A couple of days ago, it was raining here and I was moping about the house feeling sorry for myself because I wouldn't get to go out for a cycle. Rather than do absolutely no exercise whatsoever, I decided I would do a few reps of some tricep presses (or whatever they're called) with some free weights we've got.
About four or five years ago, I used to do a couple of hours of weights about four times a week but goodness me how quickly I got bored with two sets of light weighted reps (doing about a dozen presses in each set) and I couldn't bring myself to do the third set I had initially planned. I know this reveals me to be completely fickle but it was amazing just how uninteresting I find trying to do weights nowadays. I think it's partly because I can't help but compare it with cycling. With both activities being exercise (although that's not my main perception of cycling), I probably lump them in together and that makes the thought of doing weights less attractive. Obviously I'm not trying to say 'Cycling is the best form of exercise ever and anything else is boring and a waste of time' but rather that cycling is the most enjoyable form of exercise I've stumbled across in my life to date.
Going back to something I wrote earlier, I think the fact I don't really look at cycling as exercise is a large part of the reason I find it to be so good for me. I know I'm not super-fit by any stretch of the imagination and it would be pushing things rather for me to even fall into the 'reasonably fit' category but I'm healthier than I've ever been and seem to keep feeling better and better. I'm lucky to have found an activity I enjoy so much and which has the side-effect of health enhancing. Long may my love affair with cycling continue.
About four or five years ago, I used to do a couple of hours of weights about four times a week but goodness me how quickly I got bored with two sets of light weighted reps (doing about a dozen presses in each set) and I couldn't bring myself to do the third set I had initially planned. I know this reveals me to be completely fickle but it was amazing just how uninteresting I find trying to do weights nowadays. I think it's partly because I can't help but compare it with cycling. With both activities being exercise (although that's not my main perception of cycling), I probably lump them in together and that makes the thought of doing weights less attractive. Obviously I'm not trying to say 'Cycling is the best form of exercise ever and anything else is boring and a waste of time' but rather that cycling is the most enjoyable form of exercise I've stumbled across in my life to date.
Going back to something I wrote earlier, I think the fact I don't really look at cycling as exercise is a large part of the reason I find it to be so good for me. I know I'm not super-fit by any stretch of the imagination and it would be pushing things rather for me to even fall into the 'reasonably fit' category but I'm healthier than I've ever been and seem to keep feeling better and better. I'm lucky to have found an activity I enjoy so much and which has the side-effect of health enhancing. Long may my love affair with cycling continue.
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