▲ 828 ▼ Asked LA Fitness to cancel my membership, they offered to freeze it for $10/month instead (lemmy.today) submitted 4 months ago by northernlights@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 214 comments fedilink hide all child comments (caught the spelling mistake afterwards ugh)
[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Burpees are better than any cardio machine (unless you have joint problems then a bike or elliptical is pretty great I admit) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Burpees are great but I can't just mindlessly do them for an hour just to burn calories like I can with a machine. I want something I can watch a video while I'm doing it and be able to zone out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Just do squats and lunges in front of the tv, go as easy as you need to to focus on the tv permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago* Yeah this is what I do currently (with a few other exercises mixed in as well) but it's not as effective as I would like. My attention span shorts out and I find myself wandering off or fucking around with shit in my bedroom. For whatever reason I didn't have the same problem when I had a exercise bike to use. I suspect it's because the exercises take just enough coordination that I can't switch off but not enough to not be tedious where the bike was basically "sit on this and kick your legs". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Burpees are great but I can't just mindlessly do them for an hour just to burn calories like I can with a machine. I want something I can watch a video while I'm doing it and be able to zone out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Just do squats and lunges in front of the tv, go as easy as you need to to focus on the tv permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago* Yeah this is what I do currently (with a few other exercises mixed in as well) but it's not as effective as I would like. My attention span shorts out and I find myself wandering off or fucking around with shit in my bedroom. For whatever reason I didn't have the same problem when I had a exercise bike to use. I suspect it's because the exercises take just enough coordination that I can't switch off but not enough to not be tedious where the bike was basically "sit on this and kick your legs". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Just do squats and lunges in front of the tv, go as easy as you need to to focus on the tv permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago* Yeah this is what I do currently (with a few other exercises mixed in as well) but it's not as effective as I would like. My attention span shorts out and I find myself wandering off or fucking around with shit in my bedroom. For whatever reason I didn't have the same problem when I had a exercise bike to use. I suspect it's because the exercises take just enough coordination that I can't switch off but not enough to not be tedious where the bike was basically "sit on this and kick your legs". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago* Yeah this is what I do currently (with a few other exercises mixed in as well) but it's not as effective as I would like. My attention span shorts out and I find myself wandering off or fucking around with shit in my bedroom. For whatever reason I didn't have the same problem when I had a exercise bike to use. I suspect it's because the exercises take just enough coordination that I can't switch off but not enough to not be tedious where the bike was basically "sit on this and kick your legs". permalink fedilink source parent
