Fun ways to exercise

The modern world is too legible. Too many things are a thing.

One of those things is the concept of exercise or a workout. The act of using your body the way it’s supposed to be used becomes a chore, something to drive to, something to pay for, something to organize.

This post is inspired by this prompt on WordPress.com:

Daily writing prompt

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

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My ideal ways to work out and exercise do not feel like workouts or exercises at all. I would just use my body while doing something fun.

Outdoors

Biking

A mode of transportation, way to explore, and an exercise in one? While on the bike you get to enjoy so many things at once:

1. You get to go somewhere nice
2. You never get stuck in traffic
3. You get to use a route without cars or people. Bikes are nimble, and you can explore the scenic routes, the small pathways, and that part of town you never thought you’d see
4. The bike is the easiest way to consistently stay in Zone 2 for your cardio, which has a host of benefits
5. The bike has a perfect speed for exploring. It’s at the edge of the human speed, where you still get connected to your environment and can notice people and nature around you.
6. You get to take your baby with you
7. Or you can take your friends and have a great workout while chatting

Water Sports

I wrote about the joys of water sports before, but here are the sports that I semi-consistently practice. I organized them from the easiest to organize to the hardest:

1. Swimming
   • Preferably in lakes, but a swimming pool will do
2. Stand-Up paddleboarding
   • I have my own SUP. I recommend Gladiator Origin Touring 12’6
3. Wakeboarding
4. Windsurfing
5. eFoiling

Indoors

BodyCombat

There is a class called Les Mills Bodycombat. It’s martial-arts inspired cardio with great licensed dance music. Who wouldn’t like to kick ass to some David Guetta?

VR

There is BodyCombat VR and a similar app, called Supernatural. I love it so much I have a separate post about it:

Installing Supernatural VR workout outside the US

Doing an on-demand workout in VR is great for those moments when you really need to:

1. Get in the mood ASAP. You put googles on, turn the workout on, and suddenly, you feel like moving
2. Don’t have much time. You can get a pretty good workout just before picking the baby up from preschool without going to the gym, waiting for the class to start, showering over there, packing your bags etc.
3. You don’t have to schedule it

Plain old Gym

Don’t forget the leg day! I use the Fitbod app to track my other workouts and prepare a workout plan with the equipment available at my gym.

I just do whatever Fitbod tells me to do.

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