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[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 226 points 5 months ago

The worst part is, after a short while, you actually cross this sort of threshold where you enjoy it and begin to look forward to it, and then you start to notice it is helping your mental as well as your physical health.

Just atrocious. It's almost like we were evolved for this.

[-] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 95 points 5 months ago

This has never happened to me. I still hate it and I run at least 18 miles a week for going on twenty years. I feel like shit if I don’t run, but I still hate the actual activity.

[-] Vegan_Joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Have you tried an activity you actually enjoy? I know that sounds a bit curt, but I gave up jogging for mountain biking and hiking, and now it is substantially easier to convince myself to get out and get started because I actually enjoy what I'm doing!

That shouldn't have been as revelatory for me as it was, but the current paradigm is that jogging, gym time, or other monotonous activities are what we should be doing, and that really just sucks the joy out of physical activity.

[-] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 37 points 5 months ago

I have extremely limited amounts of time to do anything. My wife is ill and I’m her full time care giver. So I really only have running as an option. I wake up early when she is still sleeping and go. I prefer running to biking.

[-] Vegan_Joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 5 months ago

I am sorry to hear about your wife, and I hope for the best for you both.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 15 points 5 months ago

I too hope the best for this guy's wife.. and him.

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