Exercise is for dogs and prisoners.
You want to train, play, or work.
Train - You're training for a race, competition, sporting event, etc. There's a goal attached to it, not "exercising" for the sake of exercising. The one point in my life where I had washboard abs -- early 40s - was when I was an avid triathlete and obstacle racer. Never did ab work.
Play - You play something that you enjoy - basketball, tennis, volleyball, pickleball, whatever - or you paddle a canoe, kayak, or SUP. You move your body and get fit doing something you enjoy, not out of some obligation to "exercise."
Work - You work your ass off through yardwork, gardening, home improvement, etc. There is no tougher workout than yardwork. I once asked a contractor working on my house if he ever worked out. The guy was in his mid-40s and shredded. He laughed. Carrying heavy stuff around all day was better than any workout. He pointed to his younger colleagues on the job site (my backyard) and noted that they were eating fast food for lunch and drinking energy drinks or soda all day. He said once he started packing a lunch and drinking water in his 30s, he got ripped.
Most people hate gyms. Understandably. We used to be a nation of manual laborers. Now we create machines that simulate manual labor, house them in air-conditioned, warehouse-sized buildings and charge membership fees to use them. Instead of lifting weights, lift a kayak into the water, lift some plants into the ground, etc.
Don't exercise.
