you can cycle to your old yoga studio i guess? What's stopping you from going outside, they asked you to work from home, not stay at home all the time
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#22Is there anything within 5 minutes from your house you can do, like a boxing class or a tennis court? I found doing something that requires external commitment like signing up for a class is easier to keep doing.
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#23It can seem cheesy, but something like P90X3 will whip you into great shape at a commitment of only 30m per day.
You do need a pullup bar though. The program itself can be ordered digitally but is also pretty easy to find online.
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#24Seems like your issue is motivation, not staying fit. Maybe align with colleagues for "exercise time" or even meet in person if they are close. You can still do your walking or cycling commute if you want to! Book meetings in your calendar for Youtube yoga.
My routine is to do a walk every day while wfh, about 4 miles give or take. I do yoga or meditation as required. I go cycling or kayaking for fun a couple of times a week.
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#25Go for a run in your lunch break! I run every day, it’s fantastic and keeps me in good shape.
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#26My neighborhood went from about 3 people running every morning to around 13 as of this year.
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#277+ years working from home. Join a boxing,kickboxing,muay-thai,mma gym and go consistently at least 3 times/week.
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#28Seems like your issue is motivation, not staying fit. Maybe align with colleagues for "exercise time" or even meet in person if they are close. You can still do your walking or cycling commute if you want to! Book meetings in your calendar for Youtube yoga. My routine is to do a walk every day while wfh, about 4 miles give or take. I do yoga or meditation as required. I go cycling or kayaking for fun a couple of time…
I hacked my motivation by making cycling to work my exercise (~1h, 12km/day). Now I have "covid belly" :(
We (Ireland) had some brutal lockdown restrictions for quite a while, including a 5km distance-from-home limit. I could get stopped by police twice daily simply doing the grocery shopping.
But it's nearly springtime here, and things are improving now.
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#29you don't need to attend a studio to practice yoga you don't need the destination to cycle just fcking do it
While I agree that you don't need to consume or overengineer these things, I admit that doing these things on a different place and somehow committing some money to it kind of forces people to keep doing it whereas doing it at home may make it boring (for some people) and you stop altogether.
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#30Go for a run in your lunch break! I run every day, it’s fantastic and keeps me in good shape.
I admire the people capable of enjoying running.
I hate running. Each time I tried, I hated every minute. It’s not going outside or having activities : I’m not fit at all but I do like moving, I like walking, I like using my small muscles but running … I literally can’t.
I always wondered : Is the pleasure of running coming with training or is this something more personal? If I started to run every day from today, would I hate it forever or would I learn to like it ?
Because I can’t imagine committing to running everyday if I don’t like it.
Anyone made the switch from hating to liking it ?