Distracting yourself while exercising
By maezee
@maezee (41988)
United States
January 19, 2018 1:40pm CST
How do you do it? I went to the gym today and felt super antsy knowing I had some errands to run afterwards so I only put in 40 minutes instead of my usual 50-60. I use a bunch of different machines but usually do a big chunk of my time on the elliptical machine. In the past, I have listened to music, had texting conversations, have attempted to come on MyLot (this is a little difficult to do one-handed), read a book (sometimes I have a hard time with this as well), watched Netflix on my phone. My gym also has giant TVs but they seem to always be tuned into something I dont want to watch.
I love when the time flies while on the elliptical but without distractions I find myself watching the timer. And it goes painstakingly slow. So my question is what works the best for you while at the gym?
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@skydream (1445)
• Agate, Colorado
19 Jan 18
I'm the same. If I don't have a distraction then the time goes so slow and makes it hard. I like to listen to music or download podcasts of people I'm fans of, I used to do that at work also when allowed to make time pass faster. My gym usually will play Supernautral and that's my favorite show so that makes it faster too. But mostly music and podcasts help it go faster
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
19 Jan 18
Don´t have a Gym near us and what I like doing is a bit of walking running and swinging my arms around and bit of jumping all within reason of course and I put my watch away so I don´t get to keep looking what time it is.
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
20 Jan 18
Music, convos with mom (she goes with).
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
19 Jan 18
My gym has long windows to look over a lovely nature scenery. They rotate the machines around often.. So I just pick something with a good view!
I keep thinking to bring my phone and try my lotting... But I kinda like just relaxing and taking time to think and pray.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 Jan 18
I do it by 'chanting' (while walking around the neighborhood or working-out, I'd recite the "Hail Mary" or the "Our Father"--in English or in Latin, Aramaic, etc.--or recite the Lotus Sutra (the main six-syllable mantra, over-and-over, pausing to remember different sections of the Gongyo-or-Goshen-or-Gohonzen-or-whatever-it's-called).
And then I usually don't even look at the timer---either doing the reciting a certain number of times, or just doing it over-&-over until the alarm rings. 
The core Buddhist practice of SGI members is chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and reciting portions of the Lotus Sutra (referred to as gongyo), and sharing the teachings of Buddhism with others in order to help them overcome their problems.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
21 Jan 18
I do my exercise in a class so that goes quite fast. When I walk I just veg. But you could get books on tape and listen to a book instead of trying to read.
@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
21 Jan 18
Well, I have TV in front of me, but that depends on show or movie or the news.
@Dirren_Ronaldo (291)
• Yogyakarta, Indonesia
20 Jan 18
I never go to the gym..
But actualy i want to do something at the Gym..
it sounds very interensting...
@Destinyy2017 (1)
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19 Jan 18
I’m the exact same way, when I have no distractions it feels like the time is going by super slow. I have to either listen to music & or watch a movie. Tubi Tv has lots of good movies to watch for free. Keeping my mind busy by thinking of things to do for the week or things that need to get done also seek to work for me.
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@Xtinah (1)
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21 Jan 18
I listen to podcasts. My favorite ones are Real Talk Radio with Nicole Antoinette and The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes. These two are both entertaining and educational. Listening to podcasts helps me to relax a bit because it makes me feel more productive - working out while learning something!
You can also listen to Audiobooks.
