How the fuck do you enjoy cardio? Shits horrible...

I wouldn't say I enjoy it so much as I like the high after about 40 mins and the afterglow that last for a good day or so.

Plus finishing an hours worth of cardio and wringing several cups worth of sweat out your tshirt is oddly satisfying.

But seriously. The reason I do it alongside lifting is because it works like a natural anti-depressant, I feel pretty good 90% of the time because I'm perpetually on a buzz. Feelsgoodman.

Oo and one last thing - music. Helps incredibly in zoning out.

I like swimming.

>wet almost naked in very fitting shiny clothing girls

Swimming confirmed for the best form of low impact god tier cardio?
>flat
Not everybody can be as gay as you fit.

>I like the high after about 40 mins and the afterglow that last for a good day or so.

This

It's basically a sacrifice that you make so that you feel good after, or towards the end

Dont know why, but those swim suits are fucking hot.

Runner's high is a myth.

Been running 50 miles a week since I was 16 and never experienced it.

If your body is on autopilot you're not running hard enough.

> I didn't expirence it, therefore it isn't true
That's not how it works lad

endogenous opioid release, read up on it homie

don't run you fucking idiot. Theres so many options of cardio that are enjoyable. Jump rope, skateboarding, surfing, swimming, bike riding, high intensity sports etc

What are your race times?

I don't need to read up on it, I researched it first hand.

I've trained and competed with members of the US Olympic team, and runner's high has been a meme within the competitive running community long before the internet.

You're going to have to specify which races bud

>not enjoying the climbs

Never gonna make it.
Also, get a bike, go swimming, jump rope, hiking, etc basically anything besides running because shit's intrinsically boring.

I used to love it before I started lifting, now I'm too tired to go for a run and when I go anyway I can't keep up with my old times

feels bad man

yeah i know

sometimes i go for a run and get a bit delirious and it's the sunset or something and i would describe the feeling as "a good time" but people act as if it's something that you specifically get from fucking running and as if it's the second coming of jesus

i reckon it's the emperor's new clothes kinda deal, everyone wants to look like a super cool pro runner, us runners man runners high us runners

Question kind of related

How do you run 42km without literally dying??
I can hardly reach 10k, how do I go beyond? Is it just genetics?

Are you running ALL the races or something?

>You're going to have to specify which races bud
There are only a handful that matter.

800m
Mile/1500
3000
5000
10000
21k
42k

Is that too much typing?

I intend to hop over to Italy in the next couple of years to ride that.

The lighter you are, the better. There's a reason why marathon runners look like a walking skeletons. You're probably just not conditioned enough, don't drink enough fluids, carry unnecessary mass (even too much of leg muscles is unnecessary, let alone upper body muscles or fat), etc. It's not genetics, you just need to train more.

You can make decent times as a big guy. US races often have a heavyweight category, but I forget the breed of horse it's named after. It's also not that heavy tho, it's like 165 lbs or something.

Anyway even at over 200lbs you can get within 4 hours more than likely and if you're lucky and train well people have got as far as sub 2:30. Sub 3:00 is not necessarily reasonable but at least far from impossible.

No response after 15 minutes is telling huh? I like how he asked you to pick distances as if you know what he runs.

>my area is nothing but steep hills
>takes fucking forever
Put 2+2 together you doublenigger and do HIIT
>doing the same shit putting one leg in front of the other. I'm bored out of my mind after 10-15 mins
Might as well stop breathing, so boring after 15 minutes amirite :^)

What the fuck else is there to do other than listen to music and look at suburbs?

>How the fuck do you enjoy cardio?
youtube.com/watch?v=wv0iUKb80C8

800m was 1:56. but didn't compete after hs
Mile was 3:51.2 at a local road race (all downhill so take it as you will)
3k isn't a race so I assume you mean 3200: 8:40ish only ran in time trials
5k was 14:18 from cross in hs
10k is about all I do now, my best is at 32:43 but I'm still getting used to the distance.
Half marathons and beyond are for lanklet tryhards.

Ride a bike
Take a hike
Play sports

Cardio doesn't have to be a drag

I believe your 800-meter and your 10K, but the rest sound like shenanigans. Nobody gives a shit about a downhill mile. With an 800 meter of 156 you should be capable of 4 15 or so. If you've got that kind of 800-meter leg speed then it was a waste to not run in college

Also, 3000 meters is a very commonly raced distance in indoor track and Outdoors for the steeple. You would know this if you had gone to college to run

I don't know, man. It's just a habit at this point. I don't even listen to music. My mind just wanders for 2 hours.

