Mostly just asking this for a college assignment since I’m a student there, and this is the one I picked out of the twenty I came up with.
Feel free to also answer why you do such exercises, describe the last time you have engaged in physical exercise, and provide any additional thoughts.
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Running. My brain struggles to start with anything that requires a lot of actions to get started. Going to the gym, for instance, requires me to grab my stuff, bike to the gym, change clothes, and then keep switching exercises. Any of these actions require me to get over a mental “bridge”, and can thus cause me to stop.
With running I change clothes, put on shoes, and just start running. I can be outside very quickly, before my brain realizes what’s really going on. And once I’m going it seem to cost me more mental energy to stop than to keep going. So for my brain it’s perfect. Barely any setup and almost no “bridges” to cross.
Powerlifting. (Tldr: 1 repetition max in squat, bench press and deadlift).
I don’t know why but I don’t like endurance training, I find it very boring. So I do the extract opposite.
Climbing. Go three times a week and it’s just fun and challenging. Gives me a chance to get off my phone and just enjoy the activity.
There’s a bouldering gymn near my house and my fourth-grader has gotten really into it. She would rather swim when the pools are open, but once the weather gets colder we’ll be there every weekend. I can do all of the beginner tracks and most of the 0-1s, even some of the 2s, but the difficulty goes up to 16 and the climbers who do anything above 5 seem to be thinking about the sport in a way I cant even visualize.
I’m no where near a pro…intermediate at best. I generally climb v-grades around 7-8. I know this feeling you’re talking about very much. Sometimes I revisit where I was, and where I’m at, and what once felt impossible to even imagine now just feels intuitive (of course it’s all relative, as anyone climbing v10 and above look like magicians to me). It sort of just happens naturally through practice and experience. Learning a skill is so wonderful!
Hiking, for me. There’s a variety of trail difficulties, so you can do something more casual if you want to, and aside from the great cardio, you’re out in the beautiful outdoors.
Same for me, hiking is my favorite way to exercice.
Cycling. I don’t (yet) have all the fensi equipment nor an expensive bike and don’t do long, exercise-like laps. It is much more incorporated into my daily life. I have an oldschool road bike which I use for my commute and then every day after work go around the city with it for some hours (with small breaks for say shopping/eating; ca. 25-30 km per day). Longer rides on the weekends (average ca 100-120 km per weekend). Never was keen on sports but was always into little daily adventures and this combines the two. Last time: yesterday.
Swimming. It’s the only time I can move fast and it doesn’t hurt half my body. Running sucks as a tall fucker. My knees hate it.
I’m primarily a runner but I’ve been combining swimming for the last 10 years or so and it’s been great. Swimming is fantastic cross training for runners. It lets you maintain cardio fitness while you give your “running” muscles a break. It teaches good breathing techniques. It works other muscle groups like upper body and core muscles which are important for stability. And most of all, for me, my partner loves to swim so it’s something we can do together.
Downhill mountain biking. It really gets the adrenaline pumping and the climb up before each run is great for your health.
So downhill and uphill mountain biking
I like climbing and biking. Biking because I love how far a pretty simple exercise can take me and I love that it’s practical, I don’t need a car as long as I can bike there. Climbing because I like an exercise that feels like a fun game but is truly a challenge for the human body, I’ve gained a ton of muscle in my body without trying.
Cycling. I love to just go out and discover the countryside on a bicycle and climbing mountains to descend them again.
Rowing. I found rowing through a friend, and while I only do it indoors with a machine, it works for me.
Social dance, followed by swimming and biking, then distance cycling. Cycling is the most common one I do, followed by swimming in the summer.
To explain the distinction I’m making between biking and cycling: When I say “biking”, I’m talking about lower-speed, exploratory riding; usually a very dense saturation of a smaller area, often on trails set aside for recreation. When I say “cycling”, I mean high-speed, linear riding, focused on covering distance or getting from one point to another; typically on through streets, dedicated bicycle infrastructure, or highways.
For social dance, my favorite is Ceilli, then various mosh pit styles, followed by square and contra, but in terms of how ofen I do them the order is reversed.
Cycling. It suits my personality best. I love some alone time with my music/audiobook for an hour or two and it doesn’t even feel like exercise.
Running and swimming.
Pickup sports. I can run all day playing football or basketball.
Since that isn’t an actual option I have anymore, I mostly actually use an exercise bike. It’s low impact and I can do it while my brain is occupied elsewhere. I’d like a rowing machine because it’s a big full body power workout, but I have no room for one.
I love aquafit – guided aerobics in the pool. Easy to modify for whatever physical issues you have. It’s social, low pressure, and a great instructor makes it surprisingly fun. It looks really easy, and then the 80 year old ladies kick your ass at the exercises.
