imagine doing forever, just because I found the challenge of running for longer every time enjoyable. However, when I got to around the "running for 25 minutes" mark my knees started to hurt and by the time I was running for 35 mins, they were hurting all the time, even when resting. I had my gait analysed, bought the right trainers etc but it didn't help and even after I stopped running, my knees took MONTHS to stop hurting :(

I really miss running :(

I can't swim!

I get my excercise by having a energetic 2 year old

oh and I don't like outside. Inside rocks.

I piss about indoors I also piss about in the playground.

I can't swim and would never run as I hate my size Ds bouncing around/being really held/pushed down by a bra.

I would love to do Martial Arts but don't have the cash.

And I never shower at the gym...I come home.

I hated sport at school, as I was naturally thin and they all expected me to be good at athletics.
In the last 2 years I have discovered the gym and love it. i have a trainer once a week and evert time it's a new challenge. I do Pilates once a week too. I have lost weight , toned up and feel much better.
Loathe swimming and can't run.

my body just doesn't feel good doing exercise.

1. I'm uncoordinated, weird ankles make walking feel odd and uncomfortable.
2. Swimming is cold, dirty and faffy.
3. dancing is out of the question (see 1)
4. I tried couch to 5k and waited for the addiction to kick in...it really didn't.
5. I'm far too much of a wuss to do mountain biking or anything like that

I think my basic lack of coordination is at the root of all my disagreements with exercise.

And oh god, yes, PE at school was just a lesson in humiliation

Another reason. Seeing a fellow gym user blow-drying their minge in the changing rooms. What has been seen cannot be unseen.

I find it really dull, especially the gym and running. I have terrible balance and hand/eye co-ordination so I am crap at ball sports. I don't mind swimming but I can't be arsed to get changed, get my hair wet, get dry, sort my hair out and get dressed again, so that 30-45 minutes of exercise turns into two hours of faff. I hate sweating and being out of breath and going all puce in the face. It's just undignified.

(I went through a phase of loving aerobics and step once, but it was a short-lived phase.)

I am just ver ver lazy (and fat)

Loathe feeling out of breath and having aching legs. Hate the physical pain of exercise (gym, running). I like swimming but hate the faff of going, getting changed, lockers, showering etc. Maybe if I had a pool in my house I'd use it.

I love skiing, but unfortunately don't live on a mountain. I like long walks, but don't have much time to do it. I like rock climbing but again, no rocks near me and can't afford to do it recreationally. Cycling is fun when I'm in the mood, but not on a daily basis.

Wish I could find something I enjoyed and that would shift the stone I need to lose. But I'm lazy and always tired so would rather sit at home than move about.

Some people are naturally sporty and love to exercise, other look on exercise as something that they 'should' do.

Also a lot of it is to do with habit. If you do something for 21 days it creates a neural pathway in your brain. Exercise every day for three weeks and it becomes second nature. Similarly if you don't exercise for three weeks or more you lose the habit.