Exercise and Media I
For the first fifteen to thirty minutes at your television, computer, video game console, or on your phone, exercise. You can do any basic exercise while watching television and march in place for any of the other listed activities. If you want to continue after the fifteen or thirty minutes are up, do, but don't force yourself to continue if you don't want to. Once you've met your goal, stop before you get bored to minimize your chance of burn out.
Exercise and Media II
When you're toning a specific area, and need to do exercises targeted to that muscle group, this is an ideal time to catch up on your favorite shows. Use a Netflix account just for your workout television series and movies; check out audio books from the library; review your music collection. Get a recorder and dictate that novel you've been meaning to write or work through that experimental chicken curry recipe aloud. Do something to keep your mind occupied before it starts whining.
Lasso a Friend
Rope a friend into exercising with you. You can be dignified and walk around the neighborhood while discussing current events, or stage a water balloon fight. Throw a frisbee, but try to make it fly just out of each others reach for a challenge.
Take Up Geocaching
Depending on the difficulty and location of the hunt, you can get a work out finding a cache. If your local park has a geocache hidden in it, combine the visit with a nature hike.
Change It Up
Stop exercise burnout before it starts. When you begin getting bored with your activities, don't make the monkey bars a chore; take a break from them and try something new. Look for activities that provide the same workout benefits. After a while, you'll probably want to come back to the original activity, but don't feel like you have to if you're still enjoying your new activity; just remember it should you get bored with the new one.
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