At work, the new hires have an hour allotted to working out. In theory, I could be skipping exercise and using that time to code more. We don’t have much code to write yet though, and I feel slightly peer pressured by all the health junkies in Austin. So today, after months of staying indoors and laying on the ground and eating fatty food in Peru and letting my non-existent muscles waste away, I went outside and went on a fifteen minute run.
I know what you might be thinking. Wow, go you! And I’m thinking that too, but I have a confession to make: I was running very slowly AND I was calling my friend Nish, who was coincidentally running slowly while calling me. That’s because I hate exercise, and if I run while calling someone, I can pretend I’m just catching up with people. Does that info change your opinion of me?
Surprisingly, that run was fucking GREAT. I felt way less exhausted and tired. I actually felt almost amazing.
Of course, Nish won’t always be there, and I might be left to — gasp — fend for myself. I am incapable of taking care of my body at the moment. That’s where you come in. Are there equally fun and low-effort ways (low equipment, ideally outdoors, <= 15 mins) to exercise? How do you make it enjoyable or at least non-shitty?
Feel free to comment/ email me/ DM me on Twitter. Thanks a bunch :)
Find a person that falls into the same category as you and is at least somewhat reliable (this would be probably somebody from the office) and play Badminton! Badminton is a great game to play since a) it can be played pretty much anywhere b) you can ignore/makeup the rules c) You can control the intensity by how fast you and your partner hit the shuttlecock d) it's very fun.
i've felt similarly about running before. sometimes i would watch this bojack scene for motivation and it was pretty helpful (might not make sense without context though): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_Mn-qRKjA
i never did anything to modify the exercise itself, since imo the problem had more to do with my attitude than the workout routine