I started doing cardio for a couple of months, 3 times a week (25 minutes a piece), it was annoying and i really didnt like but sure whatever i pushed through the boredom.
The REAL shit started when i actually worked out (we have workout machines in a nearby park), for almost 3 months im doing 20 minutes workout a day (5 times a week) and every. single. time. it feels like its getting more difficult to do than before.
I always heard stuff like “it gets better over time” or “your body just needs to get used to it”
but i dont feel anything like this, when im done i feel miserable thinking that i gotta do it again the next day, every single minute of workout i do feels so much longer than its actually is.
Im not silly(hopefully), i know how to workout probably, i made sure to look it up beforehand so as to not break my bones or something and the machines clearly describe with a manual printed ON them how to use them.
Is this it? is workout always gonna feel like shit? Am i just doing it wrong? Was the euphoria or adrenaline you are supposed to feel just a silly or or a thing i just dont get?
apologies is this is the wrong community i just dont feel like there is any else i wouldnt be like, laughed out of
Because it is…Go light a few days and see if you start recovering. If it’s just pain every day, you’re going too hard. There’s a baseline level of hurt you’ll deal with if you exercise regularly…and you start to kind of like it (which is what everyone means when they say “it gets easier”). But if that starts getting to be too much, then you’re just going too hard.
I think you’d be better off doing 40-60m every 2-3 days than trying to maintain 20 minutes every day.
The other thing, 3 months isn’t really that long. You should start rolling out of the initial hurt by then, but that depends on your age and how out of shape you are. Lighten your load a little and keep at it. It WILL pay off.
i would consider myself not that out of shape but certainly not an athlete.
3 months isnt that long yes but the baseline doesnt feel like it changes at all, like the first day feels like the last.
im 30 btw
I’ve got a decade on you. I really let myself go in my late 30s and picked up a bunch of sports in my early 40s.
I hurt, but mostly it’s a good hurt. There are days when I know I have to take a light day…or a light few days. I don’t know how to explain that other than I kind of know my body these days. We hate each other, but we do talk. :)
But, seriously, go light for a few days and see how you feel. Then go hard again. It took me a while, but after 2 years or so of picking it up, I’m in the 2nd best shape I’ve been in my life. (I’ll never beat early 20s me when I was playing basketball and soccer daily).
oh hey, thank you for the info
but 20 minutes is hard? than what would you recommend?
What I mean by that isn’t the length of time, rather the number of reps and intensity of your work out.
So I just do some basic power bands in the mornings. Usually I’ll do 3 sets of 15 on each exercise. If I’m sore from the day before, maybe I’ll only do 2 sets…or I’ll do 3 sets of 10 reps…or if I’m really hurting…skip a day.
You said you’re using the park stuff…so…for example…if I’m in a good mood, I’d try for 3 sets of 10-15 pull ups as one of my exercises. If I’m hurting that day, maybe I’ll do 3 sets of 5.
I play hockey 1/week and do TKD 3/week. Both of those vary a lot depending on who I’m playing…or if the Master is in a bad mood. Thus, my daily work outs vary a lot due to that.