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> I tend to stop running just because I want to work on something more mentally stimulating and tangibly productive Maybe accept that running, or perhaps exerc

> I tend to stop running just because I want to work on something more mentally stimulating and tangibly productive Maybe accept that running, or perhaps exercise in general, is not your thing? You clearly have more pressing interests and there are other ways to maintain good health. My grandfather lived well into his eighties with nigh a scrap of fat on him and, near as I can tell, did no formal exercise after his army days ended. My mother is on the same track despite health issue severely limiting her mobility. I say this as a guy who rides an indoor cycling trainer 3-4 times a week during the winter and turns in to a raging jerk if he doesn't get his workouts done. If you're not a "gym guy", "runner guy", "biking guy" or whatever, why waste your extremely limited free time trying to become one?

thfuran 1y ago
>exercise in general, is not your thing? You clearly have more pressing interests and there are other ways to maintain good health. This is profoundly bad advice. Being completely sedentary is absolutely awful when it comes to health. A single anecdote of a person who didn’t exercise but didn’t die young is meaningless. I’m not going to recommend people take up smoking because my grandpa smoked for 60 years and is still alive at 95.
- anthomtb 1y ago
  Being completely sedentary was not my suggestion. My intention was to re-frame the asker's question from "how can I make this exercise tolerable" to "how can I maintain good health without engaging in this miserable activity". I too once preached the exercise gospel to any that would listen. But I have mellowed out with age (while still riding my stationary bike).