Special Fit For 2018
12 Surprising Fitness Ideas For Sports-Haters
Slide Nr 1You can’t throw, catch, chase or kick a ball? Don’t worry, help is at hand. We highlight 12 fun, healthy activities to get you moving – even if sports just aren’t your thing.
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Slide Nr 2Wild Swimming – Up and down, up and down, up and… Okay, you get the picture. The monotony of swimming in lanes at your local swimming pool is hardly an incentive to swim more regularly – not to mention the sore eyes and irritated skin from the chlorinated water. Why not free yourself of that artificial experience and try wild swimming? Taking a dip in local rivers, lakes or even the sea (in safe locations) is sure to restore your love of swimming and allow you to once again enjoy all the well-known health benefits it offers.
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Slide Nr 3Drumming – While the health advantages of drumming might not be immediately apparent to all, the benefits are real and well-worth considering. Start beating a rhythm out on your bongos, and you’ll soon realise that your new-found hobby both reduces stress and boosts your immune system. It can also help to release stress and negative feelings, and give you sense of both being in the moment and connected to the world around you. Oh, and it’s also fun – a lot of fun. Ask to sit in with a local drum circle, and soon you’ll be taking your bongos with you everywhere you go, while friends and colleagues comment on how chilled, healthy and at peace you seem. Yes, that’s right, you too could attain a zen-like peak McConaughey status – it all begins with the bongos…
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12 Surprising Fitness Ideas For Sports-Haters.
Slide Nr 4Dance – What is it they say? “Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like nobody’s watching.” Well, in a time when people are just happy to have a regular job and love is as fragile and mysterious as it’s always been, we’re taking the safe option and focusing on dance. For all the macho posturing of most sporting icons and their millions of followers, the reality is that the typical ballet dancer is every bit as strong, fit and flexible as the average sports star – if not more so. While some people are reticent to dance in public, there really is a dance style to suit everyone’s taste, and if you join a class for beginners, then you will have nothing to be ashamed of by tripping over your toes – or those of your dance partner. Do your research, take a leap and marvel as you discover a passion for a new hobby and enjoy the immediate (and increasing) health benefits that you’ll see.
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Special Fit For 2018
12 Surprising Fitness Ideas For Sports-Haters.
Slide Nr 6Kendo – The name may or may not ring a bell, but you will surely recognise Kendo when you see it. This modern martial art uses bamboo sticks and armour, drawing directly on the ancient Japanese traditions of swordsmanship – and, in so doing, connects its practitioners with the noble samurai code of bushido, the way of the warrior. While true samurai would cite loyalty, swordsmanship, humility and honour until death as their greatest virtues, kendo practitioners can look to health advantages accrued from what is an intense cardio workout as well as advanced strength, agility and mental training.
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Special Fit For 2018
12 Surprising Fitness Ideas For Sports-Haters.
Slide Nr 8Horse Riding – It’s true that horse riding can be an expensive pursuit, but there are ways of riding regularly without taking on the expense of buying your own horse or paying stabling costs. And for those who assume that it’s the horse doing all the actual work, riding is a great way to build muscle and improve your natural sense of balance. Plus, you enjoy the humbling privilege of working in harmony with a noble and sensitive animal.
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12 Surprising Fitness Ideas For Sports-Haters.
Slide Nr 10Gardening – Okay, we admit it, gardening isn’t exactly sport, but that’s surely the point. Spend an hour or two gardening, and you’ll quickly realise that you’re working as many muscle groups and getting as much exercise as a session in any gym. Add to that the opportunity to suck up great lungfuls of fresh air outdoors, along with the natural sense of peace that comes from connecting with nature, and you have a complete workout that benefit minds, body and spirit.
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Special Fit For 2018
12 Surprising Fitness Ideas For Sports-Haters.
Slide Nr 11Slacklining – Sure, you could go for the predictable adrenalin rush of bungee jumping from the nearest bridge or crane, but isn’t that kind of overdone? Maybe trying just a little too hard to show you’re too cool for school? Alternatively, you could bring your sports-hating self to try something a bit slower, a bit more fun and a bit more challenging. You got it, we’re talking about slacklining. While it might not look so demanding, walking along a tensioned line of webbing anchored between two points is surprisingly tricky and addictive. Think of it as the sister sport to tightrope walking and, once you’ve got the bug, think about graduating to slackline yoga. Yes, that really is a thing now.
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Special Fit For 2018
12 Surprising Fitness Ideas For Sports-Haters.
Slide Nr 13Trapeze – The aerial skills you’ll acquire learning the trapeze offer real health benefits, from greater body strength to flexibility and balance, while many trapeze artists also talk of the mental benefits they see, ranging from great confidence to improved focus, concentration and a sense of calm. Whatever you enjoy most about learning trapeze skills, you’ll quickly realise that it also bestows on you an unrivalled cool factor. Not that it matters, of course – you’re far too cool to worry about anything as tedious or juvenile as actually trying to be cool – but becoming a bona fide trapeze artist ranks you among astronauts, Oscar winners and Nobel laureates in most people’s eyes. We salute you!
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