Nearly half of adults who exercise really go to the gym to socialise with friends

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Sign up for Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter for the most exciting real life, fashion and sex tips HOT off the pressNearly half of adults who exercise (45 percent) really go to the gym to socialise with friends - as they find working out incredibly boring.Research into 2,000 adults found four in ten work out every couple of days, but admit that 50 percent of the time it’s hard graft.But 84 percent of those polled would exercise a lot more, if it were less dull - with running, cycling and weightlifting were voted as being some of the most tedious exercises of all.Half will use keeping fit as an excuse to meet up with a mate, with the same amount finding it difficult to push themselves in a solo session.Having a friend present means they are.