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This. It's an exercise where I can also explore my local area and enjoy nature.
Been doing pilates for a couple years. Which moved to general calisthenics and mobility for exercise. Smitten. Haven't felt this good since my 20s and I'm nearly 50.
Taken 2 years.
Yeah, I'm using the FOSS app Feeel for morning calisthenics before I take a shower, and it's done me a lot of good. I'm 48.
+1 for callisthenics, and also approaching 50. Lots of fun and i can feel/ see the progress. Aiming for a planche by the end of this year.
Callisthenics is great. FU gravity!
Thank you for the rec on callisthenics! I will look into this.
Bouldering, I like the mix between body strength, flexibility, technique and problem solving that it has, it's good exercise but it feels like a game
Same for me, but with top rope. Bouldering is over too quick for me to get in a state of flow
I used to do top rope too, I like the longer height which tests your endurance, but I get a bigger rush of adrenaline and enjoyment when I finally beat a challenging bouldering problem with the fear of falling
I will still return to top rope, I feel like the one unlocks skills for the other because of the difference in the kind of difficulty
I always loved dodgeball. Too bad you only play it in school and if I would play it now, I would probably hurt myself massively.
Favourite exercise is probably hiking. Full workout and you get a great view of nature, what's not to love about that? Except if it rains of course....or is too warm.... or too many people... OK there are some possible downsides.
I kind of like hiking in the rain, but not in storms. It can be very peaceful and reflective
Another Patches O'Houlihan fan.
Walking and bench press :3
My favourite sport is sailing, raced for many years. Iβve never been a fan of team sports but racing is different. Might be the possibility of death lol. I love swimming, raced competitively as a kid, but canβt handle the chemicals at the pools and the cold of the ocean so donβt do that very often. Climbing and bouldering are the next favourite, my husband and I climbed a lot before my daughter was born. She, with my husband, is getting into it now so I went with them and wrenched my shoulder quite badly so havenβt been able to get back.
I know I need to incorporate movement and strength training into my life more (would definitely help with not getting injured!). A comment below mentioned callisthenics so Iβm going to look into that. Also yoga!
I am hoping someday to learn to sail
I like hiking in the mountains. Lots of exercise, great views.
Sometimes my wife drags me along to do some Via Ferrata, which is ok, but I'm not really built for it.
Gravel biking. All the joy of cycling without some fatass in a brodozer trying to kill you because he got another erection looking at another man in lycra.
Not sure it counts as exercise or sport. Most days i say i spend time 'swimming' but really I'm just making up funny ways to move across/around the pool. Then I make my husband compete with me in those events in the Today Family Olympics.
This is the way
Do you know de way?
My favorite sport is American Football followed closely by Lacrosse.
My favorite exercise is using the Stair master.
My favorite sports are rugby and field hockey but i would like to play handball but my height is too short(1.66 cm) so it is difficult to play that sport for me.
My favourite exercise is cycling
My 'favourite sport,' by means of being the only thing called a 'sport' I don't find utterly boring, is sepak takraw. It has elements of hacky-sack which I like, and while I wouldn't do them myself, pros regularly do backflips as part of the game, so it's actually not painfully dull to watch either.
My favourite 'exercise' is just walking. When it's not overly hot out, it's quite pleasant but quite good for you in comparison to the amount of effort it takes.
Snowboarding. I just wish it wasn't as expensive. And that climate change wasn't threatening it.
My favorite solo exercise is rucking since all I have to is put on my vest or a pack with sand bags in it and start walking. BJJ is my favorite sport to participate in the only challenge is making it to a specific place and specific time
I'm always split between skateboarding and snowboarding. Have 41 years on the skateboard and 35 on the snowboard.
Being old and broken, I certainly can't ride like I used to, but I'm having as much fun as ever and still push myself to learn new things.
I hope a much needed knee surgery later this year improves things.
Still, nothing I enjoy more than a day at the park teaching anyone who will listen.
got a lil hydraulic rower over Christmas and hoooo boy that thing is incredibly fun. who woulda thought itβd encourage me to get a bicycle? itβs been an exciting year exploring my city and making friends ππ₯³
pole dancing 
How safe is it?
How does one get into
Valid
Please don't make me research what the heck are Hindu Diver Pushups. Please tell us! π€©
Hindu push ups or dive bomber (diver) push ups.
It's basically a push up but you put your ass way up in the air. Then move your arms down while moving your chest down and up like a dive bomber.
The down position is your ass close to the grond, your arms pushing up and you chest up. Like some yoga poses. Then slowly reverse the motion till your ass is back in the air like the starting position.
Oh as soon as you said "yoga," now I understand. I'm literally a yoga instructor so what you're describing is downward facing dog into chaturanga to upward facing dog π
sleeping.
Gaelic football
Is this an irish sport exclusively or played other places?
Warwickshire vs USA* is live now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9q9KG8iu-o
* minus New York, which is its own county
90% is played in Ireland, but there's also some presence overseas, especially among the diaspora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_(Gaelic_games)#County_boards_outside_of_Ireland
Triathlete here
I suck at cycling, running and swimming. The worst is swimming,and the one I like most is probably cycling....