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It usually comes down to a personal preference, but this is what worked for me. Start doing a sport that involves continual learning of a skill. It can be a team sport, or a martial art, if you don't want/don't have the opportunity to do team sports. I get bored very easily by repetitive exercises like running or swimming, but getting into Muay Thai and ...

You've got your work cut out for you. Here's What You are Competing With There's a concept called "gamification" which is really what social oriented sites use to keep people addicted. This site uses the concept: You have a reputation score That rep is improved or detracted by the voting process (up or down) You can get badges for extraordinary events ...

Set yourself goals Because they give you something to focus on, you can measure if you're making progress towards it and it can be very gratifying to accomplish them! For example when running I'm using MiCoach from Adidas, though any performance monitoring gadget will do. It allows me to keep track of my progress and see how well I sticked to my workout. ...

My experience from leading projects in 150+ companies on how to promote physical excercise and active lifestyle in companies (ranging from 20 to 7000 employees) are, in summary: Peer pressure/everybody else is doing it/risk of standing out, is the most effective psychological component in bringing many people on board a fitness promotion. Competitions are ...

Soreness is irrelevant. Do you feel like you got a good workout? When you look in the mirror do you like what you see? Are you meeting and exceeding your reasonable goals? These are the questions you should ask yourself if you want to know if you had a good workout. Don't worry about what the scale (you can gain weight, but look better) or the calipers ...

I'm not a big fan of LONG cardio workouts, I don't see (or heard of) any good/long term benefit to them. I would recommend trying something different like Tabata (http://gymboss.com/tabata.php) interval training. It's shorter (16 to 20 minutes), very effective (best personal improvements I've ever seen) and doesn't require any special equipment (so you can ...

Why did you pick a Bicycle for Cardio in the first place? This implies you enjoy riding a Bike. Take one outside. Find some scenic routes and take your camera! Why not train for a race? Or, pick something else (not neccessarily exclusively, since variation serves to keep you interested). The stop/start nature of Soccer leads to great doses of High ...

One tip I've heard about is to reward yourself, but not in an unhealthy way of course. Things like letting yourself hang out with friends only if you follow your excercise schedule, or going to see a movie in the weekend. Also, try telling your friends and relatives about your goal. The social pressure might persuade you to keep excercising.

First, congratulations on your transformation. No matter how it is done, it is always an accomplishment. First, the obvious things you did right: Got rid of sugary drinks Added exercise Used the momentum of one good change begetting another (cleaning the flat, etc.). I don't have enough information to determine if the food was right, so instead I'll ...

Motivating yourself is easy enough, it's motivating other people that is tricky. As the saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." The horse may be too stubborn to drink even though it's thirsty, it may be too embarassed to drink in front of others, or it may already be full of water and not want any more! Regardless of the ...

Is this routine enough to get me back on shape or am I going to need to join the gym again? What is so special about the gym? Treadmills/steppers? Do the cardio outside. Freeweights isolation? Just use a pair of dumbbells with adjustable plates. Barbell strength routine? Buy a power rack for cheap off of craigslist. Whatever you can do in a gym, you can ...

The internet is full of training partners for you. You may not be able to train with them but posting results to a public place and creating some form of competition will probably be of great help to you. This one of the things that has help crossfit become so popular, every workout is a competition and you can post your workouts to the main page comments. ...

The solution here is easier than you think, i do not want to sound poetic but let me explain some important things: re-check the way you wrote your question title and details : "non-sports people (computer nerds specifically)". You just stereotyped computer lovers to lazy non sporty people. The problem and danger of stereotyping is that extremely few ...

Every now and then I read this article by Henry Rollins. I actually printed part of it out and taped it in my living room. "The Iron Never Lies" Also, I think setting realistic goals and watching you progress towards them is huge.

Is riding a bike outdoors an option for you? I found that once I shifted from jogging on a treadmill indoors to jogging outside through my town I had a much easier time of it - the time went by quicker, didn't feel like such a chore, and best of all, it felt more fun. I also discovered that jogging outdoors is much much harder than jogging on a treadmill at ...

The crux of the problem is that humans are notoriously bad when it comes to perspective, and as a result we can be quite impulsive. As a Princeton psychology study explains, Impulsive choices or preferences for short-term rewards result from the emotion-related parts of the brain winning out over the abstract-reasoning parts. "There are two different ...

Sathyaish, It seems like everyone is already giving you some good tips. And I agree with Moses regarding his tips and plan for you. However, the truth about sustainable weight loss has a lot to do with dieting and less with exercising. I don’t know your diet, but whenever I consult my patients and clients, and hear them saying that they have gained the ...

It is estimated that about 36% of deaths from CAD in men and 38% of deaths from CAD in women are due to lack of physical activity. To produce the maximum benefit the activity needs to be regular and aerobic. Aerobic activity involves using the large muscle groups in the arms, legs and back steadily and rhythmically so that breathing and heart rate are ...

The closest one is a site called Noom. It's a diet/exercise site but it will send notifications to you to inform you of upcoming exercises and helps you keep your schedule. I use MapMyRun to plan my workouts, and I can upload my Garmin GPS data to the site to show what I've done. Other sites could include SuperBetter, Fitocracy, RunKeeper, FitBit, ...

I'm not sure this question really counts as fitness-related, but hey, here you go. Fitocracy seems to have a pretty obvious programming flaw which allows you to see the names and descriptions of all quests even if you aren't supposed to see them. Log into Fitocracy, then open another browser tab and request this URL: http://www.fitocracy.com/get_quest/3/ ...

The 5x5 set of workouts (Strong Lifts, Bill Star, Pendley, Madcow, etc.) have you start with a weight that is well below what you can physically lift. The general principle with all of the variations is that you are consistently adding on more weight each day you do the exercise. Your supporting muscles also need to get strong, so this seems like a good ...

Personally, I never did any sport until 4 years ago. This was because team-sports are the most common sports over here, and I just don't like them. My conclusion was that I did not like sports. Imho, the same applies to cardio. There's not one single cardio workout! There are lot of sports to try, a lot of which (almost) free. Try to find out what sport you ...

Edit: I goofed and didn't read that the question assumes no gym full of stuff. With that said, I still think the advice of breaking your workout up and including plyometrics in between and changing the motion and intensity of the bike ride throughout the workout is key to keeping it interesting. For instance, one day do 10 minutes on the bike and 5 ...

For treadmills, stationary bikes etc, I like to use the profiles to make things more interesting. Try out all the hill profiles and see which ones you find hard / enjoyable and try to improve your times. Make it like a competition against yourself and you'll find that you push to achieve your goal.

For you, I would try to find a workout buddy. For most people, it will be much hard to stop doing something if others are relying on you. As JoaquinG stated, setting short-term goals and increasing your bpm could also help. Listening to music or watching TV are suggestions, but you already said that has not helped you. Going out side and enjoying weather ...