Friday Fun: Workouts :)
Hello Everyone!
How are things going over there?
This morning, I was thinking about how many workouts or sports I've done in my life. I did water aerobics, belly dance, running, training at the gym, and Muay Thai - which I enjoyed a lot. I used swimming at the pool - and this one was my favorite - but unfortunately, I'm not going anymore, mainly because of the pandemic.
Now, I wake up early every day to practice yoga for 30 minutes or more and spinning for at least 40 minutes at home. But I miss all of the others indeed.
Check out some pics:
And you? What do you have you been doing to keep balance, a healthy mind, healthy body?
Let's spread healthy habits and motivation to each other!
I hope you enjoy yourself as well.
Cheers! 🙏😊
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Hi @Patrícia Fortunato Montenegro , I'm not genetically determind for doing sports. When I compare my ability to train and progress with my wife, it is always like I'm fainting and she's smiling. If I stop doing something, I'm very soon on the beginning.
But in last 10 years I was trying to do something of course, at the amateur level. I played florbal, basketbal, table tenis, circuit training, TRX and running. I was doing TRX quite intensively in first quarter of 2021 but my knee and back stoped cooperating with me :D.
I was just thinking today to start jogging, so your today's topic is maybe a signal :D.
Attaching photo of me (on the left) attending one extreme 90 km race.
Woaaah! Just looked this up and not only is there a floorball league in my town, but there's a #floorball channel in Atlassian's Slack workspace 😂 this looks like a sport I can get onboard with!
90km in one run
@Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__
I enjoyed your introduction comparing your performance with your wife! 😅 (laughter)
Wow, in the last 10 years, you focused a lot quite intensively! TRX is cool. I've tried once, and it's hard, so I decided to focus on weight training. But the 90 km race is impressive. And brought damage 😅 on your foot. At my spinning, I've been doing 12 Km in 40 minutes. Always improving.
So, yeah, it might be a signal 😃 , but start slowly and taking care.
In this pic, some years ago, I used to run with my friends from the gym. (2276)
BTW, I meet my husband at the gym 😃 .
Me too @John Funk ! The battery in my 15-year-old electric pushmower gave out this summer, so I also found a used reel mower and have been enjoying that. Even quieter than the electric, and not much more effort to use!
I'm out the door in 30min for my 7th MTB ride of the month. I'm averaging 8-9 a month and am trying to reach a goal of at least 12 per month. Then I'll work on increasing the time and distance totals for the month.
June: 9 rides, 116mi
July: 9 rides, 67mi
August: 11 rides, 85 miles
Oof, as I'm trying to figure out my Friday Fun topic, I realized I missed this opportunity to talk about Ultimate Frisbee, which is pretty much the only sport I've ever devoted much time to.
I love Ultimate because it gives me a reason to run. I find "working out" (in a gym, or running, etc.) incredibly boring. Also - the only equipment you really need are a frisbee and some cones.
There's also something called "Spirit of the Game":
Ultimate relies upon a Spirit of the Game that places the responsibility for fair play on every player. There are no referees; the players are solely responsible for following and enforcing the rules, even at World Championship. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play.
So at the highest levels of the game, players call their own fouls*, and it's expected that unlike some other sports (basketball, soccer) where intentional fouling or drawing fouls is "part of the game", the rules in Ultimate are (by and large) followed by players, not "gamed".
I feel that a big reason for "Spirit of the Game" is safety. The physics of a frisbee mean that a disc can hang in the air for a while, and without rules that discourage contact, and encourage people to look out for other players, there could be a lot more injuries if people ran at full-speed, only focused on the floating disc, without awareness of other players.
*"Professional" Ultimate Leagues (to be fair, players are only making $25 game + expenses) do have referees. But many have incorporated an "Integrity Rule" that allows players to "call their own fouls", or even decline calls in their favor that they didn't think were right.
Where to play?
I primarily play in pickup games (in the SF Bay Area, and especially around "Silicon Valley", you can find an Ultimate game literally every day of the week) maybe once or twice a week. These games finally started up again after vaccinations became available and we had good science about COVID transmission outdoors.
Oh, and before pandemic, I started Ultimate pickup games with co-workers (because I like introducing the game to new people, I didn't want to drive, and I like playing 12-1PM, and most pickup games start and end late.)
Here's folks from Netflix (and friends) from 2015:
And here's my famous closed-eyes defense playing with friends I worked with at Palm (on my 40th birthday, some 11 years ago):
Interested in Playing?
If any of this intrigues you, it's entirely likely that where ever you live, there's an Ultimate game nearby that would be happy to have you join, even if you can barely throw a frisbee. (Although it would be good to practice a bit.)
I found and played in an pickup Ultimate game on the island of Kauai, and joined my cousins at pickup game in San Antonio, TX.
A great place to find pickup games is here: https://pickupultimate.com/
And to learn more about Ultimate, here's some good places to start:
- Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules
- Ultimate @ World Flying Disc Federation (International organization trying to get Ultimate into the Olympics!)
- USA Ultimate - Discover Ultimate (the US governing body)
