[collyw]

"exercise is boring".

You are clearly very unimaginative when it comes to exercise. I find the gym pretty bloody boring. But whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing easily beat sitting in front of a computer. If those are too much go for a hike in the mountains and take in some scenery. Or learn to surf.

Or cycle to work. I get an hours solid exercise every day doing that and save myself time and money as a result.

[wildmusings]

>You are clearly very unimaginative when it comes to exercise. I find the gym pretty bloody boring. But whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing easily beat sitting in front of a computer. If those are too much go for a hike in the mountains and take in some scenery. Or learn to surf.

Those aren't routine activities, unless you are fortunately situated.

[okreallywtf]

Soccer is available just about everywhere at just about ever age range and is great exercise and is stimulating mentally as well.

[collyw]

Admittedly I have to drive 3 hours to get to the closest whitewater to where I live. But cycling is pretty easy to do anywhere. There are loads of interesting ways to exercise, I just listed ones that I happen to have done. Like I say, you sound very unimaginative.

[seanmcdirmid]

Unless you live in say Salt Lake City or near a national park, these aren't activities you can do everyday on a schedule.

Cycling is fine, as long as you live in a place that supports it well enough (so a Deep South city with no bike trails might not be a good idea).

[nether]

You can combine approaches. I'm a "weekend warrior" with climbing, hiking etc., and my passion for those activities spurred me to train during the week on a schedule. I'd gym climb or work out at home with dumbbells, so that I could do harder objectives during the weekend.

This can be a gateway drug, and cause you to change your whole lifestyle and move to a place with such activities in abundance.

[seanmcdirmid]

Well, I guess you don't have kids yet. Lifestyles need to be sustainable. For many, machines in the gym downstairs is the only thing that fits (many don't have that).

[collyw]

Why the "yet"? It's not a given that you need to have kids. Plenty of people on the planet already.

[nether]

Oh, yeah. Solution is to never have kids.

[seanmcdirmid]

Ya, that plan doesn't always work out :)

[taeric]

I do quite a few of those things. I still get quite bored with them. :) Biking to work only works for me because it becomes an obligation. And, if I had my bus pass with me, I would easily take the bus on more days than not.

Also again, my point was that getting good at exercising is getting good at a relatively quiet mindset that many people deprive themselves of. So, I believe there to be a feedback loop between the two ideas.

[tomsthumb]

You could try jiu-jitsu. I've yet to meet a person who could honestly say that getting choked out is "boring".

[aethertap]

I was going to write exactly this, but you beat me to it. My whole family (me, spouse, two kids aged 5 and 8) train four days a week and we all love it. I get bored easily with other exercise, but so far have never had that problem with Jiu Jitsu.