Anyone here participate in Sports/Fitness?

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'll get back to my cycling once I get my hip replacement. I did about 100 miles/week for a number of years, and can't wait to get back to it.

[c172]

A fair amount of wheelchair track and road racing as an adolescent, but nothing competitive since. I'm much more of a sports fan than doer. 

Ummm....OP....want to check out the intro thread?: https://atheistforums.org/forum-11.html

[RetiredArmy]

Was running and working out on a daily basis (except Sunday, a religious holdover?). I would do weight training on M,W,F and run on Tu,Th,S. The alternating schedule allowed for ample recovery (so long as there was a matching diet), and Sunday was just the odd day out.

But now I'm working a 12-hour shift job with frequent changes from day shift to night (Ouch). Thankfully it's a "hands-on" job, keeping me in good shape while I make good $$. Being honest, though, I'm only treading water ATM. No improvements to endurance or the guy in the mirror

[SteelCurtain]

I did play football for Navy, and thus I cannot do much sporting any more. I have been left a fragile man.

I do weight train, though not enough to keep up with my aging metabolism.

[Whateverist]

I did play football for Navy, and thus I cannot do much sporting any more. I have been left a fragile man.

I do weight train, though not enough to keep up with my aging metabolism.

That is terrible, Steel.  You're too young for that!  What in the world did you do?

[SteelCurtain]

1 Shoulder Surgery, 7 Knee surgeries, trauma induced scoliosis, thumb surgery.... plus, without copious amounts of tape, my ankles are barely attached to my legs.

I can still play basketball recreationally, but any impact or contact sports are a recipe for more procedures to repair the inevitable damage. So I lift weights and try to stay ahead of my age when it comes to my weight/flabbiness.

[Astreja]

I'm trying to get back into fitness but am struggling at the moment. I used to be extremely active in martial arts and did a lot of weight training, but over the past decade osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia and assorted bone and joint injuries have gotten in the way.

Sometimes I go swimming and lift a few weights while I'm at the pool complex, and I get some exercise when renovating the house, but no regular program. I have tried tap dancing and Pilates in the recent past, and would consider going back to tap dancing if I ever make peace with my right foot. The foot pain is also discouraging me from going to check out a boxing club that I've been thinking of joining.

Never did get the hang of aerobics, though. I had an exercise bike but gave it away to a good home because it wasn't getting used.

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

I'm no longer doing anything with weights. That DJ night was kind of crazy, I danced around with my 80kg friend on my shoulders after picking him up without any support and I kind of hurt my lower back and my doctor instructed me to stop everything for a while or I'll have to get a surgery done in a very young age.

I'm currently not doing much lol just resting to get better but I also kind of sprained my ankle yesterday so I'm not even getting out of bed haha

[Shell B]

Yeah, the only yoga I've done is at the gym here and it's always the same instructor. It's super boring. Every single class she just has us repeat the same positions over and over again. It's like, it starts with downward dog, and then you put one leg up, and then you put the other leg up, and then you go into a lunge thingy, and then warrior, and then balance on one foot... etc etc. And you do that over and over again like 6 times lol. While staying in each position for like 20 seconds or something. And then she has us lay on the mat and meditate for the last 5 minutes while some weird mystic music plays in the background, in which time i just try not to giggle. I heard there's some yoga that is much more energetic, and I'm sure I'd like that a lot better. I keep hoping they get a new instructor.

Ah, the sun salutations. Yeah, they're pretty basic. They are the simple stretches and balances that prepare you for the rest of the good stuff. If you like to dance, I know of a lady who developed something she calls yogance which combines those movements with a more creative flow. There's also power yoga, which will make you sweat way too much to bore you. I'm going to be doing an aerial yoga class soon. I'll let you know how it is.

[paulpablo]

I don't do any kind of sport anymore, I was never all that sporting to begin with but more and more I just keep hearing about sport injuries that make me think going steady at the gym and not being too aggressive about it is the best way forward.

I know people, and I meet people all the time who do extreme gym and sporting things and the result is usually always similar.
Guys who try martial arts and end up with torn muscle, broken bones and so on. In football it's the knees that usually get fucked.

I haven't been to the gym this year but in the previous 2 years I was a gym fanatic. On top of that having a job that was heavily physical and doing things like cycling.
I think my body is still riding along from the momentum of being such a gym fanatic before. I still look good body wise but I need to watch out.
If I do any physical gym or sport type activity these days I won't get too obsessed with it, just do it once every few days. And nothing too high impact.