It is very normal that you don't feel like exercising

When I exercise, I always go a bit overboard. That's generally my approach to sports, because then there's a chance I'll keep doing it for as long as possible. You could call it a well-thought-out tactic or not. Usually, I end up with an injury after overdoing it, which means I can legally skip the HIIT again. I can't help myself, because it turns out to be quite normal for me to occasionally not feel like doing any sport at all. 

I drag myself out of bed every morning at six and dutifully do exercises from the physio or hop on my spinning bike. Just kick things away for half an hour. At this point, I also talk to myself, by the way: “Look, you’ve put a whole half hour into yourself today.” It’s a bit sad and pathetic, I know. And now science also says that I’m made to be lazy, which makes it completely logical that I have to talk myself into it.

Well-informed circles referred to the book by Daniel Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding. The lazy character we have towards sports is apparently deeply embedded in our nature. In the past, you had to save as much energy as possible between hunts. So, it was intended to be lazy, so you had the strength to search for food and make fire. That was somewhat the essence of (surviving) back then. But now we’re stuck with the consequences.

My body doesn’t feel like it and wants to do as little as possible because it thinks I’m still looking for food. Which is pretty much what I do all day. Unfortunately, I can’t hide behind this, because driving to the supermarket doesn’t count as hunting and gathering in 2021. I disagree, because you should see me in action. It’s just like working. Lieberman’s conclusion is that we should keep exercising for a healthy body and a fit mind, even if it goes completely against your primal instinct.

At least you have an excuse to complain that you don’t feel like it, before you do go. 

Source: Wel.nl