Physical Activities

I like to hike. Big, strenuous, almost rock-climbing hikes. :D

I've been doing it since I was a kid. The problem is, living in the desert, I usually have to drive to the mountains to avoid excessive heat.

I jogged, someone i knew, said go with me, thought was nothing for me, not like i am eager to go outside and do it (especially if it's cold and bad weather) but i stuck to it, but since i got a job again i already feel like i am getting enough exercise as it is.

I'd LOVE to do a lot of the things I've always wanted to do, but I have certain limitations that prevent me from doing them.
Epilepsy. Doctors don't want me doing heights so there goes skydiving and parasailing.
Back, knee and foot injuries, No running, most sports or anything else strenuous like that.

God I hate my screwed up body.

I'm into cycling mainly on the road, cyclocross and mountain biking. After nearly two years of inactivity because of cancer and chemo I'm now in full remission and can do things\activities again that I couldn't do in the years I was sick. Baruch HaShem!

I played co-ed softball for most of my 20s and 30s, but haven't played an inning since my kids were born, for better or for worse. We weren't pros, but we weren't a beer league either. We won a few trophies (for winning our season) and one of them sits proudly in my home office since I was the coach that summer. I also played some co-ed flag football.

I've always enjoyed hiking and climbing also. I don't do it a lot, but it's always something I like to do when on vacation.

In the past I also did ziplining, parasailing, skydiving, bungee jumping, etc., but those are more excitement/adrenaline things than physical activity.

BTW, the wiki page you linked features a lovely picture of a roller derby athlete who suffered a spiral fracture at her debut bout...yikes.

I remember watching roller derby on TV in the 80's. It was pretty cool, even though some of it seemed fake (sort of like professional wrestling).

I had no idea it was a thing regular people could do in their spare time!

I practised wtf taekwondo for almost 7 years, haven't trained in a while first because I moved to another city and still can't find a good dojang, and second cause a month ago I fell while skateboarding and got a coccyx fracture lol

Ive always been really outdoorsy, so Ive been hiking, canoeing, and fishing my whole life. I hike everything from smooth public trails to the straight up ledges on the mountain behind my house. Canoeing is in the Delaware river, so nothing intense, but I usually try for 5+ mile trips. And fishing is pretty lazymode until you hook into one of the "river monsters" and spend two hours fighting a fish into shore. I hooked a 3.5ft catfish once that had my arms like jelly and my back so stiff I couldnt bend by the time I got it into shore. Also landed a 2ft carp once that nearly yanked me out of my raft.

Only real difficulties I have with any of those, is a bad knee. I fell on our ledges once and messed it up pretty badly. So I need a brace if Im on a long hike and I need a lot of breaks. And sitting too long (with my knee bent, like in a boat) hurts.

gym and jogging 10km every day, ~2 hours just to keep fit ^^

Oh man, there's a long story in here, but I'll keep it short.

I quit drinking and drugging years ago, and stayed quit thanks to Shotokan Karate. I have a great sensei with an incredible philosophy and lifestyle. 12 years later, still studying under him, but now for my black belt (the dude doesn't just "hand them out" to anyone ...). Definitely recommended for anyone who wants to stay in shape and change their perspective on life.

Outside of that, I swim, mountain bike, and of course drumming - which people seriously underestimate as a way to stay in shape. ;)

at this point since i have two young kids it's hard to take time to myself. if i had more of that i'd do ultimate frisbee and mountain biking. mountain biking i can do by myself and there's a group at work that does pickup games of ultimate frisbee after work a couple days a week.

instead i do things where i can take the kids, like biking flatter trails while pulling the kids or hiking. they're pretty happy about hiking on their own feet so even though i bought a hiking backpack i rarely use it. when they get a bit bigger i'll take them on more technical hiking trails, but for now it's pretty moderate.

I can't do many sports, mainly due to health problems and injuries so.. I try to do my best even for what concerns physical activities but it's really hard!
Talking just about sports and stuff, not music and other activities of course..
I played tennis for some years 'cos my father was a pro player, but then I had for many reasons surgery on my wrist and had to step down..
I used to run but my ankle too has been sprained and still I've got a missing ligament (calcaneo-fibular, something like this) and so I try just to walk a lot, as I always did when I was a university student and so on.
Never liked that much other sports, I tried skiing here in Northern Italy but it's not for me and I can't ski now due to my ankle.. I could just swim but I don't like water XD Although I can swim and have been to the sea and the ocean lots of times.
Prostate surgery, so no bike at all, but I own a Suzuki 600 motorbike and I love riding it although of course it's not a sport for me, I don't compete in races but just like to drive it :P
Just too many physical problems..

I used to ride my bike but then it got boring and all my favorite routes got paved into bike paths and infested with rollerskaters so I haven't touched my bike in like 5 years.

I used to do jogging, gym and table tennis. Stopped after more than two years because i was heavily depressed and i was barely noticing any improvements since i had started, physical-wise.

Actually i was quite skilled at table tennis, but the local sports club doesn't have a table anymore and i couldn't find people to play with anyway. I wish i could play again.

I wouldn't be myself if I didn't recommend some nerdy activity like Historical European Martial Arts. It's based on studying works of medieval swordmasters. It's a great fun and keeps you fit. :)

Roller Derby? Who are you, Ellen Page? ;)

I love skiing and mountain biking - you know, the expensive hobbies where you go really fast and try not to crash. Unfortunately, family responsibilities mean that I haven't been able to do either in years.

I did get to go skiing this past winter, and it was awesome and reminded me of how much I love it. So I went again, and it was awesome again! But then I got stuck in a snow storm, went off the road a few times trying to make it to the closest hotel, and finally had to leave my car in a ditch and walk the rest of the way. But I survived!

