Fitness Question

[kiwiMark]

interested to hear more about the mental dividends part, unless it's just as subjective as the boring part

[wufwugy]

interested to hear more about the mental dividends part, unless it's just as subjective as the boring part

If you jog you get the physiological benefit, but you tend to do as little as you can because it's so uninteresting. If you do something like hiking, you generally end up doing a lot more than you thought because it's fun and dynamic as well as it stimulates your brain in a myriad of non-exercise ways

If you burn a thousand calories playing water sports like surfing or wakeboarding, you're going to feel soooooooo much better about life than if you do the same by jogging

[kiwiMark]

If you jog you get the physiological benefit, but you tend to do as little as you can because it's so uninteresting. If you do something like hiking, you generally end up doing a lot more than you thought because it's fun and dynamic as well as it stimulates your brain in a myriad of non-exercise ways

If you burn a thousand calories playing water sports like surfing or wakeboarding, you're going to feel soooooooo much better about life than if you do the same by jogging

aight fair enough, so I can chalk it up to "doesn't super apply to me because I lurve running". I'd also say I enjoy jogging (or swigalking [I do a bit more than 3 miles at 8 minute pace, where does that put me?!]) for many although not all of the same reasons I enjoy hiking, but I can see that being totally different if you're just thinking "this is shit, this is shit, how long've I been going for already damnit that's not very long this is shit" the whole time.

I can definitely support a "find some exercise you actually enjoy or it's never really gonna work out well for you" call.