I havenāt posted in off-topic for awhile, so thought Iād start a random convo!
Whatās your favourite type of exercise (even if you donāt do it regularly)? Walking? Running? Spamming refresh in PVP on Gems of War?
I lovvvve weight lifting. Gotta get dem gains! I hate running though so I do ride my bike to work every day (about 30 mins one way) and do HIIT cardio as well.
I just moved to a new Suburb in November and itās been lovely walking around in summer at night around 8 pm - itās a very weird residential area unlock others in Melbourne. Everyone has quirky townhouses built in odd shapes.
I love bike riding (it helps that Melbourne is a really good city for bikes), but I have a bad habit of getting my bike stolen, so currently I donāt have one.
Weights I like, dead lifts, floor press, etc. Also planks and push ups. I cannot, no matter how hard I try, do a pull up, I just canāt seem to lift my own body mass with those particular muscle groups, itās really annoying.
I am a really poor runner though, Iām fine on a treadmill but I struggle running around the city.
I donāt get much exerciseā¦
I direct a Barbershop Chorus on Tuesday nights for 3 hours and I direct Handbells and Church Choir on Wednesday for 2 and 1/2 hours. My conducting is very expressive so I count that as a solid 5 hours of cardio a week!
However, the best exercise I ever got was that one family trip to Las Vegas when I was a kid. My sister and I spent the whole week in the arcade at Circus Circus playing this game:
Have you tried the assisted pull up machines at gyms? I have this problem too. Itās frustrating because I know I am quite strong but I am also very tall with long limbs so I have extra weight to lift, also being female Iām naturally weaker! Melbourne is great for riding. Deadlifts are also my favourite, though I can only do half a straight leg deadlift. I often struggle with lower body workouts because my back gets sore too easily as I only have an adjustable dumb bell set at home.
You would probably see me doing this at clubs/bars anyway
I play basketball regularly and do a little cardio to stay in shape for it. Used to play soccer in the summers, but it was getting too hard on my body so I gave it up a couple years ago.
Yeah, I use them occasionally, my PT gets me to do stuff to try and improve my strength there because letās face it, if I happen to be in a situation where I am falling off a building and happen to catch myself on a balcony ledge or whatever, being able to pull myself back up would be quite useful.
Iāve gone to Docklands once, it was a lot of fun (albeit painful initially). My favourite sport to watch is Ice Hockey as well so ice skating has always been interesting to me.
Buy a horse and ride it in the city, be a modern day cowgirl (pretty sure you are female, apologies if not).
Skating I used to play hockey, but my knees/back/shoulder/neck objected at various times. Still got my gear, will play again. Will be in āold-timersā league, but crease crashers WILL be ātalked toā.
(goalies are all a bit mad )