How can I make cardio fun and not agonizing torture that just makes you smelly and sweaty?
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How can I make cardio fun and not agonizing torture that just makes you smelly and sweaty?
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More lifting volume. Get a sickening full body pump and mog the twinks.
OP here, I'm trans btw if it matters
Every frickin time
which one, mentally ill man or mentally ill woman? jw
Start running and swimming, cycling is alright for distance but man do the lycragays ruin it
>cycling is alright
Yep.
>for distance
Nope.
>but man do the lycragays ruin it
Not at all. They're twinks who fell for the distance meme but they're not casuals.
t. non-cyclist
I have a bike and I ride it and I progressively overload with it. I'm not a lycra gay but I like them because they know what they're doing. The casuals are always in the way and shit.
>lycragays know what they're doing
ahahahhaha
In my experience, yes. It's the commuters and fairweather strollers that are always in the way. Of course I laugh at the people buying lycra even though they're fat and slow but I don't have a problem passing them so it's whatever.
>implying lycragays aren't peak fairweather cyclists
I never see them out when its raining and they are constantly in the way because they have to ride 5 abreast.
Not to mention they're slower than they think despite MUH GEAR
>muh gear
So you're a fixed gear moron? I want to try it too. What bike should I get?
>reading comprehension of lycragays
I've never worn lycra.
How are you dealing with the chafing without chamois? Surely it’s uncomfortable as hell, all to avoid looking like a Lycragay. Surely this isn’t worth it, unless you’re only cycling for 30 minutes a go, in which case you probably shouldn’t opine about cycling gear.
I've cycled for 6 hours at a time only wearing Big W stretchy shorts with no issues
More power to you then I guess. I used to get chafed to hell after a few hours out. Wasn’t worth the trouble when there was a solution readily available.
Go running at your local forest preserve (or whatever they call the government protected land in your area, idk what country you live in but they’re everywhere, even in the urban sprawl)
Being smelly and sweaty is literally part of the fun
Take the nasty ass homie pill, leave modern society behind
convince yourself you lie it, or just continue to do it. If you don't do this shit now, in a couple of years you will be agonizing over even moving while being a fat tub of piece of shit lard.
every day you make a choice between taking steps towards a fine future, or steps towards a dilapidated condo in the bronx with no rent control and roaches.
Circuits. Maybe do it as a group fitness challenge. Cardio can be everything from rooning to swimming to jumping jacks to burpees, pacer testing and board balancing. If you're too moronic to organize something like that, or you lack friends, maybe pick up field sports. Football and soccer are goated popular sports. Skiing and snowboarding are good too, but can be expensive if you don't have easy access to a snowy mountain.
Bike riding in woodland trails is pretty cool too. Just live a little you boring unimaginative frick.
Ignore the stench and row for thirty minutes.
Have you tried a boutique circuit class chain? They’re often what suburban people do when they’re too busy for sports.
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I just get high and drink a reign and run for a long time. Idk I’m moronic. Try listening to Archgoat and hitting the greenway for ninety minutes.
take the swimpill
listen to Iron Maiden
You just do. If you don't enjoy type 2 fun then running will always suck.
t. Type 2 enjoyer
Just do the stuff everyday, then your body will generate some endorphins to reward your effort. Then, you will enjoy the cardio
This. I hated cardio until I tried out running. I get runner's high, and holy shit does it motivate me to go for a run. Not everyone gets it though OP.
r u supposed to get it during or only after?
i've been doing pretty intensive elliptical for 20 minutes every day for almost a month and it makes me feel very good for the rest of the day. but during it it's still kinda a chore
Runners high isnt really what you think it is. But for me it was feeling great after the run, and then wanting to go on another run immediately.
During the run itself it never got that much easier for me. I just listen to 4x 5min songs for a total 20 min run twice a day
Yeah I'm the same as the other anon. I feel fantastic after the run. Not during unfortunately.
i dont know but when I weighed 450 pounds I couldnt do 5 minutes on the bike without laying down and huffing after with sweat everywhere and now at 230 I do 25 miles a day minimum even if I'm fasting (which I don't but I've done before) and like 10-15mph winds, at max I go 10mph but anyways the point is if you do it enough you'll eventually reach a point where you can do 500cals a day and it won't feel like a chore
How do you stop hating it? Stop being a homosexual? I unironically, and I do not care if you believe me, just b***h the entire way, I just b***h, and huff, and moan, and complain while I keep peddling, and then boom I'm halfway, now guess what? I have to go back.... It's typically windy going towards, so coming back is actually fun.
Today all I did was ride at like 2 gear of 21 but never turned around. then on the way home I was chuffing out 20/21 and did the half mark in like 15 minutes instead of 45.
