stonewall1350
Blue Belt
So I will shortly be done with an intensive summer job (working at a camp and I am moving pretty much 12-13 hours a day and eating food that resembles something out of a bad prison movie). I have already lost 20 lbs. So I am starting to think about what I do when I get back to the real world.
My workouts have been lax the past year or so because my BIGGEST problem is that I HATE...HATE...HATE....weight lifting and I also cannot stand running(I have bad knees and straight cardio running is hard on them). I don't hate the difficulty. I hate it because it is so intensely boring. I just can't keep my focus on it for the span of time it requires to be a decent work out. I do a lot of heavy lifting and a lot of cardio at my job (water coolers, ladders, tires, high ropes, people, swimming, and basically anything I can and I am moving all the time). So I really want some recommendations for fun workouts that are strength training and some that are cardio. I am at 238 lbs right now at 6'1. I am looking to get down to 205 ish (I am happy at 210-215).
PS:
I will be working out with some volunteer firefighters (or assisting them in their workouts because I am related to several). So any great and fun workouts we would LOVE because it would also help the community around us. Anything?
I understand that workouts are by their nature hard. But the boring workouts is the reason I started boxing, and then did Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I wanted something new and different. Not same old same old. I am willing to do tough. But when they are boring I just don't stick to them. Any ideas?
My workouts have been lax the past year or so because my BIGGEST problem is that I HATE...HATE...HATE....weight lifting and I also cannot stand running(I have bad knees and straight cardio running is hard on them). I don't hate the difficulty. I hate it because it is so intensely boring. I just can't keep my focus on it for the span of time it requires to be a decent work out. I do a lot of heavy lifting and a lot of cardio at my job (water coolers, ladders, tires, high ropes, people, swimming, and basically anything I can and I am moving all the time). So I really want some recommendations for fun workouts that are strength training and some that are cardio. I am at 238 lbs right now at 6'1. I am looking to get down to 205 ish (I am happy at 210-215).
PS:
I will be working out with some volunteer firefighters (or assisting them in their workouts because I am related to several). So any great and fun workouts we would LOVE because it would also help the community around us. Anything?
I understand that workouts are by their nature hard. But the boring workouts is the reason I started boxing, and then did Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. I wanted something new and different. Not same old same old. I am willing to do tough. But when they are boring I just don't stick to them. Any ideas?
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