Respectable HS 800m, but pretty much everything else is bs. I buy the mile, even though it doesn't count because lmoadownhill, but with a 1:56 you'd be closer to 9:30 3200m, and 16:00 5k. That's just from watching the people in my region who ran 1:56, anyone who ran faster peaked out at 1:53 and he ran a 15:40 5k

A lot of people put in headphones and listen to music. I personally can't stand listening to music while running, I only do it while lifting. I think of running as a personal reflection time, no electronics, no other people, just me and the sounds of birds and wind, I'm constantly around electronics for work and while at home so to be honest it gets a little mind numbing.

I play indoor soccer, futsal or however you call it. It is sprinting up and down the court.

Also this Watching girls and geeting mired by swimming instructors is always welcomed

Do you compete?
If not, why are you doing cardio?
Don't bother if you want to lose weight, just eat less and lift, user.

you luddite

Play a sport instead! Tennis is awesome cardio. Rowing is awesome.

BJJ is god tier though.

I can regularly run 10k and have a 21.5 minute 5k. I have yet to achieve this so-called "runner's high." Running makes me want to kill myself.

Do sprints uphill. Easier on your knees and better for muscle. Plus it's more like doing reps that way. Not so mind numbing

I get up and do insanity a few days a week before work. Fun and the girls on there are sweaty and bangable.

Do windsprints, my nigga. Get that shit done, then go home. Pounding the pavement for hours on end is bullshit

>why are you doing cardio?
Endurance, general health, etc.

Just fucking listen to music, its not that hard

Swimming is not a good way to burn calories. Too much learning required for most fucks here. Also if you hate running you're fucking gay. Hate how proud people are about it.

yeah it is horrible
i recommend you do sprinting for 3 minutes a day, give it your all, and do it in intervals. That should burn like 200-250 calories and you will get it over with.

>projecting this hard
I can sit on a bench with no music and no stimulus or company for an hour and enjoy it. It's the repetetive nature of running that sucks.

Just like I wouldn't want to be working at a mailing room or something where it's just endless one second loop you have to repeat over and over again. Nothing to do with being alone.

Lol I'm not afraid of technology. Just staring at screens all day hurts my eyes. Too much blue light.

>burning 250 cal in 3 minutes of running

of sprinting, yes

PLAY DDR

youtu.be/mkvFQW7USSs

Or Pump it Up or ITG or whatever. Seriously, last summer I was at the arcade for 5-7 hour hour sessions (the music gets your really into it) and my calves evolved.

Not even the guy you're replying to but you're an idiot if you think that's possible.

I do it too but it sucks living on the top floor and trying to do the jumps

you're fucking retarded. you have no idea how much energy a calorie is obviously

I used to listen to techno, repetitive music like that is pretty hypnotizing and after a while you just get in the 'zone' and run on autopilot. Now I just play rugby for cardio, which is actually enjoyable.

Running is thinking time.
It definitely helps my mood and energy levels afterwards.

>because shit's intrinsically boring.

Bike
>just rotating one leg after the other!

>swimming
>just flailing one arm in front of the other whilst paddling your legs!

>jump rope
>just jumping swinging a rope over and over and over...

All that shit is intrinsically boring when you apply the same retarded attitude you have to running as someone who doesn't ''enjoy'' it.

S T A I R S

10minutes of fast stair climbing you burn what you would in 40 of jogging

seriously, go for the stairs

And you think being in a swimming pool, cycling the same routes, or jump rope on the spot is going to change that?

Face it - the problem is not the sport but the attitude you have toward it.

Doing anything else isn't going to change that.

Being in a swimming pool with the stench of chlorine and the constant noise of the water against yourself/pool, jumping on the spot jump-rope just staring at the same damn spot for however long you're doing it, cycling the same route as you ran - you're just doing it faster but with the same boring scenery.

You're quite simply a dick trying to justify why you can't stand something.

youtube.com/watch?v=sWoQS_JDHoU

woah

I like listening to podcasts.

I could see that, if you absolutely ran as fast as you can for 3 minutes. Shit, you may run half a mile in that time.

you can do it in intervals

Find someone you can run with.
I'm doing running intervals with my gf. Which is fitter than me so it's additional motivation for me to not stay behind.

I call bullshit. 50 miles a week.

You do the equivalent of 10 miles (16 kilometres) 5 times,
OR
2 full length marathons
every week and you've never hit that sweet spot?

Make up something believable if you want to bullshit.

I'm pretty sure DDR isn't good cardio since you don't maintain a steady heart rate throughout and most songs don't reach target cardio bpm anyway.
It is fun and better than nothing but pretty much any form of cardio is better.

Here's an idea. Run with a basketball dribbling it if you're that bored. I've done it it's fun. Try to find like a paved bicycle path to do it in in a wooded area because your will look like a real faggot if you don't.

Enjoy the scenery instead of focusing on the burning

you will look like a retard no matter where u do that play on a court by yourself just sprinting across court

How can I enjoy seeing suburb and the same few trees for miles on end?