olympic sports evaluated in terms of motivational usefulness to me while at the gym
tier 1: amazingly motivational, made me work out super hard
- women’s field hockey - when they talk about running for 70 minutes and all the nutritional stuff they did to get prepared, here i am just doing the elliptical like a slacker, so i better super do the elliptical
- women’s weightlifting - obv
tier 2: not motivational, because i just don’t care and/or can’t figure out what’s going on
- beach volleyball
- table tennis
tier 3: counterproductive, because i am paying too much attention and/or so invested in the outcome i am trying to influence the motion of the athletes by moving my own body and thus fall off whatever i’m doing (note: i have this problem with NCAA basketball, too)
- gymnastics
- diving
