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Lucky for you. For others of us I'd rather do almost anything else. I'd rather clean the house, do dishes, anything other than exercise. Yea, I force myself to

Lucky for you. For others of us I'd rather do almost anything else. I'd rather clean the house, do dishes, anything other than exercise. Yea, I force myself to do it but I'm massively bored and can't wait to get on to whatever I really want to be doing. I'd love to know some secret sauce other than luck to head into actually enjoying to exercise.

titanomachy 12y ago
The secret sauce is intensity. The idea that I could be bored while exercising intensely is absurd to me because all my resources, mental and otherwise, are required just to maintain the pace that I set for myself. When I'm close to the edge of what I can tolerate, I take a rest interval, then ramp up the intensity again before I have a chance to get bored.
- greggman 12y ago
  I don't like the pain of working out at all. So intensity doesn't make me not bored it just makes me want it stop as soon as possible. So no, that's not the secret sauce for me. Glad it works for you.
  - titanomachy 12y ago
    Fair enough. In my experience the sensation of intense exercise is similar to, but distinct from, the sensation of pain. I appreciate that people might experience this differently.
redmaverick 12y ago
The secret sauce for me was to buy a treadmill and place a drawing board on top of the handles. I place my laptop on top of the drawing board and do stuff I normally do. Right now I am typing this comment and using the treadmill at the same time. Hours pass by quickly while you are immersed in coding, reading hn, watching youtube etc and when you get off the treadmill you notice that you walked 5+ miles in 3+ hrs. The other thing is to read a lot of papers on google scholar so you can convince yourself of all the beneficial aspects of doing a cardio.
- greggman 12y ago
  I've tried that. I'd go blind trying to focus on anything while my head is bouncing from walking
andygates 12y ago
Try a lot of things - there could be an activity that clicks for you just untried. Really spam the parameter-space with options.

titanomachy 12y ago

The secret sauce is intensity. The idea that I could be bored while exercising intensely is absurd to me because all my resources, mental and otherwise, are required just to maintain the pace that I set for myself. When I'm close to the edge of what I can tolerate, I take a rest interval, then ramp up the intensity again before I have a chance to get bored.

greggman 12y ago
I don't like the pain of working out at all. So intensity doesn't make me not bored it just makes me want it stop as soon as possible. So no, that's not the secret sauce for me. Glad it works for you.
- titanomachy 12y ago
  Fair enough. In my experience the sensation of intense exercise is similar to, but distinct from, the sensation of pain. I appreciate that people might experience this differently.

redmaverick 12y ago

The secret sauce for me was to buy a treadmill and place a drawing board on top of the handles. I place my laptop on top of the drawing board and do stuff I normally do. Right now I am typing this comment and using the treadmill at the same time. Hours pass by quickly while you are immersed in coding, reading hn, watching youtube etc and when you get off the treadmill you notice that you walked 5+ miles in 3+ hrs. The other thing is to read a lot of papers on google scholar so you can convince yourself of all the beneficial aspects of doing a cardio.

greggman 12y ago
I've tried that. I'd go blind trying to focus on anything while my head is bouncing from walking

andygates 12y ago

Try a lot of things - there could be an activity that clicks for you just untried. Really spam the parameter-space with options.