I’ve been doing Ring Fit Adventure on the Switch for a couple years now. It’s more interesting than running, I don’t have to get ready and go out to a gym, and I can do it in any weather.

Basically, it’s easily accessible and novel enough that that’s the one that has stuck with me since 2018ish.

3 days a week gym minimum, any days but usually mon wed sat. Some football, volleyball and walks in between.

Running chest tris, back bis, shoulders legs at the gym. Once I plateau (“hit a wall”) and my lifts no longer increase I swap to strength work / heavier lifts for a bit until the same thing happens and I switch back to hypertrophy

Getting up and going to college twice a week, plus the times I visit my friend at her work. Also has done wonders for my mental health

Ok, it’s the routine that stuck the longest with me. When working from home, I will pause work to do something like 25 push-ups, some squats, sit-ups, or some weights every hour. Just switch them up between. That way I can do up to 100 push-ups in a day and other exercises. It has worked out pretty well so far.

5BX

5km walk for 1hr. No less. Doesn’t matter where, just walk 5km.

Go whenever I want without a clear goal in mind. Make it fun instead of a chore.

For me I bought some dumbbells to work out from home and just do a little but of excessive whenever I get the chance, spend 10 mins doing 1 set in the morning before work, another when I get home, maybe another after dinner and then one more before bed.

Or if I’m working from home I’ll do a little bit throughout the day, sometimes while watching stuff on my laptop, or in between rounds on a videogame.

It works really well, but for me thr biggest issues with exercise was always the time commitment of going to the gym and how boring working out is, so this way mitigates those 2 a lot.

Edit: oh and for cardio, i dont drive, so i walk a lot and go to open volleyball sessions which also doubles as socialising, so still pretty time efficient.

Reformers pilaties. The strengthening and stretching makes it gold standard.

Beat Saber on high difficulty. Fun, mild cardio.

Another VR game Thrill of the Fight is fun also. Its a boxing game that burns as many calories as rowing! https://vrhealth.institute/portfolio/thrill-of-the-fight/

I got a dog. I have to take her on walks. I would never prioritize walking alone but now I have to. It sounds silly but now I hit 200 cal every days (according to my phone) when I used to barely make it to the 100 before.

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Exercise is kind of personal / varies depending on what you like to do. For me there was actually 2 pieces to improving my exercise routine:

1. Starting a habit of exercise.

This was a necessary first step if you don’t already have exercise as a part of your regular life. For me, my goal was just to just arrive at the gym every day. I didn’t workout every day; sometimes I straight up walked in, walked out, and went home (or used the sauna haha). But inevitably, I ended up working out a good amount, and start making it a part of my routine. Basically, my recommendation is not to try and optimize anything at first; just try to make it as easy as possible to succeed at habit-building. Find some kind of activity that is fun and make it a regular part of your schedule. Social sports activities are also great if you can get peer-pressured :P

2. Making exercise more effective

Once I was training regularly, I found things I wanted to improve, and so I started to create goals. I’m a rock-climber, so there are certain things that I want to do to improve that. Once I started working on those goals, I wanted to improve the effectiveness of my gym time. At a certain point, I made an actual daily schedule of what exercises I do. If you want to improve the quality of your exercise, putting in the effort to make an actual workout schedule is the biggest thing you can do imo. It doesn’t even matter if it is a “good” plan. Just actually following the plan, you will find the areas you can fix/improve that plan.

With my current routine, I have a 10 minute warmup mobility routine every morning, climb 3 days a week, workout 3 days a week (sometimes at the gym, sometimes at a nearby calisthenics park), and avoid the gym for 1 day a week.

But it started by just trying to arrive at the gym every day.

Long walks (4-7mi) and cycling. Cycling if the weather is decent and walks all year long. If I’m not very motivated, I’ll still get prepped and take a cannabis edible, then I’m good to go lol. Like Popeye & his spinach and I’m enjoying the exercise again

Running from my problems