bitch whine moan - exercises you hate?

[circusgirl]

Just back from my competition training oriented taekwondo session of the week and apart from the fact that doing legs in the gym the day before is NOT a good idea (groan, quads ached BEFORE the session, never mind now) I've realised that yes, in order to develop the kind of explosive speed I need for tournament full-contact sparring and the ability to reproduce that speed again and again within a 2X2 minute framwork means I need to do sprints.

The thing is, I HATE SPRINTS. My former coach used to make me do them once a week and they worked really well, I just hated 'em. (I'm not asking you folks for an alternative, in fact I'm pencilling a session in the park on Saturday into my diary right now, but I'm just bitching out about how much I dislike doing them lol).

So, is there any exercise that you guys do that you hate, but you know is good for achieving your goals, and so you do anyway?

circusgirl

 

[Gladiola]

Circusgirl,

Visualization is very effective in helping you perform better at a sport. I would bet that if you are really focused on how much you dread these sprints, you are really going to have a MISERABLE time doing them. Since you've determined you MUST do them anyway, why not make the most of them & try to take the focus off how much you hate them & focus on maximizing the benefit of doing them (by working as hard as you can). Just a thought. I personally would never work *quite* as hard at something I loathe as I would at something I enjoy.

Exercises I personally hate:
Ever doing more than about 12 reps in a row (of the same exercise - that doesn't count supersets)
Tricep kickbacks - no matter how much I focus, I feel it more in my front delt then my tri. So I never do them, plenty of other good tri stuff to do.

 

[The_Monster]

This will sound like an outright lie, but when I go to the gym, no matter the bodypart, Im salivating like a dog thinking of the workout and what I'll do! Im actually excited.
I know it'll hurt, but I cant stop myself from loving it!
This is after almost 10 years of working out, I hope I never lose that feeling...

 

[Temple]

Monster - is there ANYTHING about you that would be considered normal????? I don't much like working calves and I agree with Spats - I could go the rest of my life without long cardio sessions. But I LOVE to work chest and guess what, it shows.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

anything for my calves. my hams always burn like crazy.

 

[Sassy69]

I"ll go after anything in the weight room. I just wish I'd get better results from chest day. But I'm still there w/ a vengeance. Now cardio.... my feet would thank me if I didnt' have to do cardio - or at least anything more than 20 minutes/day. Right now I'm up to 1 hour and 45 min/day, 6 days/ week. I think I need a new pair of shoes again

 

[Hannibal]

I have to admit that I have a love/hate relationship with pretty much every exercise. Some more than others though...and I have found that the ones I truly despise are the ones that make me stronger. The more I hate it...the more I love it and have a sense of satisfaction when I finish it.

 

[b fold the truth]

I hated the log press so much that I thought about it constantly. With that thought...I trained it extra intense and to a point where it has become one of my favorite events.

B True

 

[magdelana]

I dislike regular standing bicep curls. Such a simple basic one, but have never liked it.

I HATE any boring cardio machine. (groan) Riding my bike hard late at night when it cool and quiet is great however!

 

[Lady Viking]

I hate to do one-arm dumbbell row

 

[vixenbabe]

I like to piss and moan when given the chance...

It's not that I do not like doing One- Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curls, but I have this slight problem when doing ONLY THEM. I can feel and hear this nashing noise in my right elbow.I can also feel something in my elbow moving around.I do NOT feel pain from the area while doing them ..STRANGE! Hard to determine what this is so it makes me hate the damn excerise in my bi-routine.It's enough to throw me off cuz I wonder what the hell is making this noise and when I'll pop what ever the hell is outta place.

Any idea's from the masses? (tried wrapping it..no luck.. also tried different postion on standing bench..no matter where I place the elbow..same ole shit)

Yep, I'd have to say I'd rather watch paint dry than do cardio at times as well!

 

[The_Monster]

I love cardio for the fact that something about the exertion coupled with the solitude of it lets my mind kind of reach out and wander. I can completly block out the world and sort of drift on thoughts, its very envigorating...

 

[CrystalChick]

Ewwww

K, you know what I hate Ew Ew Ew LEG EXTENSIONS Yuckie...

 

[FitFossil]

I hate:

-- doing any reps higher than 15 (I'm not sure if it's because I'm blonde and tend to lose count as the numbers get higher, or just because it's so boring.)

-- leg extensions (Burns like the dickens, but I seem to get better results from other exercises. Plus sometimes I hear weird noises in my knees.)

-- long slow cardio (It has it's place, but I prefer intervals. The one machine I absolutely hate is the stationary bike. I only like that if it's a "spinning" class.)

-- exercising my patience with assorted bozos who are lacking in basic gym etiquette: The ones who no matter where you are or what you're doing, always want to "work in". It's almost like I'm being followed. Or the people who take up several pieces of equipment with their towel, water bottle, etc.

 

[Arioch]

Well, I hate any lift that ends in the word press, simply because they are my worst, and always will be.

Squats for more than two reps.

Most tricep exercises, and this is related to my pressing problem.

Any sort of curl, fortunately I rarely do any.

Pinch grip lifts simply because due to any injury my left hand is so much stronger than my right.

Any sort of cardio (imagine).

While I am at it, exercises that I like but most other people either do not, or just plain are unfamiliar with:

Snatch grip press behind the neck. This is the only pressing exercise I am good at, plus, nobody else likes it, which is always a plus.

Any sort of pull (Olympic style, deadlift, rdl, etc.)

And good mornings are my favorite.