Running from my problems

Cycling - saves me gas, often as quick as driving would be (we have epic all day congestion here). And its fun except when the weather is really bad. Only drive if I have a heavy load to go somewhere, or if I’m picking someone up or it is pouring

Also swimming - can be done year round indoors, and I dont sweat! Having a waterproof MP3 player helps me with motivation too

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Buying stuff at shops further home.

For example, there’s a bakery a block far from home, but I don’t buy my bread there unless I’m in a hurry; instead I buy it from a bakery 2km away - by doing that I’m walking 40min already (and their bread is better anyway). Same deal with cat food and some groceries.

Taking walks. May last three hours at a time, though I never bothered to measure the distance physically. I also check on my neighbors sometimes along the way and/or stop at the library or church temporarily. Did you know walking is better for you than jogging/running?

I’ve been doing Ring Fit Adventure on the Switch for a couple years now. It’s more interesting than running, I don’t have to get ready and go out to a gym, and I can do it in any weather.

Basically, it’s easily accessible and novel enough that that’s the one that has stuck with me since 2018ish.

For me I bought some dumbbells to work out from home and just do a little but of excessive whenever I get the chance, spend 10 mins doing 1 set in the morning before work, another when I get home, maybe another after dinner and then one more before bed.

Or if I’m working from home I’ll do a little bit throughout the day, sometimes while watching stuff on my laptop, or in between rounds on a videogame.

It works really well, but for me thr biggest issues with exercise was always the time commitment of going to the gym and how boring working out is, so this way mitigates those 2 a lot.

Edit: oh and for cardio, i dont drive, so i walk a lot and go to open volleyball sessions which also doubles as socialising, so still pretty time efficient.

PPL did great until I realized my back was by faaaar the most overdeveloped part of my body and so I went on a chest/tricep, tricep/ shoulder, shoulder/chest, back/bicep, leg split (thats 5 days not in that order) With some hamstring work with every workout since they were incredibly weak.

3 days a week gym minimum, any days but usually mon wed sat. Some football, volleyball and walks in between.

Running chest tris, back bis, shoulders legs at the gym. Once I plateau (“hit a wall”) and my lifts no longer increase I swap to strength work / heavier lifts for a bit until the same thing happens and I switch back to hypertrophy

I got a dog. I have to take her on walks. I would never prioritize walking alone but now I have to. It sounds silly but now I hit 200 cal every days (according to my phone) when I used to barely make it to the 100 before.

5km walk for 1hr. No less. Doesn’t matter where, just walk 5km.

Running 25-30 miles a week. Now started hiking in between.

I had trouble sticking to exercise for years, only thing that worked was setting my alarm an hour earlier and doing 30 minutes of exercise every morning.

What’s worked for me personally is just walking to/from my car at work, it just fits so naturally into my schedule that I don’t have to put any thought into it or have any struggles with willpower, I just do it. I park as far as possible away from the building, so there’s no conflict with just walking in the door, then take a few laps around the building. I work on the 4th floor, so I take the stairs and also do a few laps up and down the stairs before getting to my desk. I do that twice a day (when I get in, again for lunch), then at the end of the day I take one more lap before I get back to my car. I get in +10k steps on a daily basis when I’m in the office consistently and without even really thinking about it or putting in “extra effort”.

My problem is actually keeping it up when I’m not at the office, because then my routine sort of falls apart. I’ve tried building up routines for when I’m at home or on the weekends, but one thing or another seems to come up consistently and I haven’t been able to get them to stick.

Beat Saber on high difficulty. Fun, mild cardio.

Another VR game Thrill of the Fight is fun also. Its a boxing game that burns as many calories as rowing! https://vrhealth.institute/portfolio/thrill-of-the-fight/