Does anyone else workout when they are ANGRY!?

miracle

miracle

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For the past few days, I've only exercised (followed a work out dvd, Pump It Up) when I've been angry.

Is this a bad habit to get into? Does anyone else do this?

Also, does anyone stick pictures up to motivate them?

I have, and its made me angrier, making me want to have a good proper workout.
 
I do heavy bag work when angry (punching bag) Excercise as a way of releasing tension and anger is a good thing in my opinion, keeping it pent up is not.

I dont really have pictures on the wall, mostly just writings on the wall, of things that inspire me.
 
^ The writing thing is a good idea. It's better than pictures of people you hate anyway, just making you angrier.. lol. Thanks for replying :) x
 
i want to point out a bad thing about just workin out when your mad... what happens when you're not mad anymore?
 
When I'm angry I have a hard time wih focus so i cant dp anythig that would require thought - or paying attention.. I walk -and play music really loud.. (I will be deaf by the time i'm 50 at this rate)

Pictures don't movivate me... Words, do... sometimes... but it's really me that motivates me... not external sources..
 
RJAZ520: I will always be mad, lol. I'm a very jealous person, so I think of my boyfriend with someone else and BOOM DROP AND GIMME 20! lol.. sad, i know. but it works for me, so im good! plus i get happier afterwards cause exercise does that, so no one loses. haha.

mal: thats good that you motivate yourself! i do, with my food.. but not exercise.
 
exercise motivation is tough - walking is easy because i have a goal in mind for that -it's other stuff that is tough - and it's not because i don't want to do it -it's because of lack of knowing how to do things...
 
^ I'm exactly the same! Especially right now. I read things on here all the time and I'm like yeah I understand.. and I go away, and I'm like, what? o_O

I wish it was just all on paper ready for me to do!
 
I go for walks when I'm angry, and by the time I come back I'm not frustrated anymore.

Also, I think I'll always be mad at something too! :p
 
miracle said:
For the past few days, I've only exercised (followed a work out dvd, Pump It Up) when I've been angry.

Is this a bad habit to get into?
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Yes. It's a real good way to get hurt. You're not thinking right and tend to overdo it even when you get sloppy from fatigue. It's a good formula for injury.
 
I've only been angry about 3 times in the past year, so I'd be a total couch potato if I had to wait for that! :)
 
miracle said:
Corndoggy: Thats a bit crap, lol.
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I said what I did because I did it myself last month.

Somebody in a dually truck ran the stop sign in front of my house, ran over my dog, broke his back, paralyzed him from the waist down, so I had to take him to the vet in the middle of the night which cost alot of money, he couldn't relieve himself so he's peeing all over everything when somebody would try to move him, had to take a vacation day the next day, and ended up having to put him to sleep.

I buried him, and thought about hitting about 10 shots of whiskey, but decided to go running and biking instead. Before then I had only gotten up to 4 miles the week before. I got some new trail running shoes with alot of support, and was able to run 8 miles on the road just 2 days before. So, I went trail running and ended up going 13 miles. The only problem was that that was beyond what I was really capable of, the only thing that kept me going was pure adrenaline from being angry. So, when I got tired at about mile 8, I was running down a hill VERY sloppily, tripped, tried to catch myself, and stepped on a rock. It hurt like hell, but I was able to recover and keep going. After that, I rode the same trail on my mountain bike, still furious.

I got up the next day, and that little escapade cost me 3 weeks worth of not being able to run at all. I limped everywhere I walked for 3 weeks. When I started back, I couldn't even run a mile. For a week my muscles and knees were so sore that I couldn't do anything but watch movies and drink. I had made a total mess of things.

So... just be careful.
 
corndogggy said:
I said what I did because I did it myself last month.

Somebody in a dually truck ran the stop sign in front of my house, ran over my dog, broke his back, paralyzed him from the waist down, so I had to take him to the vet in the middle of the night which cost alot of money, he couldn't relieve himself so he's peeing all over everything when somebody would try to move him, had to take a vacation day the next day, and ended up having to put him to sleep.

I buried him, and thought about hitting about 10 shots of whiskey, but decided to go running and biking instead. Before then I had only gotten up to 4 miles the week before. I got some new trail running shoes with alot of support, and was able to run 8 miles on the road just 2 days before. So, I went trail running and ended up going 13 miles. The only problem was that that was beyond what I was really capable of, the only thing that kept me going was pure adrenaline from being angry. So, when I got tired at about mile 8, I was running down a hill VERY sloppily, tripped, tried to catch myself, and stepped on a rock. It hurt like hell, but I was able to recover and keep going. After that, I rode the same trail on my mountain bike, still furious.

I got up the next day, and that little escapade cost me 3 weeks worth of not being able to run at all. I limped everywhere I walked for 3 weeks. When I started back, I couldn't even run a mile. For a week my muscles and knees were so sore that I couldn't do anything but watch movies and drink. I had made a total mess of things.

So... just be careful.
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I'm so sorry about your dog. I don't know how it feels to have a pet run over, but my boyfriend ran over a dog not long ago and I was heart broken. It was late, dark, he was doing 30mph and a little Yorkshire Terrior ran out into the road, he tried to miss it but didn't. I was screaming and crying so hard for the poor thing, especially as I turned around in my seat as my boyfriend was turning around to go back to him, and it was twitching. I think that might have been its nerves or something? I don't know.

We didn't know who it belonged to or if they ever found out (we took it to the police station, they said they'd do the rest), but I can imagine how bad they felt, and how bad you feel about your dog.

I will learn from your mistakes and try to turn my anger to somewhere else.

The only reason I've taken that habit up is cause I used to self harm when I was angry, and that did more damage than it was worth (although it did make me feel better, I didn't enjoy the scars, looks i got off my loved ones, and the lectures too). I keep having to get rid of my anger different ways, I can't find one good way to get it out.
 
TomO said:
I've only been angry about 3 times in the past year, so I'd be a total couch potato if I had to wait for that! :)
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Same for me, I don't get angry often enough to use it as some kind of routine. However, I have recently started to increase intensity in my weight training sessions. I switch between exercise more frequent, and take less break between sets, trying to keep my heart rate up. It utterly exhausts me, and I feel a little sick after only 30 minutes of training (minus warm up), but I feel after as though I've had a better work out.
 
I think it's best to establish exercise as a habit, something that you do at the same time on the same days, non-negotiable. However, if the exercise does help to work some negative emotions out of your system then that's good too.
 
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