None. I enjoy exercise itself. No music, no tech, no nothing. Just a program and a timer. When I'm running, I get runner's high. When I'm doing calisthenics, I look forward to doing advanced moves.
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I like to bike, and my motivation is to see what is around the bend…. And so i needed to spend a week recovering after biking 50 miles, and hard bonking 35 miles from my car. But hey i absolutely had the motivation to do that to my self.
Now my next motivation is survival, because the Sun has totally gone down, and if i don’t make it back to my car, i might actually die. A very powerful motivator that one.
Good, driving music. I have a big list of liked songs on Spotify that I listen to while I'm exercising, but I'm slowly creating another playlist called 'Energy' that I add suitable songs to, with the intention of ultimately building a playlist full of such songs. It's kinda weird though, sometimes I feel like the music gets stale and repetitive, even with 800+ songs on shuffle, and that affects my motivation to exercise.
Two ways -
- Really really long walks in the city and people watching, or
- Biking like a madman, not measuring anything, only enjoying the wind.
Walking the dog while listening to podcasts or audio books.
Boxing. Constant movement, hell of a work out, and you get to punch shit
Anything competitive works for me. Boxing, BJJ, rock climbing...
Actually "competitive" is the wrong word. It's any sport where I'm not in control of how much effort I'm putting in. Eg running doesn't work because as soon as someone beats me, I just stop trying
I just do it until I physically cant
Soccer
I have to walk the dog, so I get myself out. Once I've started walking doing a little longer than the bare minimum is not too bad. If the weather is nice it's actually quite enjoyable.
Not sure if this answers the question; but, as soon as I learned about BDNF and how muscle building can increase the levels of it, I became a gym rat. I want my brain to keep working past 90 and be able to program well into my 90s (I wanna be yelling at everyone about my struggles with Rust).In all seriousness if you don't wanna have dementia a little too early in life. Lift. Weights. Don't ignore cardio though. But BUILD so you can reap the benefits of your lean mass into your elder years . Training also helps me improve my MTB performance, which I find really fun.
Sorry for the wall of text :D
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I used to hike. You can get really fit from hiking or even just going for a walk every day.
Nowadays I don't exercise because even a shower is exercise. Pro tip: don't get Lyme disease and Long Covid together.
It became an addiction. It helps to relax. Not a gym rat. But almost. Need to go everyday. Far away to have those extra big muscles. But the "legs day" are..... horrible.... It hurts a lot...
No one needs to go every day. Recovery is important. 3 or 4 days a week is quite adequate.
I know.. I push myself a lot not to go but it is hard as I think. I have put that moment as an enjoyable one. But no worries. I will have more work in the upcoming weeks so I will not go that so often....
There's no "need" but after going to the gym every day for a couple months... Yeah you need to go every day. I start feeling restless if I don't go do something at the gym. Mon-tue and thur-fri weightlifting (different muscle group every day) and the rest cardio/stretching/light weights.
I believe that is a different type of Need.
Find your inner voice and listen to it. Youtube is all crap. Don't listen to parental advice. Teachers are not always right. Listen to your inner voice.