I Get Bored..

[idlehands]

when i do cardio...i mean, for the first 10 or 15 minutes its ok, cause im usually too tired to care, but once i start to wake up, i get bored as hell. ive tried reading magazines which help, but in a month doing cardio 3-4 times a week, u go through a fair amount of magazine. what do u guys do to keep going? oh yea, i listen to music too...

 

[Tough Old Man]

I take a brisk walk outdoors for 45-60 min's. This is all you need to lose fat and retain LBM. Where I live we have plenty of dogs roaming, a few rattlesnakes and bordem rearly sets in.

 

[LAM]

you should check out HIIT Cardio, Max-OT Cardio or Guerilla Cardio.

 

[MyK]

Music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BigDyl]

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I...
I Stand!
Not Crawling... Not Falling Down!!!!!!!!

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

you should check out HIIT Cardio, Max-OT Cardio or Guerilla Cardio.

Guerilla Cardio is hard as fuck if you do it right. My friends and I have done it a lot this summer and last year in school.

However I don't do it anymore.
I don't like the concept of extended calorie burning.
I don't do cardio to burn calories, I can just eat less...
I do cardio to actually burn fat.

 

[CowPimp]

You could consider alternatives to cardio. I used to do a circuit training style callisthenics program. You could also do the same with a mixture of bodyweight exercises, dumbbells/barbells, and machines. Just don't go anywhere near failure so that it doesn't affect your recovery from weight training. A session might look something like this:

Bodyweight Squats x 20
Reverse Hyperextensions x 20
Pushups x 20
Chinups x 8
Situps x 20
Rock Climbers x 20
Turkish Getups x 20

Rest 1-2 minutes, Repeat 2 more times

This is nowhere near as boring as cardio. I plan on getting back into a similar routine in the very near future.

 

[Adamjs]

You could consider alternatives to cardio. I used to do a circuit training style callisthenics program. You could also do the same with a mixture of bodyweight exercises, dumbbells/barbells, and machines. Just don't go anywhere near failure so that it doesn't affect your recovery from weight training. A session might look something like this:

Bodyweight Squats x 20
Reverse Hyperextensions x 20
Pushups x 20
Chinups x 8
Situps x 20
Rock Climbers x 20
Turkish Getups x 20

Rest 1-2 minutes, Repeat 2 more times

This is nowhere near as boring as cardio. I plan on getting back into a similar routine in the very near future.

So you consider a turkish getup a cardio alternative? I've been trying to incorporate some into my routine but have run into a few issues such as:

1. Where to put it in - i was thinking it would be more of a core exercise than anything else; and
2. How the hell to either get up enough courage to lift heavy in them and/or workout what weight I should be starting at - there doesn't seem to be many links on the net that show correct form that don't show some crazy mofo lifting crazy arse weights

 

[Adamjs]

Oh and back to cardio - i find if you go out into the real world, and mix it up with a few hill sprints, some road jogging, some cross country jogging, some beach sprints, etc etc the scenery keeps you amused and you have a definate start and end to aim for...