When you exercise,

[Deja Q]

what do you watch or listen to, in order to get your mind off of how utterly boring (and/or painful!) exercise is?

[KG]

1. since i bike ride, and actually enjoy it, don't need something to get my

off of it.

no exercise program will work if it isn't something you enjoy or look forward to.

[wryter2000]

3. I have to agree

Exercise isn't fun when you start, but after a while (if you're doing the right exercise for you), it should get to feel really good.

[wryter2000]

2. Funk

Bumping soul music...such as Tower of Power!

[ismnotwasm]

4. I power walk

And listen to hard hitting stuff with a fast beat to match my steps. Usually metal/rap/alternative. Same thing with my light weight workout, like right now it's 'I'm afraid of Americans, David Bowie and NIN

[Deja Q]

7. You're not American?

Will you ask me to marry you so I can get off this continent? I'll do anything in return! :D

[ismnotwasm]

8. Just a random music selection

On my creative Zen MP3. I'm one of the americans you should be afraid of.:evilgrin: Now it's inside looking out by grandfunk railroad. I love that song

[supernova]

5. Music

I listen to the radio while I walk on the treadmill.

There is a station around here that plays mostly 80s - present and is essentially DJless, so that's what I listen to.

I need to find an MP3 player so I can take my songs to the park with me when I walk outside.

[WindRavenX]

6. I usually watch The Simpsons

My half an hour on the treadmill or bike is in front of a big screen TV. Goes pretty fast =)

[Left Is Write]

9. I don't find my exercise boring or painful.

I do Leslie Sansone's WATP videos (mostly the Express series and the Power Series, but I have several others I mix in). When I do separate strength training, I listen to whatever I find on my husband's computer (my weight bench is in the same room as his computer).

When I walk or run outside, I don't listen to anything. I just enjoy the outdoors.

[JimmyJazz]

20. Not to mention that it is unsafe to run or walk outdoors with headphones.

:hi:

[Placebo]

21. Oh no...

everyone I know, including myself, does it all the time! :o

[FuzzySlippers]

22. Not where I live.

:boring:

[neuvocat]

10. I do something else.

If you're not enjoying what you're doing, you're doing something wrong. If you get bored then you won't get the benefits of the exercise in the first place.

[Tektonik]

11. Listen to the most upbeat tempo songs you like

Listen to thrash metal, techno, anything that will get you going.

[Jane Austin]

12. Books on Tape or Air America downloads

on my iPod.

[skygazer]

13. EXERCISE??!!!!

Aren't we supposed to limit the use of four-letter words in thread topics? Just askin'.

[nickgutierrez]

14. I listen to the other people.

:)

I can't motivate myself to work out on my own. When I do get some exercise, it's usually while playing some kind of team sport.

[Bok_Tukalo]

15. My head

I have rythmic thinking (I only run).

"I'm a machine, I'm a machine, I'm a machine ..."

[stanwyck]

16. Depends

If I'm walking or on the stairclimber, I listen to Books on Tape...mostly murder and mayhem. But, if I'm running (well, jogging...you can't call what I do running), or on the elliptical, I listen to ska on my iPod.
And I listen to absolutely nothing when I swim. Which is wonderful; it's like meditation.

[Hailtothechimp]

17. AC/DC--Back in Black. Start to finish.

and then I'm done. How many studio albums can you play all the way through anyway??

[Longhorn]

18. Today I watched the West Wing.

I either watch old movies, something on TV, or a DVD or video.

[FuzzySlippers]

19. Since I walk outside, I can't watch anything.

I listen to classical CDs, usually Baroque. I couldn't do it without music. It would be too utterly dreary.

[nuxvomica]

23. TV but content depends on the type of exercise

If it's cardio, I like to watch Booknotes or something else that is low-key, somewhat pleasant and intellectually stimulating. If free weights, I'll watch something that pisses me off like Scarborough country or Hannity&Colmes. I think of the iron as the remorseless stupidity of the RW and the anger helps me through a "wall." I avoid O'Reilly cuz I'm afraid I might bust something.

[Beware the Beast Man]

24. Nothing- that is my time to clear my head of anything.

When I go walking, I like to keep myself from being distracted.

[baldguy]

25. Randi Rhodes or Mike Malloy

[UTUSN]

26. Treadmill. 1) Golden Girls. 2) Drew CAREY. (I Know)

But it makes it go faster.

[melv]

27. GILAD! n/t