What kind of sport/exercise do you do?

[Sophia]

With weekend and spring approaching, what kind of sport or exercise do you enjoy doing? No, I'm not asking what do you watch on TV :-D
I do yoga almost every day in the morning, at least 30 min. I usually go swimming once a week and enjoy long walks with my dog whenever the weather is nice.
This is not though exercise that would make me sweat but it's pleasant and relaxing.

 

[cpscdave]

I really enjoy running. Wait let me qualify that. I really enjoy running outside, and I hate running on a treadmill.
Being in the frozen wastelands of Canada this presents a problem. So every spring I have to start from a new :)

Spin classes are fun as well. But I can't find any that work with my work schedule :(

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

I really enjoy running.

Running is the most horrid, atrocious pass time ever (but I run, too, since it's good for me) Hiking is fun, though.

I also rollerblade and bike. Come summer, I decided that I'm finally going to make an effort to learn to skateboard well.

 

[Sophia]

Running is the most horrid, atrocious pass time ever (but I run, too, since it's good for me) [emoji2] Hiking is fun, though.

I also rollerblade and bike. Come summer, I decided that I'm finally going to make an effort to learn to skateboard well.

That is some cool stuff! :-)

 

[newjerseyrunner]

I like to run, I've also done martial arts most of my life. I used to play indoor soccer weekly, but not since I moved.

 

[Sophia]

I'd like to try running, too. I'm planning to go to school playground during summer holidays and train there. That's the only area which is not uphill or in the public :-)

 

[OrangeDog]

Strongman, weightlifting, swimming. My favorite exercise is the atlas stones, though I wish my back wasn't so sensitive.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I play 3 Soccer games a week

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Strongman, weightlifting, swimming. My favorite exercise is the atlas stones, though I wish my back wasn't so sensitive.

Buff!

I play 3 Soccer games a week

I would play soccer, too, if the field wasn't so huge. IMO, the goals should be closer together

 

[cpscdave]

My friends always tell me that I"m not in shape.
Which is a bold faced lie.
Last time I checked ROUND is a shape!

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

My friends always tell me that I"m not in shape.
Which is a bold faced lie.
Last time I checked ROUND is a shape!

 

[NatFex]

My friends always tell me that I"m not in shape.
Which is a bold faced lie.
Last time I checked ROUND is a shape!

That made me laugh it seems like the sort of thing that would be on an image middle aged moms would share on Facebook!

Anyway, I'm fairly out of shape too, but believe it or not it's not so much laziness as it is just not having time. I'm really busy. When I do have time, though, I go for bike rides. Especially since the weather is so wicked this year (by which I mean pretty nice and chilly for April)

 

[Kevin McHugh]

Cycling for me. I have a cabin in NC, and there is an off road trail called Jack Rabbit Mountain. It's the most fun I've ever had on a bike. When I was in college, I used to ride about 200 miles/week (on the road). I still ride, light weights (too much tendonitis), sit ups, and walking/slow jogging keeps my 6 ft frame at 200 pounds. I'm 59.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I walk everyday. It adds up to at least an hour of walking everyday. A long time ago I read that this is the extent of the exercise those people in the remote Caucuses get who live to be past a hundred.

 

[Psinter]

Buff!

I would play soccer, too, if the field wasn't so huge. IMO, the goals should be closer together

 

[OrangeDog]

Buff!

I would play soccer, too, if the field wasn't so huge. IMO, the goals should be closer together

Yeah right I wish. Tell that to my philly cheese steaks and pizza I had for lunch.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Yeah right I wish. Tell that to my philly cheese steaks and pizza I had for lunch.

Like this?

Spoiler: nom nom nom

 

[CynicusRex]

I play 3 Soccer games a week

"Well, you know what they say about soccer. It's a gentleman's game played by hooligans. On the other hand, rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen."

Joking of course. I like playing it too. Watching, not so much. Other than that I think running feels like flying and lifting weights lifts my spirit.

 

[OrangeDog]

Like this?

Spoiler: nom nom nom

That is a cute snack. I usually have 12 or so of these before starting the day:

https://www.google.com/search?q=che...hUqmIMKHZm5BbMQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=JCA4xKkhBgmyzM:

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

That is a cute snack. I usually have 12 or so of these before starting the day:

https://www.google.com/search?q=cheeseburger+pizza&safe=active&biw=1536&bih=722&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1xrrYme7LAhUqmIMKHZm5BbMQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=JCA4xKkhBgmyzM:

You're sure health conscious!

 

[Cruz Martinez]

I play soccer 4 or 5 days a week now, I like playing as a right back. Before that I liked lifting three times a week.

 

[Sophia]

Buff!

I would play soccer, too, if the field wasn't so huge. IMO, the goals should be closer together

so true! If I had to run 3 times from one goal to another I'd faint
OMG I hated running at school. We didn't run all winter and when the first spring days came the teacher kicked us outside and decided we're going to run arround the village. And the ?!*@! macho teacher rode on his bike and shouted faster, faster!
True story .

