Boredom is one of the biggest saboteurs of exercise, probably even bigger than pain or difficulty. You don't want to get to a place where you dread your exercise because you're bored to death of it! Today, I'm going to talk about a few things you can do to keep boredom out of your workouts!
- Add variety! At the beginning of this challenge I listed ten different kinds of exercise, and that was just a tiny example of all the many varied things you can do. Try something new. Go to the library and pick out a new workout DVD. Choose a new piece of equipment you haven't tried at the gym. Walk a different route.
- Listen to music or an audiobook. Engage your mind in a story, or get happy listening to your favorite songs.
- Get your friends involved. If you're working out with friends, you're more likely to enjoy the time you spend exercising, plus you'll be more motivated to work out when someone else is involved.
- Join a class. Fitness classes are high energy and can give you a chance to do something new. You can also make fitness buddies!
My mini-challenge for you this week is to go out and try one new thing to add variety to your exercise. Come back here and let us know what you did and how it worked out for you! :)
1 comment:
Boredom is one of my biggest — perhaps *the* biggest — concerns in this journey, so I'm almost constantly changing things up. I'll have to figure out what qualifies for this, this week, though.
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