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Originally posted by Plan9
See, I disagree with you. I don't enjoy punishing myself to the extent that I do in the gym, however, I enjoy the results enough to keep me doing it. If you want results while working out, you cannot expect the effort to be fun and enjoyable. That is like expecting to make great money doing an easy no skill job... ain't gonna happen. Want big results, then workout big. You want "enjoyable" "comfortable" workouts, then don't expect much change in your physique. Simple as that. Laziness is the reason so many people are out of shape. Looking good is not easy, and if it was, we wouldn't have so many fat people as we do 
*note* I usually get paid for my advise so in the future I won't bother explaining or defending what is best for your body I will just give my $.02 and leave it be.
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that's nice. it's a good way to earn money/earn a living. but you don't need to explain anything to me. right now, i'm a student studying exercise science, and am ACE certified as a personal trainer.
if you want big results, if you want to be cut, have big muscles, then yeah, you may not enjoy every workout. but most people that work for that physique consider the results to be worth the cost (working out even when you don't feel like it). but that's not what everyone is after. using a bike you can get just as a good of a cardio workout as running, without some of the bad effects on your joints. working at 70% of your max. HR is 70% whether it's from running or cycling.
about "comfortable" workouts, well, the statistics are something like 60-70% of people drop out of their exercise plans within 6 weeks. why? sometimes its because of lack of time. but often it's because they don't like what their doing. if you dont' like something, you're not gonna be motivated to do it. and unless your told by your doctor that your gonna be dead in a year or so if you don't change things, most people "casual" exercisers don't get serious enough to keep up with workouts that they don't enjoy.
now come on, admit it. you do like pushing yourself to the extent you do.
i bet you leave the gym and feel like $1,000,000. too bad not everyone does, cause then we wouldn't be having an obesitiy epidemic in this country.