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Exercise should be enjoyable or people will not do it. The second you start talking about benefit for unit of time spent it becomes a tedious chore. I love rock
by ericmcer 8y ago
Exercise should be enjoyable or people will not do it. The second you start talking about benefit for unit of time spent it becomes a tedious chore. I love rock climbing, I hate running, no statistic about running being more beneficial is going to make me run.
I have introduced tons of friends to the gym and my first piece of advice is always just show up and have fun, don’t worry about ideal routines or maximizing output. Just figure out how to make exercise part of your life.
- kozikow 8y ago> Exercise should be enjoyable or people will not do it. This is what finally worked for me. I died of boredom jogging or lifting weights. You have to find a sport that you enjoy. I have friends that were unfit and finally climbing did it for them. It was BJJ and MMA for me. I enjoyed tennis/squash, but it's sometimes hard to find an equal partner - same with other "group" sports.
- camillomiller 8y agoI’ve been doing Ashtabga Yoga for years then recently I discovered how fun calisthenics can be if you “gamify” it with a friend, thinking of advanced progressions as videogame-like achievements. Really into it now.
- ip26 8y agoI love rock climbing, I hate running, no statistic about running being more beneficial is going to make me run. FWIW this was me two years ago. Then I came to grips with the fact that running is the best training for mountain climbing.