The thing I have difficulty with, is exercising for the sake of exercise.
I just don't find it stimulating. When I was younger I played football, rugby, cricket baseball and, more latterly, squash and badminton, but I played them for the challenge and enjoyment of the game. The exercise was a happy by-product. As you get older and have more family and work responsibilites it is quite hard to commit to playing a team game.
(Cave Duck, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:24, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I find the same
also, it's a fucker trying to book a regular badminton court
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)

I don't know anyone who gets up in the morning and thinks "Ooh, yes, I'm going for a JOG!"
Exercise to get fit isn't meant to be enjoyable per se, it's a means to an end
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:28, Reply)

For a few months I used to get up every weekend at 6am to be in the gym for 7.

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:29, Reply)

that is dedicated
I'm usually there by 6.45 if I'm going, but it is only a ten minute walk
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Mine's only a ten minute walk too.
But I had to give it some time to wake up and have a coffee.
( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:33, Reply)

I hate the gym

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)

Your gym's quite nice
Or so it looks from the outside, through my binoculars
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)

now I know you're lying
you can't see my gym from the outside. Also no matter how nice the gym I'm always going to hate it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)

What, cos if your gym had windows it might have been true?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:56, Reply)

no but this confirms it
just in case.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:06, Reply)

I've been getting up at 6am 3 times a week
to go out a run - before work!

Have kept this up for a month now.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

I totally LOVE walking for exercise.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Ditto.
But then I find walking pleasant, and jogging distinctly unpleasant. Nothing quite like a nice long walk for shifting a hangover.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:34, Reply)

A full English and a mile in the pool works wonders for me.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)

swimming a mile takes too long for my liking
I'll usually swim half a mile before I get too bored
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:42, Reply)

I wouldn't mind swimming if people weren't always in my fucking way.

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:46, Reply)

that is annoying
there's never a happy medium either. people are either fast as fuck, evil swimming demons, or they are floundering about barely not drowning.

my usual speed is fast as fuck, but even when I'm trying to go as slow as possible without sinking people are still in the way.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)