I do cardio. I should do more but it's too much of a chore. So every day, sometimes twice a day, I go for a walk. And I talk on the phone or I listen to audiobooks or I find songs for the radio show. It's discouraging. I'm probably good for 15-20 miles a week and careful monitoring of my caloric intake has me permanently set at "obese." Those appear to be my biological choices: "obese" or "exercise bulimic and also so light-headed that your teen years go by in a fog." I recognize on some level that I'm anything but obese, I'm the thinnest of my friends by far, who are all normal-shaped people, can out-pace them in pretty much any activity but I'm irrevocably broken inside. Cousin averred to the fact that he had finally realized that it's a goddamn miracle I came out halfway normal (plutonium adventures continue apace). But it fucking sucks nuking shoes in three weeks because apparently I have an adamantine skeleton or some shit.
Ever try tennis? I loathe cardio for the sake of cardio, but love tennis or even basketball or soccer. I’m just better when there’s a sport/contest involved. With your height and reach you’d probably be formidable
I've always hated cardio too, but finally at age 40 I'm learning to embrace it. I do all Tabata-style wind sprints on the exercise bike. It can keep my interest for about a half hour at a stretch at this point, which is way more cardio than I've ever done in the past in a single sitting. I haven't ice skated in a couple months, so I'm really interested to see how this has or hasn't helped me when the season starts in September. It gets harder every year to keep up with the 20-somethings.
Yeah I really suck at tennis. I suck harder at basketball. I'm preposterously bad at soccer. Turns out one of the things childhood abuse does is fuck with your motor development. It was a massive load-off to read that because it's always been my fault that I suck. Combine that with post-COVID impacts on balance and shit and I've been real hesitant to get back on the motorcycle. I can tell it fucked with me every time I ride a bike.
Yeah, don’t fuck with what your body is telling you… especially on a motorcycle. Sorry dude. Stationary bike? Rowing machine? I did the rowing machine. Works a ton of muscles and is great conditioning.