• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yep, I get no positive feelings from exercise. I do it to keep my blood pressure down and I fucking hate it. People say after a while it begins to feel good and you look forward to it and I want to punch all those people in the face. I started about 4 months ago and I’ve hated every day I’ve gone.

    Exercise fucking sucks. I get hot and sweaty and feel like shit afterwards. The only positive emotion is a vague sense of relief that it’s over when I’m finished.

    “Jogging is the worst. I mean, I know it keeps you healthy; but God, at what cost?” -Ann Perkins

    • Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I had the same problem. Then, I was prescribed a medication used to increase dopamine, and adrenaline, production, and now it does.

      Not saying this is some trick to make exercise suddenly release a bunch of endorphins, but it very much did that for me, and when I told my doctor about it, she said that was something that commonly reported. It has even been looked into as a performance enhancing drug, by a number of sports regulation organizations.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Well, there are a lot of exercise options, surely you haven’t tried them all…

      For example, I like riding my bike to do errands. Not only do I get exercise, but I also save some money, cross off items from my list, and feel hardcore. I don’t actually like cycling, but I hate driving more, so being able to get my exercise and avoid driving while doing errands feels like cheating.