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Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by xtiansimon »

keyle wrote: post #3

I too don't feel like exercising after work, or at 6 in the morning. And many years ago I determined that without exercise my life is a living hell. Simply, I need to push weights and exert myself physically to keep mentally sane. So I've found work that works for me, as in, I can go to the gym at lunch, which is when I feel good about working out. Make your routine work for you, and not the other way around. Priorit…

I was introduced to Masters Swimming programs by a corporate group manager back in the day. There were a bunch of participating pools in Silicon Valley.

Absolutely the best to walk back into work with all that energy. Several co-workers followed after me. It was contagious! Hehe

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by watwut »

throwaway27448 wrote: post #39
bonesss wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A wise grinder once told me a powerful secret, the key to perfect running form: the sides of the mouth curling up in a giant smile. Phoebe running, rejecting social norms, gettin’ dirty, futzing with trail plans… there’s no rules, have fun. Whatever that means exactly on your own terms.

Unfortunately this sort of advice also leads to people not exercising. I don't enjoy lifting, and I don't see an easy way to make it fun, but I feel better and I'm healthier for it.

You do not have to lift to exercise. It is only one of many options.

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by SomeHacker44 »

I get literally sick after exercising. Like, nauseous and even on occasion vomit. I feel like crap afterwards, and need to almost immediately take a nap. I get zero immediate benefits from exercise (both weights and aerobics), and feel bad the rest of the day. If it is leg day, I drag while walking or taking stairs. I have never gotten a "runners high" or felt any same day benefits.

I do get benefits, mind you - my pinched nerve pains go away, I (sometimes) sleep better, my body looks better. But it is super hard to want to do it and gets done as minimally as possible to not have pain.

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by throwaway27448 »

watwut wrote: post #53
throwaway27448 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately this sort of advice also leads to people not exercising. I don't enjoy lifting, and I don't see an easy way to make it fun, but I feel better and I'm healthier for it.

You do not have to lift to exercise. It is only one of many options.

That's true, there is also bodyweight and machines and just hard labor.

And of course there's cardio but that's not terribly difficult to fit into any lifestyle—lots of fun options. That's just not going to hit all your needs by itself.

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Post by damnesian »

pjerem wrote: post #10

I’m not sure about all of this. I’ve been sedentary for 34 years, and I somehow still am. But I discovered rollerblading at 34 and now I’m part of a rollerblading course in a skatepark at a fixed time in the week, just after my biggest day of work. And going to the skatepark is boring, I need to take a bus to nowhere land and then walk in nowhere land for 10 minutes. I’ve always been happy to go to it. And even the d…

Exactly. I've always loved racquet sports- how it makes me feel, the improvement of hand-eye coordination, the competition, sure, all of that- but most of all, because hitting a ball with a stick with a bouncy strings around in a court is a damn good time. So it's never felt like an effort to me.

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by timbaboon »

sammy2255 wrote: post #23
timbaboon wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many countries should be included before it should be published?

A mixture of haplogroups, not just one

I see, yes, you need to have two, otherwise science cannot happen

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by fellowniusmonk »

keyle wrote: post #3

I too don't feel like exercising after work, or at 6 in the morning. And many years ago I determined that without exercise my life is a living hell. Simply, I need to push weights and exert myself physically to keep mentally sane. So I've found work that works for me, as in, I can go to the gym at lunch, which is when I feel good about working out. Make your routine work for you, and not the other way around. Priorit…

I live off a paved trail, 30 min 8 mi bike ride nearly everyday around for 1-2pm after lunch, fast, no bonk, gives me a mental reset and helps me rescue from any work tangents.

Being in nature is great, we screw ourselves over so much by not orienting around bike path accessibility, they take very little space in the grand scheme and enables population improvement in glocuse tolerance and cognitive function, fortunately for all of Austin's faults they are putting in effort to be affordable and livable. Best of a bad bunch.

It's reversed so much cognitive performance decline I felt creeping up on me in my late 30s.

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by bonesss »

throwaway27448 wrote: post #39
bonesss wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A wise grinder once told me a powerful secret, the key to perfect running form: the sides of the mouth curling up in a giant smile. Phoebe running, rejecting social norms, gettin’ dirty, futzing with trail plans… there’s no rules, have fun. Whatever that means exactly on your own terms.

Unfortunately this sort of advice also leads to people not exercising. I don't enjoy lifting, and I don't see an easy way to make it fun, but I feel better and I'm healthier for it.

… “Smile while you train”, ie make training fun, results in not training? That is nonsensical.

You can’t figure out how to make lifting fun? Bruv, google Eric Bugenhagen. Shirtless, 70s rock, singing out loud, a tye-die hairband, strong coffee and fun exercises. Lifting is awesome, it happens in a gym, and there are 9,000 colours of fun. Homegyms rule, hip thrusts in between air-guitar with the toddler, air kicks and slam balls… and it is as easy as a patch of alley and a kettlebell or tire, if you let it be.

The entire point of my post is the opposite of your takeaway. Learn what you find fun, what makes you smile hard when lifting and by definition you will be having fun lifting.

Lifting is easy mode for fun. Speakers, smoothies, cuties, technique variants, bar variants, ego-stuff, posture-stuff, program stuff, dips, pull ups, and bouncy crap too. Ultra running, where that quote is from, involves eating a slight bit more shit for more than an hour (in AC).

Plus, you do NOT have to “lift” to “pick up something heavy, move it around, and hold something above your head”. Feeling better and healthier, hypertrophy, and targeted resistance exercise are available from a near infinite variety of activities. Some are very enjoyable, the rest can be made so with effort, creativity, and will.

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by NoPicklez »

sublinear wrote: post #12
NoPicklez wrote: post #4

The article didn't really answer the question of whether the right time of day helps you feel like exercising. Just that you might get more out of the exercise you choose to do. As someone who is more of a night owl, I just don't seem to be able to put out the same effort in the early morning than I can in the evening, whether it be in the gym or on the bike. I'm much more tired and I just can't seem to push as hard…

Your hormones shift later at night, so your nervous system is in a relaxed state. Your improved breathing and heart rate let you push harder. I don't think it has to do with being a "night owl" as much as noticing enough to take advantage of something that happens to everyone. A lot of people aren't curious enough to change things up and that's probably who this article is aimed at.

I don't think that's necessarily why, as I know people who feel they can push harder in the mornings compared to later in the evening. Those people I know have always been early risers and hit the pillow early.
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