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Favourite Participatory Sports

decafjava

decafjava

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I was just wondergin what kind of sports MR people like to participate in, web surfers and forum warriors do not count.*

After a nearly 3 year hiatus brought about by a fall from my bicycle that led to a broken ankle, I've restarted using a bike as my primary transport. While it is electrically assisted-I usually only use it when I get home for the home stretch as I live uphill. Even when on lower settings you still get a work out, just a steady one as you still have to pedal. I also enjoy walking, especially in the wild, and use no assistance for that. In any case I have other activities as well, I belong to a gym and have tried a couple of other things as well which I will outline.

Gym: I do the machines, both cardio and weghts, not so much free weights as before, but prefer the courses. Stationary biking-especially with a crazy and very sexy lady instructor-body pump, etc. Tried a yoga course last week and it nearly killed me, and I was one of only two males there. :D

Boxing: Yup gave it a try as a sport last year and loved it. Just hitting the bags and light contact sparring but what a workout!

Tango: Actually very physical, dancing needs good body control and awareness. Have tried others as well, salsa, ballroom.

Team sports: None since high school, except a couple of friendly outdoor ice hockey games in uni, the less said the better.


So over to you all, what sports or other physical activites do you do? Which have you tried but didn't like?









*Indulge in a bit of that myself :eek:
 
Golfing and snowboarding primarily. Occasionally I'll play some hoops or some football with my friends. Not sure if this counts but I love to jet ski whenever the opportunity arises.
 
Basketball in a team half the year, tennis socially and competitively, Aussie Rules (AFL) sometimes (my favourite sport to watch) and soccer which I just play in the park with friends every few days.

I like my sport in general.
 
I love cycling. Other than that perhaps badminton, although I don't really play that much. I used to be a member of a swimming club for about seven years though.
 
I play Ultimate (frisbee) twice a week and lift weights four times a week.
 
Beer-drinking has to count.

It's an important part of Oktoberfest, and it's almost October. Yeah, I train during the other 11 months of the year.
 
I've been bowling (tenpin) since I was 3. I'm 37 now, and have no plans on stopping anytime in the next 30 years. That's my #1 sport. While I love tennis, it has become more of a recreational sport to me than participatory, so every so often I'll hit around a ball.

I would LOVE to play a game of footy (Aussie Rules football). That sport is great, though it is hard as hell to find an Oval here in the US (closest true oval/cricket pitch is in Canada). I'd be happy if I could kick a Sherrin around at least once!

Everything else is a spectator sport to me..

BL.
 
leekohler said:
I'm gonna have to give it a try then.
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I play three or four times a week. So addictive. If u have access to a good course it's a good cheap activity. The discs aren't like frisbees. They're all designed to do different things like golf clubs.
 
Golf and baseball. Occasionally a game of basketball. I need to start weight lifting. Back in high school I played golf 5 days a week (golf team) but now that I have to pay for it I mainly play on Saturday's and that is it.

I would like to play hockey but I can't ice skate because I live in the south where there are no rinks, and nobody plays hockey down here. I guess the next best thing is lacrosse but nobody really plays that either. Sigh
 
robots3humans0 said:
Disc golf is very enjoyable. I played it out in California a few years back and it was great. Very challenging if you're not the best at controlling a frisbee though.
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It's also a significantly different arm/wrist motion from a more normal frisbee. I play both a fair bit and it sometimes gets really hard to switch between them easily :)
 
I've been skiing since I was a kid, nothing like a good day on the mountain. I also love rock climbing, mostly bouldering—I love trying a problem over and over until I get it. I get more out of exciting problems with a some highly technical or big power moves than I do more traditional climbing.

Other than that I'll play decent squash, piss-poor tennis, mediocre golf, I'm an on-again-off-again runner and I lift free weights before work every day.

Also I absolutely love small-boat sailing. Nothing quite like it. I sold my sailboat before college and haven't been sailing in a couple of years, though. :( The club sailing team at my college never quite got its sails up. ;)
 
decksnap said:
I play three or four times a week. So addictive. If u have access to a good course it's a good cheap activity. The discs aren't like frisbees. They're all designed to do different things like golf clubs.
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That's what I've heard. Very interesting.

ender land said:
It's also a significantly different arm/wrist motion from a more normal frisbee. I play both a fair bit and it sometimes gets really hard to switch between them easily :)
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I definitely need to try this game.
 
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