Do you guys ever get sick of exercise? - Personal Trainer Community - Forum

[Christina]

I have found that since becoming a personal trainer I don't like to strength train like I used to. I remember many years ago I was told by one of my psychology professors that when you do what you love and get paid for it, you don't enjoy it as much. It seems like everything in my life is about exercise. When I'm not training I'm reading about fitness and when I'm not reading about fitness I'm on here. Sometimes the last thing I want to be around in my spare time is a dumbbell. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how do you deal with it?

Christina

[Dinah]

You know, I think I am too new, but I can see where you just need a break from the dumbbells. And the resistance tubes. And the BOSU. '-p

I take some good classes 3-4 days a week, which keeps me motivated. The other days can be a challenge. I either make my up my own routine or find something on Exercise TV.

I don't want to lose momentum on my own fitness, so I really try to push through it.


Dinah

[Christina]

I am thinking about taking a yoga class at one of the local yoga studios. Maybe that will shake me out of my rut!

Christina

[SeanM]

I just recently started personal training, but I've been strength training since high school, and I've definitely had moments of burnout.

The last time it happened, I didn't touch a weight for almost 2 months. Tapped my creative side and got back into music, played guitar, wrote some songs, etc. Eventually, I really wanted to get back in shape and started up again. I'm also a cyclist, and at the end of the road cycling season I don't even want to see a bike. Personally, these things just go in cycles (no pun intended) and I always end up coming right back to whatever hobby I became sick of with more passion than ever.

Yoga is a good idea. As you know, it'll keep you fit while also being something totally new and different. Sounds like a plan.

[DynamiteDE]

This is certainly common amongst many professions, I would have to say. I know people that are in healthcare, business management, engineering, nursing... and they are all VERY passionate about their work and career - but there are times when they just get sick of the idea as a whole.

I was talking to another personal trainer the other day and brought something like this up and he could relate. It's not so much that you're not "practicing what you preach", it's that you are human and just like clients, need an external motivation source at times. It doesn't make you a bad trainer.

Personally, when I get in these ruts, I'll do a 30-45 minute HIT workout or take a group class outside of the normal grind. This gets me thinking about wanting to improve what I did in the class or in that workout, and I'll eventually convince myself that it's better for me to keep moving forward.

[GetMeFit4Life]

I started working out when I was 9, and was pretty seriously into it by my early teens, and honestly I never really got bored or tired of it until I hit my late 30s and I blame that more on getting stuck in my quest to shed extra pounds which as we all know gets much harder when you are older, so what I did was switched the way I was training, I started doing Kickboxing, Boxing and MMA style training, and I still hit the gym and pump some iron at least once a week as well, but I now enjoy it again, the fun is back, so it just took a change in what I was doing to get that back.

[yourtimefitness]

I experienced the same feeling when I started losing weight...I got so bored so fast until I started boxing and kickboxing. The training required to be a good fighter is anything but boring and the variety of exercises used for strength, endurance and speed training goes above and beyond any other training I have ever had. I have been doing this since 2007 and I never get bored! I teach 6 classes a week and personal train about 20 hours, boxing intervals are a major part of strength training and muscle sculpting and we dont even touch a weight!