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

  • @Mandy@sh.itjust.worksOP
    1•10 months ago

    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

    • @chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•10 months ago

      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).

        • @chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0•10 months ago

          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.