to think people who exercise excessively are boring and quite selfish

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I have a couple of friends who cycle a lot. By that I mean all school day on their days off work (work part time) plus at least 2 evenings and a large proportion of the weekend. I get the importance of exercise and I do and also have friends who do a few 5k runs a week but never mention it. I wouldn't mind if they would keep it to themselves, but they seem to have the knack of turning conversation around so they can talk about their bike ride, they moan about how tired and achey they are. They complain their dh's (who work full time) are not pulling their weight (dispite the fact they are spending a couple of days sat on their bikes). And their latest feats are all posted on social media. I just get the feeling they think it's great and the rest of the world is missing out when in reality non excessive excercisers just think it's a bit sad and they need to get a life.

Bike wankers.

I'm married to one.

I do 7/8 gym classes a week, I get up super early to fit this in. If you didn't ask you wouldn't know, but my god bike people. They're like the vegans of he exercise world.

oh look, another thread bitching about cyclists.

Anyone who's obsessive about anything can be a bore.

I want to know how they even get time to exercise! If I get free time, housework has to take priority, then it's being a taxi for the kids and when I do have time to myself I want to have a nap!
Then every few weeks or so, I'll say 'sod it' and pack a rucksack and my bivy bag/tarp and camp out on Dartmoor, just to get away!

and I do and also have friends who do a few 5k runs a week but never mention it

So .... how do you know? That they do these runs?

My DD work's full time and excersise's every night alway's something different, she has a sit down job and said if she didn't exercise she'd put on a lot of weight, she enjoy's it so do most of her friend's, i can assure you she is anything but boring the total opposite, i am very proud of the way she looks after herself

YANBU, because its great to see women doing sport, as so long it, and particularly cycling has been a male preserve in this country. I did a lot of cycling when I was younger (more into running now, in fact thats I met DH), and it always made me sad that there were so few women who would get off their backsides to cycle.

YANBU because you do need to put the miles in cycling to get fit, and its a great sport to do in the summer when its warm and sunny.

I get what you're saying about being boring to some extent, because there is nothing worse than a born-again athlete, but the worst bores I know are born-again running bores (I use the term 'born again' for those who didn't do sport when they were younger, because they can be a bit tediously evangelical about it).

Even more YANBU though because obesity is approaching US levels in this country and so many people seem unable to get anywhere without a car, which is very sad - I used to live in The Netherlands, and people just look far better there because so many of them do cycle instead of using the car.

Oh bore off.
If you don’t like your friends chat them stop hanging out with them.

If I get free time, housework has to take priority

Housework is not a very interesting hobby, I'd really pick another one, have you considered cycling?

Anyone who's obsessive about anything can be a bore.

Exactly.

I think the issue here is them moaning about being tired and achey after choosing to do the exercise. I hate when people do that, it’s attention seeking at best.

@CassianAndor true. It just seems to be the only obsessive people I know are cyclists.

@Tensixtysix thats what I mean about selfish. They seem to think they are entitled to spend half their lives cycling resulting in an unfair split of housework.

@NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace I just know they run and assume they have done or see them running past.

@happyhillock does your dd have dc?

I agree it sounds boring as hell but as long as you don't have to go with them then who cares? Let them get on with it. Ignore their moaning, try just want attention.

Oh I love them. They shame me into doing exercise so I'm very grateful.

Anyone who finds housework enjoyable really needs to get a hobby. May I suggest cycling?!

Anyone who goes on at length about anything is a bore, so it's not exclusive to cyclists. I get out on the bike a fair bit in the summer though you'd never know I was unless you asked me what I'd been up to, and I always keep it short. Along the lines 'oh just out on the bike this morning'. I wouldn't go on about it unless someone asked for more details.

Bores are people who talk incessantly about themselves and what they've been up to but never ask others anything. It's always a one way street with them and they always get the conversation back round to themselves no matter what their hobby, be it cycling, walking, running, gardening, whatever.

My ex used cycling/going to the gym as a 'virtuous' excuse to never be at home for any drudge work. He would constantly badger me asking for compliments on his physique all the while berating me for no longer being 'a hard body', totally ignoring I had zero free time because of him. It made me so so angry and still does to be honest, just because something is good for your health doesn't mean you can abandon the more boring self/home/child care tasks.

If it's all they talk about, yes it's boring. If it causes problems in their relationships because they spend all their free time doing it and don't spend time with their families, interferes with their jobs, etc, then it's selfish. Exercise can be an addiction. There are people who spend hours a day exercising and it's all they think about.

What's REALLY boring is complaining about other people's exercise habits to a bunch of random people on t'internet.

Get a

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I go to the gym pretty much 6 days a week, although I never talk about it.

I hate gym bores and people who talk about their diets all the time. I do an hour tops and then the rest of my time is spent at work, cleaning the house or with my children/husband.

Agree that anyone who endlessly goes on about their own achievements at their hobby as if it's really interesting to their friends is being boring/self-centred and probably not good company. There needs to be give and take.

If you were feeling petty you could always choose your own hobby (ant farm?) and go on about it all the time yourself. If you find they take an interest and start asking about 'how's the ants doing?' then perhaps it is a balanced relationship after all!

They are hobby bores rather than exercise bores, you just know more of the cyclists than you know stamp collectors or LARPers.

Running is my hobby, because I can't afford and don't have the time for any others. I hate it, but need to do it to keep my weight down, and therefore I only talk about how miserable it is. But I bet I still bore people!

You're just jealous OP.

Innit?