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To hate just about all forms of exercise

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welliesinthespring · 17/05/2015 12:42

On my way to the gym.

Dreading it. Hate getting sweaty. Hate puffing and panting. Hate the aches and pains.

Apparently this is wrong and I should love it and it will lift my mood and make me happy and glowy.

Aibu. I just this is wrong and HATE it!

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YouTheCat · 17/05/2015 21:28

I have been to yoga. The version I do is quite intense and stamina heavy. All stretched out now. I like the lying down bit at the end best. I'm good at that. Grin

And, Badgers, I do put the seat all the way down but my poor little legs just dangle in mid air on the spin bikes, reaching out for the pedals but never quite making it.

MrsMook · 17/05/2015 21:39

Getting drunk: fun at the time. Feel rotten after.
Exercising: feel rotten at the time, feel awesome after.

It doesn't get easier, you just achieve more for the same level of exhaustion.

I like it as an excuse to get outside and some quiet time alone. I was always hopeless at running, but I've been converted. Circuits grew on me as you don't get much time to get bored and swap sore muscle groups around. I like the results too. I have a soft spot for kit and gadgets too.

I ache anyway, so I may as well be fit and ache!

PacificDogwood · 17/05/2015 21:40

Lovelydiscusfish, well, if reading is exercise, I'm sorted! Grin
Thank you so much for your 'invention', from the bottom of my heart [thank]Wink

Burpees look like hard work...

YouTheCat · 17/05/2015 21:48

If I eat onions I do burps. So I'm half way to burpees.

welliesinthespring · 17/05/2015 21:58

Oh, I do it. I go to the gym every other day and go round the equipment. Much like going to work, it's something I force myself to do because of the benefits: monetary in the former and aesthetic in the latter - and the long term benefits for both.

However, if I was given twelve months to live, my butt would go nowhere near work or the gym! Grin

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FatAli · 17/05/2015 23:23

I loathe running outside but love, love running on the treadmill at the gym.

Detest cycling but am addicted to spinning.

I love getting sweaty. My spinning badge of honour is to have sweat dripping off my nose.

balletnotlacrosse · 18/05/2015 13:04

I always feel terrific after a swim. But I really have to push myself to go. All that faffing around changing and showering and drying hair etc and trying to get to the pool at times that will be fairly quiet put me off. However, I force myself to go twice a week and I'm always delighted coming back out that I did it.
Otherwise, I drag myself out for a few walks a week. But organised exercise or team sports are a definite no no for me.

Stormtreader · 19/05/2015 13:54

Im another exercise hater, I just dont get that endorphin buzz at all. I also dont get any buzz from caffiene, I think im just generally un-buzzy :D

Im currently at the start of getting back to the only exercise ive ever stuck to - walking into work and back. I just cant get into doing exercise for no reason but doing it as part of travelling to something else is fine :D

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