It's okay to turn around every once in a while, when it's really shitty, but you can't turn around 9/10 no matter how dogshit it is
Have a girl break up with you and channel your anger into cardio
stop being such a pussy
i just swim.
For the difficult
Play a videogame like AC and get inspired to do parkour, running and constant fighting
But you don't do parkour in Armored Core...
You don't if you are not strong enough, try simply running, jumping and swiming at first. Or simply hike with weighted clothing for hours on end
What the frick animal crossing have to do with parkour?
Just think about how good you'll look. That's my motivation. If I keep thinking about how good I look when I'm lean it makes it so easy.
>get good sneakers
>suddenly running and walking is really fun
for me, its rowing on the erg, imagining that I'm a slave on a galley while listening to some dumbass podcast about fitness/health shit.
Just do it
It’s only 1/24th of your day pussy.
I loathe running but love sports. even if you can't find people to play with, you can do some intense hoops or soccer by yourself
VO2 Max training so you train your heart more like how you train the rest of your muscles. Reps and sets > endurance and speed.
Tennis
HOLY FRICK
Try different heart rate ranges, you're probably pushing too hard. Seady cardio can be replaced with HIIT, such as sprinting.
Do it anyway. I've been running 6 mi 2-3 times/wk for over 4 months. It gets a lot easier, but the beginning is always hard getting up to speed. You just have to see it for what it is, very good for you, put on some music you like, and fricking do it
get a treadmill/bike park it in front of your tv it's a bit dystopian but it works. I personally run while listening to books or podcasts so I don't get bored since music doesn't really do anything for me.
>How can I make cardio fun
3 sets of 10-20 rep squats with 15 seconds of rest
>and not agonizing torture that just makes you smelly and sweaty?
You can't.
I am specifically doing cardio so I don’t die doing this shit, running a Renaissance periodization template and quads day is hell. 9 sets of high bar and front squats back to back for 10-20 reps. High set count means short rest periods too.
I would trade that shit for an hour or 3 on a bike everyday. Feels like I’m going to vomit. Hoping that cycling is going to make it easier.
I don't know why you go through all that when you can just do 3 sets to failure. Not "okay I think that's enough" failure, but "okay the bar is on the pins and my ass is on the ground" failure.
By any means, it makes cycling easier whereas cycling will just waste calories and keep you small.
Disc injury has me keeping weights lighter while I recover, figured I’d try a high volume hypertrophy template while I get my shit back in order. I haven’t aggravated my back in 6 weeks, despite hopping into this program 2 weeks after the injury. That’s worth something to me even if it sucks. Im maintaining weight coming off a bulk (pre injury), so few hundred extra calories to account for the cardio really isn’t a big deal.
>I haven’t aggravated my back in 6 weeks, despite hopping into this program 2 weeks after the injury.
I doubt that it was an actual disc injury. Anyway, your way doesn't suck. I'm just talking about how optimal it could be. Safer too if you're still worried about your back. Get a good quad preexhaust and you can hit said failure with less weight.
burpees (w/o pushup) hiit or tabata style, sucks big time, but doesn't consume too much time
cycling or wandering can be pleasant, but consumes more time and resources
Do a competitive sport instead of mindless running/rowing/cycling/whatever. I play a few rounds of tennis with a friend/colleague of mine after work three times a week. It's just as exhausting as other types of cardio (because you're basically running all the time from one end of the court to the other), but is actually fun instead of just mindless work because we're competing. Same could be done with soccer, football, basketball, volleyball, ping pong etc.
Dancing.
>fun workout
>cardio benefits
>mog people with your confidence, fluid movements and your body at parties
Make it some form of sport as opposed to "tradtional"cardio. Play some futbol/soccer, take up a cardio kickboxing class, etc.
Or if you are too autistic for those things, do traditional cardio like biking or running or swimming, but do it in a less boring setting. For example, trail running as opposed to track.
Do fun cardio, there are lots of ways, even if some are less effective than others, spending the same amount of time doing something you don't like for marginally better gains is not worth it
OP just run almost as slow as you can to start, that way you can build up the habit without feeling like you're dying. You might then find yourself pushing yourself naturally after a few weeks. If you don't then just run at a steady and easy pace (can hold a conversation but it's difficult) for a few hours a week and you'll be getting most of the benefits of cardio. Even professional runners do most of their running "easy". Now you'll cave running and your biggest obstacle will be boredom.
Swim with music or cycle with music.
Based image but how do you swim with headphones?
They make some that work underwater. They sit on your skull instead of inside your ear.
Wish one do you recommend? I actually have some that work underwater but they hurt my ears
Sports unironically, do something that you find fun, fútbol, surf, boxing, biking
If cardio is agonizing torture you're in awful shape and definitely need it. You can get healthy with zone 2 cardio and you won't even have to push yourself, it's easy.