[beingfit]

I don’t know how good it is for the brain, but I put myself to exercise every single day even though most of the days I’m not in the mood. If I could be healthy or healthier without exercising, I’d very likely choose that. But I know that’s not possible, at least for me. Yet, I’ve been exercising for several years now without a break. I still don’t look forward to it. It’s not a lot. It’s just about 45 minutes a day. I just workout at home following video instructions (I get distracted or bored otherwise).

There are three things that made a difference: a) realizing that exercise can potentially make a positive difference to health [1] and that not exercising would turn out be a bigger waste of time in the future, b) getting an Apple Watch and closing the rings everyday [2], and workouts (with apps) on video by instructors so that I don’t get bored and keep looking at the time or figure out what exercises I should do. [3]

[1]: no guarantees because of complex factors like genetics, stress, environment, etc.

[2]: there was a brief period where the addiction to close the rings was done by just letting the watch be in workout mode without me working out, but that kind of lying to myself got boring too.

[3]: I know there are several programs with instructions and progressions that are freely available, but I get distracted and bored if I have to do something by myself and there’s no audiovisual guidance. I don’t like going to a gym either.