Comments | danalwyn: Fat and Lazy

danalwyn

Fat and Lazy

Aug 07, 2009 10:27

I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that I'm going to become fat and lazy ( Read more... )

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silverjackal August 7 2009, 16:35:52 UTC

It's also a case of experimenting and finding something you like. For some people it's running/hiking/climbing/some martial art. You might want to try some things you haven't tried before, and see if there's something you find is totally *fun*. Then even if you can't do the fun thing all the time, you'll be motivated to work out so that you can keep your skills at the fun stuff.

danalwyn August 7 2009, 16:56:33 UTC

I really do wish I could get the endorphin rush, or whatever it is, with something or anything. It seems a bit weird that other people can get it, but I don't.

Hiking might be nice, but it takes up a bit too much time. On weekends I can end up walking ten or fifteen miles a day already, and that doesn't feel much like exercise. I don't think there are longer paths around here; obviously I have to look farther afield. Maybe I'll go back to a martial art once my carpal tunnel eases some.

silverjackal August 7 2009, 19:11:28 UTC

If you have reasonable access to decent pool facilities swimming is a good intense full body workout that doesn't take a great deal of time. And if you haven't tried it you might want to try climbing (once your carpal tunnel resolves, obviously). If you find you don't get a rush from running, etc. climbing might be just the thing, because you get to look down and go "Oh! Cool!". Then again, I'm biased. ;)

danalwyn August 7 2009, 23:17:53 UTC

Huh, climbing, and heights in general were never much my thing, but I may try swimming.

I bet swimming burns a lot of calories once the water temp around here drops below freezing again.

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tripathy August 7 2009, 19:21:49 UTC

I have the same issue with exercise for the sake of exercise. It's like people don't understand me when I say that exercise needs to have a point other than just "get healthy through exercise"--like to win the game or otherwise get some kind of reward. I've also realized recently that the things I actually enjoy doing are the things that engage my brain at the same time as my body and require some kind of skill ( ... )

danalwyn August 7 2009, 23:16:35 UTC

Turning my brain off hurts it, and I'm not that fond of pain that I can ignore it for no good reason. You're certainly right there.

I need to find someone to exercise with so I can argue with them in the process, but somehow I doubt that this would provide a hard workout.