 

[CynicusRex]

Damn, I wish I had that teacher.

 

[Sophia]

I walk everyday. It adds up to at least an hour of walking everyday. A long time ago I read that this is the extent of the exercise those people in the remote Caucuses get who live to be past a hundred.

indeed walking is great and natural low-risk form of exercise.
Some benefits

• Maintain a healthy weight
• Prevent or manage various conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes
• Strengthen your bones and muscles
• Improve your mood
• Improve your balance and coordination
• http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/walking/art-20046261

 

[Sophia]

Damn, I wish I had that teacher.

You should have told me 10 years ago. I'd have sent him to you. And I would pay you for taking him :D

 

[Psinter]

indeed walking is great and natural low-risk form of exercise.

But I like the risky ones. Sports in which the slightest error can send you straight to the box. Like skydiving.

I'm just kidding. I'm not a risk taker.

And the ?!*@! macho teacher rode on his bike and shouted faster, faster!
True story .

Then they shout at you: the pain is in your brain! The pain is in your brain! More power! Keep pushing through!

 

[CynicusRex]

Then they shout at you: the pain is in your brain! The pain is in your brain! More power! Keep pushing through!

Because it is :)

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...how-brain-training-could-smash-world-records/ (paywall)
Summary: https://healthymemory.wordpress.com...how-brain-training-could-smash-world-records/

Up until a certain point of course. Two weeks ago I planned to run 5km, but the weather was so nice I set off to run a marathon and kept running further and further from home to make sure I had no choice to keep running to get back. I thought the endurance was purely in the brain and doing a Forrest Gump wasn't so hard physically. Apparently, when your legs don't like what you are doing they just stop working. The last 4 km my legs barely moved and it looked like I was fast walking. I ended up at home after a half marathon. Only after stopping I felt the pain in my legs. Whoops.

 

[Psinter]

Up until a certain point of course. Two weeks ago I planned to run 5km, but the weather was so nice I set off to run a marathon and kept running further and further from home to make sure I had no choice to keep running to get back. I thought the endurance was purely in the brain and doing a Forrest Gump wasn't so hard physically. Apparently, when your legs don't like what you are doing they just stop working. The last 4 km my legs barely moved and it looked like I was fast walking. I ended up at home after a half marathon. Only after stopping I felt the pain in my legs. Whoops.

Hihi. That's a lot. Once I ran so much that when I got home I fell asleep in this position. Of course with my head looking down.

 

[Sophia]

Hihi. That's a lot. Once I ran so much that when I got home I fell asleep in this position. Of course with my head looking down.

That must have been tough! How far did you run?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

so true! If I had to run 3 times from one goal to another I'd faint

Gah! I actually run around the soccer field 5 times (about a mile??) twice a week. It's during this time where I begin to feel as though I'm getting asthma

Hihi. That's a lot. Once I ran so much that when I got home I fell asleep in this position. Of course with my head looking down.

Haha! I don't get sleepy after running--makes me more awake, actually, (of course, after lying down for some minutes on the grass to minimize the head throbbing). I just love to eat stuff like tangerines and strawberry lemonade afterwards, then all is well

 

[Psinter]

That must have been tough! How far did you run?

Not really, it has been worse at other occasions. It wasn't very far. Just 10 kilometers (a little more than 6 miles).

That is really nothing. The thing here was that I ran them with a little more than 20lb(9kg) garment over me and there were lots of slopes across the road. Plus I wasn't jogging, I was running as in running.

I know it's not a lot, but to me it was a lot given the circumstances of the extra garment load and the terrain. It destroyed me, so I fell asleep without realizing it.

Haha! I don't get sleepy after running--makes me more awake, actually, (of course, after lying down for some minutes on the grass to minimize the head throbbing). I just love to eat stuff like tangerines and strawberry lemonade afterwards, then all is well

Yummy.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

10 kilometers

 

[Sophia]

Not really, it has been worse at other occasions. It wasn't very far. Just 10 kilometers (a little more than 6 miles).

That is really nothing. The thing here was that I ran them with a little more than 20lb(9kg) garment over me and there were lots of slopes across the road. Plus I wasn't jogging, I was running as in running.

I know it's not a lot, but to me it was a lot given the circumstances of the extra garment load and the terrain.

That's a lot! You're my hero. Why did you do that?

 

[Psinter]

I edited my post.

That's a lot! You're my hero. Why did you do that?

I really don't want to sound like Forrest Gump, but my answer to that question is: I don't know. I just wanted to run. Maybe to test my limits?

It's not really that much (for me yes with the load, but for other people that's nothing). Athletes do a whole lot more distance without breaking a sweat. I get amazed with them.

 

[CynicusRex]

The thing here was that I ran them with a little more than 20lb(9kg) garment over me and there were lots of slopes across the road.

9kg is a very heavy load. During my firefighter training period we had to run and do exercises with a full compressed air tank which ranged in weight from ~8 to max 18 kg depending on whether it was carbon or steel. Running with weights is hell and probably not so good for the joints to be honest. Still, kudos.