What goes through your head during cardio?

i just ordered a waterproof mp3 player

>mfw gonna be listening to sweet podcasts while i pump out my laps in the pool in no time at all

I have always thought they should put comic strips on the pool tiles in the lap lanes.

when you've done enough laps to have read an entire comic, reading a different little section each lap, you switch lanes and read a new comic.

>i have spent countless hours looking down at the pool tiles in silence
>it sucks

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I've been trying to do mindfulness exercises during cardio in order to min/max my /fitlit/ gains

If I'm doing low intensity stuff I get so bored I imagine I'm a robot who was made to run and try to find the most efficient, repetitive stride

If I'm doing high intensity stuff like sprints I think about winning 100m dashes and such ;_;

>checking out my surroundings (especially on a bicycle)
>regulating my breathing
>making sure my running/cycling form is correct

What podcasts ?

a bullet

I only use the Prowler Sled for "cardio" anymore.
I quit the bunny treadmill and eliptical machines.

So, my thoughts during the Sled are :
1. this is hard
2. do not puke
3. keep it moving
4. it feels great
5. somehow I have to be able to put this back in the storage closet

>don't get near if you fear

> chest...hurts... kill... me...AAAAAAHHH

her.

The mind of an artist

Well when I run I think about myself running. Not like "I'm running right now in my current surroundings" but literally me running in a different place. If I'm running on the beach I think about me running in the snow. If I'm running on a treadmill then I'm thinking about me running in a swamp or jungle. If i'm running more than 3 miles then I listen to Mastodon or Black Sabbath and think about me being a jew during the time the pyramids were being built and i'm a jew pulling a giant stone with a rope by myself. If I'm just running 1-2 miles than I think of those claymation Christmas specials, either Heat Miser, Snow miser, or that "one foot in front of the other" one. It's just great for running.

youtube.com/watch?v=yon2YuXssvo

Whatever anime I'm watching.

This will be remembered for generations.

nah

Get those sweet upvotes

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Fucking kek

>im gonna quit right here
>you say that every single time
>yes but this time im seriously just gonna stop right here

this continues until I am done with cardio, large nordic genes are not made for cardio

>large nordic genes are not made for cardio

I disagree these fuckers have charge.

I'm mediterranean (Not the short shitskin kind) and the same shit goes through my head.

It's this or you're unemployed
Its this or you have no future
Its this or you achieve nothing

>is she looking at me?
>is he looking at me?
>why are they looking at me?
>you should pedal faster

Repeat.

When I did high intensity cardio, shit like 190bpm and hour long rowing or running, I used to do math in my head to figure out splits or times.

Now I just swim casually and think about politics. Sometimes i get lucky and can just enjoy the water free of stress.

NEat

yeah

God that's fucking negative.

I always thought of it as motivational...

> what goes through your head during cardio?
Digits

lmao! get fucked nigga u betta jump rope

Off by fucking 1.

LISS aka "boring" cardio: not much, my mind kinda blanks out and focuses on inane details I see in front of me or the music playing or such, it's almost meditative
HIIT: I imagine a drill sergeant (think Full Metal Jacket or such) shouting at me to get more reps in in the given time frame for that interval. Hella gay, but it does work.

youtube.com/watch?v=gX2FjJm2_YA&ab_channel=BruvaAlfabusa
this

that would of been sick desu

I imagine I am having sex and that if I stop before my chosen time/distance I have came too early, whereas if I am closing on the last 100ft I sprint it like all hell as if I was pounding the girl and myself into mutual orgasm.

It's not funny but go ahead and link it to your favorite subreddit

Fuck this shit fuck this shit fuck this shit Fuck this shit fuck this shit fuck this shit Fuck this shit fuck this shit fuck this shit Fuck this shit fuck this shit fuck this shit

This

Why did I decide to do cardio while I'm bulking. I'll just have to find time for another meal

i do bjj and judo as cardio. My mind is usually too busy not getting btfo that i forget about everything else. It's like some sort of meditation

>everyone is watching if you stop now they will judge you

>not just walking for up to 4 hours at a time

holy shit kek
>88887

I drink as much coffee as I can stomach. I then listen to suspenseful music, such as the terminator, alien, and the thing soundtrack.

I work myself up into a huge panic and frenzy by yelling and screaming in the mirror, then I run as fast as I can along my route as if something is going to fucking kill me, and I don't stop until I physically can't run any more.

Otherwise I don't bother.

