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[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 226 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The worst part is, after a short while, you actually cross this sort of threshold where you enjoy it and begin to look forward to it, and then you start to notice it is helping your mental as well as your physical health.

Just atrocious. It's almost like we were evolved for this.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 95 points 4 months ago (6 children)

This has never happened to me. I still hate it and I run at least 18 miles a week for going on twenty years. I feel like shit if I don’t run, but I still hate the actual activity.

[–] Vegan_Joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Have you tried an activity you actually enjoy? I know that sounds a bit curt, but I gave up jogging for mountain biking and hiking, and now it is substantially easier to convince myself to get out and get started because I actually enjoy what I'm doing!

That shouldn't have been as revelatory for me as it was, but the current paradigm is that jogging, gym time, or other monotonous activities are what we should be doing, and that really just sucks the joy out of physical activity.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have extremely limited amounts of time to do anything. My wife is ill and I’m her full time care giver. So I really only have running as an option. I wake up early when she is still sleeping and go. I prefer running to biking.

[–] Vegan_Joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am sorry to hear about your wife, and I hope for the best for you both.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 14 points 4 months ago

I too hope the best for this guy's wife.. and him.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

the current paradigm is that jogging, gym time, or other monotonous activities are what we should be doing

I'd just like to contrast that with how getting enough exercise could work if our cities were designed properly.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

What are you doing in lieu of these detestable activities?

[–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey me too. 15 years working out and I still hate it except for competitive sports.

I like to think of it as a reverse hangover. Instead of a few hours of fun and a day of pain, i do a hangover on purpose for a few hours and get a whole day buzz.

It helps cuz i too like most people (?) hate exercise

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

it's crazy to me that there are people out there that are able to do things they don't enjoy doing by their own willpower just because it's good for them and I can't even get myself to do the things I enjoy doing.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago

I’m about to go on my 6 mile mile run and it is five thirty in the morning here.

I think the key for me is to just make the connection that the pain of not running (for me, the discomfort of my breathing being slightly worse when I’m really out of shape and just general feeling of shittiness) is worse than the activity itself. I also add treats to my run when I’m getting back into the habit. Fun size candy bars and the like. I also reserve my favorite podcasts for my run. I’m about to listen to behind the bastards which is always a good time.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I think that’s the most common experience. For years I hated exercising almost as much as I hated not having exercised

[–] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

Even when I was young and healthy, I never looked forward to exercise and it never improved my mental health, even when people insisted that I do it all the time. I would always feel in a mental fog for the rest of the day after exercise. Any day without exercise and I was (and still am) very sharp mentally.

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

And then you get to the weird addiction space where I feel guilty if I haven't gone for a run in 2 days. Humans are weird.

[–] MaliciousKebab@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I love walking, my family has a farm and I grew up there playing walking and doing just the usual villager kid stuff. 20 years later and I love walking. I almost always walk on the way to home from work after taking the train (about 2.5 km) my friends call me crazy but it just feels good to walk and get lost in music and thoughts for half an hour or so everyday.