QOTD #55: What type of exercise is your favorite?

Fucking.

 

I bet that title was no accident......

I love cycling. Paved and lots of dirt road.
For 3 or 4 months every winter though I want to be cross country and back country skiing. This winter has been awful for those in the northeast.
So I've been cycling but not really feeling the love for it this winter.

 

I can assure you, my heart rate gets raised. It's healthy as hell. It's more than exercise. It's sexercise.

 

I prefer yoga. Vinyasa flows. The kind that make you fall down into savasana at the end, with quivering muscles. I can do power and core, but I'm usually really sore afterwards. A strong vinyasa flow really rocks my world. Today, though, I'm going to indulge in something I don't do enough. I love to throw on my sneakers and walk on the beach... Wet sand on the way out, deep dry on the way back. Usually about 4 miles or so. It's a beast on the calves. But, it's pretty today.

I enjoy cycling but it hurts my box... A lot. Running exacerbates my headache for some reason. But nothing compares to those deep, painful stretches and holding a pose until you want to cry

 

Swimming, followed closely by hiking. I kinda hate running while I'm actually doing it, but I love how it makes me feel afterward.

I haven't done anything other than walking lately. When I get back into my gym routine, I do cardio (run/walk intervals or aerobics) three times a week, and strength training twice a week...although I may switch that.

I've never played that, and now I NEED to. That sounds amazingly fun.

 

Dang, I forgot about hiking. I don't get to do it enough, so I didn't think about it. Love hiking.

 

I use the term broadly.

 

I used to run quite a bit, at least six miles a day four times a week, and sometimes I go an extra three miles. FTR I had great legs & glutes, which were certainly useful for the exercise that Levite mentioned . Now that I'm ageing I prefer low impact cardio. As I understand it, speed walking* is very close to actually running but without the wear on the joints.

I actually enjoy yard work and veggie gardening. Having wooded property that required a lot of maintenance and plenty of room for a veggies garden would be great.

* I saw a Robotman comic strip that made me LOL. Robotman and Monty are out speed walking. The balloon showed them both having the same thought, "I hope that I don't look as ridiculous as he does."

 

I've only played raquetball once, and it was absolutely terrifying. I think I'd like wallyball, though.

 

Sports for exercise isn't for me. I suck at anything that requires quick reactions, coordination, and depth perception.

 

This depends a bit - the course where I play is quite hilly. If you are pushing or carrying clubs for the 6-7km around the course, you will raise your heart rate significantly. I've just had a 10 week layoff and played for the first time yesterday and am noticeably sore today. I didn't realise how much squatting I normally do lining up putts etc. It is probably offset by the after round beer consumption, though.

I've noticed that I'm doing a lot less team sports. 45 years old and starting to notice two things - the injuries I had in my youth are starting to hurt now and playing high impact sports, you are much more likely to get injured now. Put me firmly in the hiking/golf category now please.