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include me in the screencap homeboy!

Lol, i like that. I just listen to Four Lads "Dem Dry Bones" It's a nice little warm up

I don't know what traction that'll get on r/watchpeopledie

whatever song is on my playlist

aint gonna lie i have your hiit drill voice approach for anything fitness related, it just motivates me. maybe coping for the fact i had a rather nice sgt. during my actual training lol

Haha put me in the cap too, lol chan memes!

oh god this is such a good idea thnk u

You see, there is this woman.
We know each other from our social circle.
She has a boyfriend.
Suddenly she asks me out of the blue if I am fine.
I am.
Now she asks me what I am doing.

On the one hand, she has a boyfriend.
Why would she spend her time on me anymore unless she needs the beta orbiter, because quite frankly?
There are better suited candidates around.
Why does it matter to her?
I am just trying to slowly accomplishing my degree.
I am a person who doesn't see much in friendship between man and woman, I tried but it the only one I genuinely liked much was this lesbian and the geek who was quite likely already in a relationship.

I don't understand.
I don't understand women.

>implying

There wont be any screencap, because it wasn't funny. Kys samefag

I fantasize about getting magic powers and fighting evil like I'm an anime character. Taking a caffeine pill or two prior to running helps this.

Or i go on the bike and bring a book to read.

I have a run/sprint routine. I focus on my breathing, my pace, my gait, my form, and trying my best to maximize my results.

Listening to music is a MUST.. idk how some people do it without it.. but i guess theyre just the type who dont really care much about music in the first place

>CARRY WE!! WHO DIE IN BATTLE!!
>OVER LAND AND SEA!!

>SONO CHI NO SADAME
>JOOOOOOOOOOOOOJO

nothing
i zone out and go into autopilot.
ive done my route so many times that i dont have to think about it.

This probably sounds autistic as fuck but I like to imagine myself as a hunter gatherer whenever I go running in the evening.

Something about the whole, getting attacked while running for food just gets me pumped as quark.

>pumped as quark

Don't look at the clock cunt

Who is this semen demon?

Who is this jizz djin?

I do math in my head to figure out how this percentage of a mile stacks up to laps on a track. Towards the end I usually just get really lost in the moment, remembering my boxing matches or races I ran, in that final sprint I feel glory. Then sickness. Then cooldown.

>what goes through your head during cardio?
I always hope a bullet does but I never get that lucky

Put on some music and think about me in a giant mech fighting off monsters. Sometimes I think about work though.

>high-intensity cardio (includes running)
usually listening to some form of electronica, having adolescent fantasies of being a super badass space mehreen fighting tyranids or some stupid shit since it still pumps me up after all these years

>low-intensity cardio (includes stationary cardio machines)
usually listening to an audiobook, so i can just zone out

Fuckin this

I like to listen to the MGS5 soundtrack and imagine Im big boss running around Afghanistan
>Im Big Boss and so are you

Zero-cardio fag here.
Anybody have recommendations for some good running shoes? My only shoes right now are my steel toe work shoes, which I can't run in.

>pic related

the numbers 1-10 over and over

>don't look at the clock
>still look every 10 seconds

I'm a fucking kenyan distance runner and the same shit goes through my head. Now gtfo my keyan distance running forum.

the inevitable european race war

How do I into mindfulness? Any good books you would recommend?

>pumped as quark

Top kek

The power of now

Asics

Thanks. I'll check it out.

The treadmills in my gym have screens on them and while your running it shows you some trailing paths. Great for when your doing low intensity stuff.

Just two days ago I was running in the grand canyon.

>you're
fuck

Same. The test boost really helps keep me going.

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Alright ten minutes left. OK 20 seconds later, that means 40 seconds left until 9 minutes left. 20 seconds is one third of a minute, I have 29 (20sec) intervals left. Sweet I only have 9 minutes left, I'm one tenth of the way there. My strides are landing 25 per 10 seconds, that means I hit 150 strides in a minute so roughly 1500 strides in the warmup.
Etc.

Fuck this

podcasts, mostly

Actual book called mindfulness written by 2 oxford professors

While running:
>I'm very fit for a man my age
>Should cheat on my wife with far younger pussy

Getting home:
>Be horny as fuck
>Fuck my wife like I'm 16yr
>Wife cooks delicious breakfast
>Go to work
>Say to myself while driving with a big smile on my face "I cant cheat onon that woman, I just love too much"

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