I play drums. Trust me, energetic playing is quite a workout.

Im going to gym for first time... tomorrow(?) let's see how it goes.

Daily (or almost daily) hike in the woods behind my house. Not because I like it, but because I'd become an old celery otherwise.
The snow just finished melting now, so I'm hoping I could do some "mountain" biking on the trail - I'll need to clear up some space and trim branches/tree first... and I'm lazy.

just gym 5 times a week, since i hate running,cycling
would like to play some hockey, but not in my 22 :(
mby in the future will try some other activities when will get girlfriend :D

I used to love bike riding and hoola hooping and jump roping, would spend hours each day doing it. Always super relaxing and enjoyed getting outside and moving, just simply brought me a lot of joy. I'd also go on a lot of walks and am trying to walk a bit more now.

Currently I have major chronic pain and health issues making being active super difficult, but beginning of March (month after back surgery - seemed help with that too) I started doing Static Contraction Training and it's been one of the best things.

Like I'll do a bench press, but instead of there being actual weights I use as much of my strength as physically possible and put pressure on a bar attached to a machine for 10 seconds. Same with squats, am basically attached with chains onto a belt and put as much pressure as possible trying to "stand back up" etc. I just did my third session, originally my total weight of pressure I exerted was 600 "pounds" in 4 exercises (I was super weak after not moving for a year). Now after my 3rd time training my total was 1460 "pounds" of pressure!!! It's hard to really grasp how much "weight" it is compared to using machines but I can tell a HUGE difference. As someone who's physically disabled and gets a lot of muscle weakness (will just drop often to the floor) I could already handle twice the length of the exercises plus my gains drastically improving. A couple years ago I did something similar with my dr. and went from barely able to lifting my water bottle to lifting 35 points of a "real" bench press after a few months training.

I've always loved lifting weights but it's caused so much unbearable pain and burning for days, this is the best alternative and helps a lot long term. I feel like a badass and so strong and really seeing improvements. :D Am proud of myself and definitely gonna continue.

TL;DR : I passionately love ice hockey but ice hockey doesn't really like me.
I also practised a cool japanese martial art called Iaidō.
(wow I didn't intend to write so much...)

When I was a teenager I attended some ice skating course and fell in love with ice hockey.
Unfortunately, I don't live in Canada, so ice hockey isn't really popular here. My city only had one ice hockey club, which was, well, the professional one, so the people in there were really competition-minded, they wanted excellence even from the youngsters. But I was a girl and I was 14, and I was a begginer. There was no female team of any age, and all the people in the club started at like 4 years old. Nobody starts hockey at 14. Especially not girls, this is typically the age where they stop. In fact, that was specifically told to me : "you're a girl, we have no team for you." My parents insisted so much that they finally, reluctantly, put me in some boys team.
I kept coming for a year and a half, playing as the only girl with boys way younger yet way better than me, who never bothered to even talk to me, to pass me the puck, to help me feel good among them or to give me any advice. I was basically the person who shouldn't be there. I almost didn't improve and never played the matches, just the trainings, but I was okay with it because I just loved the sport. I just wanted to play it so much that I was okay with my poor endurance, my zero improvement, the stupid mindset of the adults and kids from the club and the non-existent social interaction. That eventually stopped me though, it was becoming kind of depressing.
I moved later to another town, when I was 18, so I was able to attend the adult leisure team of this town's club. Leisure team means no competition, which is great. We were 3 females so at least I was able to have some interactions in the changing rooms. Although most people had that competition, unwelcoming mindset, it was rather nice in comparison to my earlier experience.
But well, had to leave this town and it's been 2 years since I last played hockey... I still am a terrible player, but I miss it really much. This is the only sport I like to practice, the only sport where I have so much fun that I can get over my ridiculously poor endurance, where despite being unable to breathe properly because of the effort, I still want to go back on the ice and play more.

I wish I could find another sport that motivates me like hockey does, is easier to access and play, and where I could meet like-minded people... 😐

Also last year I was into a Iaidō club. It's a japanese martial art revolving around the mastery of the katana. You never fight for real, but always practice alone against imaginary enemies that you have to visualise and slice like they were real. It's very interesting and meditative, you learn to breathe the right way, to seek perfection in each movement, to think every move. But the most physical part of the lesson was always the warm-up! Even I was rarely tired after 1h30 of practicing... xD
But the greatest part was the people. They were all so nice, kind and encouraging... so different from hockey people! I guess they were the main reason why I kept coming so enthusiastically each week. I was really sad to leave them when moving again.

Right now I'm not doing anything because I'll settle somewhere else soon (yes again). I hope I'll find both a nice hockey and iaidō clubs where I'll go, though I'm quite hopeless about hockey xD

I just get up to get a coffee or piss. I eat 7/24. 175cm and 68kg, tho I have a huge beer belly. Wish I could go to the GYM but I can't. My desire to be the laziest mofo overcomes my desire to have a beach body (which wouldn't change my life in any way since I rarely leave my house).

So yeah, no physical activity whatsoever here. Except if you count chasing around a f**king mosquito for half an hour as a physical activity.

Bike riding for fun as a kid turned into BMX freestyling in my teens, which evolved into mountain biking, road cycling, and more mountain biking! When weather permits, I'll ride a couple of times a week for 2-3 hours per ride. Playing tennis for fun with friends in high school also progressed into playing competitively for my college team, and then recreationally for up to 15 hours a week at one point. I've always been active for fun rather than fitness, but I guess I've become a bit of an endorphin junkie. :P Oh, and I hike, too, just to get some fresh air and get out into nature.