My best bet is a class. I hate, hate, hate the stationary bike and see no point in it whatsoever and can not tolerate more than TWO minutes on it. But I live to spin.
For me, no matter what I'm doing, it's all about changing it up and frequently. Spin class goes by the fastest when we're doing anything interval related. She'll often shout out "four more like that" and I find the minutes just fly by as the hard intensity takes forever but the recovery minutes flit by like they never happened.
So when I DO attempt a machine (never the stationary bike!), I do best when I play number games. I like to run for 8 minutes, walk for 2, do the elliptical at high intensity for four minutes, lower intensity for one minute or pick a machine and increase the intensity and/or speed a little bit more every minute for five minutes and then take a minute to recover. Anything to keep the mind active!
Speaking of the mind, that's key for me too. I've got to let it wander. If I have something good to mull over in my head, time goes by faster. Sometimes I can get lost in the music and that helps too.
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