Doing Things You Hate Can Be Better Than Doing What You Love

When people avoid certain training protocols because they hate them, that is a shitty reason. I understand that when adhering to a diet, it would not be wise to eat food that you cannot stand, but not doing HIIT when physically able just because you hate it is a stupid excuse.

During the summer I decided to do burpees every week, twice a week for five minutes straight. The first time I could only do two minutes of burpees, then I had to rest. I hate burpees and I began to dread my workout. I dreaded my workout so much on Tuesdays and Saturdays because I knew I had to do my burpees before the rest of my workout. I would delay an hour and then finally do them. I decided that I was then going to do burpees everyday. 

Why would I do something I hated so much everyday? Because I hate them that's why. I adjusted the time I spent doing them and now I do 100 burpees everyday in four 25 rep chunks and now I love burpees. Twice a week I do a circuit that incorporates burpees in a descending pyramid fashion and it is a bitch, but after I'm done, I have clocked in a total of 325 burpees and 325 reps of all other moves and that feels fantastic. 

So if you avoid an exercise just because you hate it, well make yourself do it, it will develop mental strength, but if you avoid an exercise because you are physically unable, then that is another matter.

My burpee routine:

Equipment needed, a kettlebell and your body

Start out with 25 reps of each exercise doing them in a circuit fashion, then do 24, 23, 22, and so on until one rep is left

-Burpees (with a jump at the top, pushup at the bottom is optional)

- One arm kettlebell row

-Kettlebell Bicep curl (holding Kettlebell with both hands)

Then go cry because you are so happy it is over and collapse