I feel like taking a strength-training class for my high school gym credit, even though that sounded like the LAST thing I wanted to do, would have served me much better!
It seems like there's a lot of stuff that people in general don't know about the ways to build up physical stuff. I certainly don't have a great idea, beyond realizing that "ah yes, everyone else ever was right, and now that I'm in my mid-30s, I realize I should probably care about my physical shape at least a little." I've saved a couple very basic workout routines... somewhere. I need to dig into my bookmarked stuff and look into them again.
Unfortunately, I think having a poor understanding leads to a ton of frustration - like you said, a whole lot of effort that goes nowhere, and then feels like a waste - and ends up turning people off of further attempts. Or at least that's been my personal experience!
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It seems like there's a lot of stuff that people in general don't know about the ways to build up physical stuff. I certainly don't have a great idea, beyond realizing that "ah yes, everyone else ever was right, and now that I'm in my mid-30s, I realize I should probably care about my physical shape at least a little." I've saved a couple very basic workout routines... somewhere. I need to dig into my bookmarked stuff and look into them again.
Unfortunately, I think having a poor understanding leads to a ton of frustration - like you said, a whole lot of effort that goes nowhere, and then feels like a waste - and ends up turning people off of further attempts. Or at least that's been my personal experience!