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Help me find an exercise I enjoy!

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IncorrigibleTitmouse · 27/04/2021 20:51

I know I need to do more exercise, but I really, really hate it. I always have. I was useless at PE at school (that’s a whole other slightly traumatic thread) and I just need to find something I don’t dread.

Walking is the one I can stir myself up to do because I listen to an audiobook and get on with it, but I live in a country where the outdoor temperatures will be in the mid to high 30s as a minimum from next month through till at least the end of September so that will have to stop soon.

Team sports are 100% out, swimming likewise because I’m not confident enough to be in public in a swimsuit. I tried a barre/Pilates class and liked it, but after a few months some other women at the class were really awful to me when I had to make some modifications and I was so embarrassed I haven’t been back.

Anyone else overcome a hatred of exercise and found something they enjoy?

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honeybuns007 · 28/04/2021 11:29

I'm sorry some people were not nice to you in class. Perhaps find another barre class if you enjoyed it. A good class will be supportive

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IncorrigibleTitmouse · 27/04/2021 23:31

Thank you, both! Looks like YouTube will be my friend here! At least then I can try out a few things in the privacy of my own home and without shelling out any money. I wish I wasn’t so self conscious but 30+ years of not having an athletic bone in your body have led to general negative feelings about exercise! 😂

I wish I was one of those people who really loved to do physical activity.

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MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 27/04/2021 21:21

I have all the same issues as you. I love my rebounder (mini-trampoline) and also just do a lot of exercise DVDs/You tube at home. I enjoy aerobics, dancing, Zumba etc, as long as there is no one around to laugh at me.

foodiefil · 27/04/2021 21:02

Start with tins or full bottles of water and find some YouTube workouts? Figure out if you like it first. I do HIIT/Jo Wicks style classes and walk a lot and do some running. Even if I burn the same amount of calories in a run as I do in a class on the days I do classes my overall calorie burn is higher because in HIIT classes I'm using weights and using more muscles.

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IncorrigibleTitmouse · 27/04/2021 21:01

Thanks @tuliplily. I’m horribly uncoordinated but I enjoy dancing if no one is there to witness it! 😂

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IncorrigibleTitmouse · 27/04/2021 21:00

@foodiefil Thanks, I definitely need to do something resistance-y but I’m worried about fitness too. Don’t I need to get puffed out to benefit cardiovascular things? Sorry if I’m asking daft questions, I genuinely have no clue. Sports have been something I’ve actively avoided forever! How would I get started with weights, I suppose I could get some for home use?

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tuliplily · 27/04/2021 21:00

Dancing?

foodiefil · 27/04/2021 20:52

What about weights? You don't have to lift heavy heavy weights but there's not as much being "puffed" out and more feeling strong.