What's your "I know I should(n't) be doing this"?

[brianhex]

Hey everyone, just a fun question for Friday. What fitness-related thing are you guilty of? Like, always half-assing the same exercise, doing something that may annoy other people at the gym, buying that overpriced shake that simply tastes so great, and so on

Edit: Soo many great replies, I think it's great to see that we all don't have our shit together haha.

 

[dawn16]

@brianhex Too damn impatient/lazy to do warm ups or cooldowns. That's like 20 extra minutes!

I whine about my butt but then don't do glute work because I hate glute work.

 

[davidcochrane]

@brianhex Stretching/foam rolling infrequently despite running 4 days per week.

Never weight lifting b/c I don't enjoy it and can't sing along with my music and count reps at the same time (and my gym is tiny and doesn't have a lot of equipment). That and I've somehow pulled something in my right arm (or slept on it too much) in the past few months that the last time I went to the gym for the sole purpose of starting lifting again, my arm didn't want to participate.

Drinking too much caffeine.

 

[michael972]

@davidcochrane I feel you on the caffeine, I sometimes bring iced coffee or Red bull to the gym and drink it while I'm there

 

[jamesdonahueusa]

@brianhex A couple things:

1. I definitely either mouth the words or sing out loud to the songs playing on the speakers at the gym, and it weirds people out
2. Most days I eat no breakfast, and some sort of protein granola bar for lunch so I can have a bigger dinner and dessert at night.

 

[michael972]

@jamesdonahueusa Haha yes... I was singing along to Delicate by T Swift the other day, this woman heard me and just stared confusedly

 

[fishyjoe]

@brianhex Making up a set time that I'll go work out, missing that time, and pretending I can't just start 5 minutes later than my "set time"...

 

[hattington]

@fishyjoe Girl you don't gotta call me out like that

 

[jdd_iii]

@brianhex When it’s time to re-plan my workout programs I tend not to pick enough new exercises to swap out for old ones and end up with basically the same workout in a slightly different order

 

[livelyhope]

@brianhex I drink a diet soft drink every morning, sometimes even before a long run. I also never train arms, my excuse being that I’m a runner. Well, almost never. I did a set of tricep dips a few weeks ago between leg sets to rest my legs.

 

[doctored]

@brianhex Running for an hour when I've had less than 400 calories. I save most of my calories for dinner but I go running before that.

 

[country298first]

@brianhex Working out even when my knee is twinging and telling me I should really take a day off.

But if I don't work out I don't sleeeeeep.

Don't be me. Take rest days.

 

[myooran]

@brianhex I don’t stretch or warm up enough, and my foam roller is basically a decoration at this point.

I am supposed to be training for a 10K in 4 weeks and I am running regularly but not with any sort of “plan” to train for my goal time.

 

[danisean69]

@brianhex I rarely ever cool down. Idk if that's bad but...oh well!

 

[abc0146an]

@brianhex I weigh myself post run... as long as it's consistent, right?

 

[landscape_guy]

@brianhex I snack like a professional snackers. I am snacky mc snackface. And I drink too much Diet Coke.

 

[timandamber06]

@brianhex I don't stretch after my cooldown, then I complain about being sore later.

 

[lucasjomar]

@brianhex Sometimes I eat ice cream for dinner.

 

[hammersmyth]

@lucasjomar IIFYM

 

[kristensss]

@brianhex Usually eating spoonfuls of peanut butter