I'm trying to get my first ever pull up! It has been awhile now that I'm trying but I'm not giving up. Can do 8 with a resistance band to help me up, that's my best attempt yet.

I live in a big city so outdoor sports are a bit of a challenge, though I love rock climbing and there are some indoor areas I could try and go to. I want to sign up to dance classes as I used to do them as a kid and enjoyed them so much. I also tried a circus class! It was sooo challenging and everything hurt for a week after. Only problem is it's too far from my place to make it stick..so now I'm trying to find something challenging to do that I can add to my weekly routine besides the usual gym in the morning.

Have you thought maybe of swimming? Volleyball or another group sport? Those are some of the things I'd like to do if I found them available around me.

For me it's running and pole dance. Running I used to do 3 to 4 times a week until some injuries slowed me down and made it challenging to get back into this kind of frequency. Usually, I'd do about 10k per training. Through my boyfriend I discovered trail runs. So we do go and train sometimes together, or go for an event somewhere in the mountains or other countries and then aim for 20k sort of distances to get more out of the views.

As for pole, I do that a few years now. Far from being a pro as I don't train enough. I just can't get myself into doing some strength or flexibility things at home. I need someone to kick me into action for this. But at least I can now do some pull and push ups. Before, that was a hopeless feat, hahaha.

Whatelse, I am fortunate to live close to where I work so I can cycle to and from every day. We have a group of colleagues with who I go for walks during the coffee and lunch breaks if the weather permits. So I easily get 20-30 minutes cycling and at 1 hour of walking by the end of a working day.

I also have a motorbike but find I hardly ever use it nowadays since I met my boyfriend. He doesn't drive himself. And going by myself somewhere for a fun cruise is just not necessarily my favorite thing to do.

In the past, I was into handball, horseback riding (@cayenne_007 I envy you! Would love picking it up again, just no stable close by...), and some stuff at the gym. More often than not it was just not for me in the long run. Or moving to another location took the opportunity from me.

It’s probably obvious that Ju-jitsu is my passion. I’ve been training since I was ten years old and teaching it for the last 20 years.
I also love running and lifting weights, and I try to do a short yoga session every morning to relieve the aches from the previous day’s workout!

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I'm working on getting strong enough to do an ashtanga jump-through.

http://practicingashtanga.com/the-vinyasa/

So I'm working on strengthening my arms, obliques, core, legs: everything really.

I love how yoga looks so slow and gentle, but anyone who can move like this is actually incredibly strong!

Are you increasing your strength with yoga, or using other exercises as well?

I’m curious about the underwater rugby! Is that exactly what it sounds like? Playing rugby in a pool?

I am finding that I love weight lifting - I have been working with a trainer to get started 2 days a week and on my own for a third day - working on meeting strength goals for bench press, deadlift, back squats etc and to be able to do an un-assisted pull up! For cardio, I started taking spin classes in March and love them! I am tracking power and working on trying to improve my power to weight ratio! Its a great low-impact cardio activity to complement step aerobics or latin dance.

I used to do long distance running and horse riding, now I play rugby which I absolutely adore! I've v recently gotten in to lifting weights at the gym, leg day is my fave, also working on those pullups!! And skiing is great fun also

i love trail running with my dogs
aerial yoga and and aerial hammock and aerial hoop.