Tell me your unique and fun workouts/exercises/calorie burning activities

I'm not much of a gym guy/workerouter guy. I go a couple of times a week to lift because there are numerous benefits to it, but definitely not remotely a gym rat. I do quite a bit of cycling...I've been doing more mountain/trail biking lately than road. I also do some hiking and kayaking. I really like rock climbing, but it got rather expensive. Swimming, and I take my boys to the skate park a couple days per week and ride my trick scooter around...I'm not very good, but it's fun.

Hiking seems like an obvious choice, given your locale. I'll also second Ring Fit Adventure on the Nintendo Switch, that's a ton of fun IMO. If you have a VR headset (we have an HTC Vive), Fruit Ninja is another good one if you like the concept of Beat Saber but have no rhythm to speak of...like me, LMAO.

I like rowing, those skinny boats like in the Olympics, only mine is much slower than theirs. 😉 It's technical, though, so lessons are recommended. In season, I row 4x a week with my rowing buddies.

Canoeing, kayaking, really any kind of human-powered boating** is fun, to me.

** Those little squarish-crafts where you sit in a seat, pedal like a bike, and drive a paddlewheel that way? I need an umbrella drink to best enjoy those.

wunderkindking wrote: »

Dog agility
Canicross (running while pulled by dog)
horseback riding
geocaching
Pick A Water Activity

Honestly for me, pretty much outside, add an animal or water and I'm there.

Oh and disc golf. The exercise is in the walking all over the place on the course, but it's fun.

Honestly, that's just the deal. That it be fun. At this point in my life exercise is basically recess. Going to the gym is going to the playground. Once my weight got somewhere into overweight (instead of obese), joint pain went, energy went up. I've always been fairly active but at this point I am riding a weird wave of confidence and energy to "LET ME PLAY I WANT TO PLAY COME ON LET ME AT IT."

Yesterday I spent about 4 hours playing in the river with an innertube. Calorie burn? Eh, I dunno but it was, again, fun and moving.

aribott13 wrote: »

Looking for something I actually LIKE to do to burn some calories that I will stick with! Walking and Yoga are so far my favs. HATE the gym and biking.

Have been thinking of investing in a stand up paddle board or kayak but thought I would see what you all do that is both fun and active

If it changes anything I am in Seattle, so I have about 5 months out of the year where outdoor workouts are comfortable.

TIA!
- Ariane

When I lived in the Seattle area, actually found that most people did their hiking/ kayaking/ etc. year round despite the misty gloomy weather. It’s not the weather, it’s inadequate gear! Luckily winters don’t generally go below 45 degrees, so you can still comfortably hike. Of course there is fantastic skiing at Mt. Baker!

Another option (which would have to be indoors) is tennis. Holy cow the calorie burn, plus learning a new skill is fun!

Get good rain and snow gear, microspikes, and snowshoes and hiking is now a year round comfy exercise and SO gorgeous in the PNW. Kayaking is amazing, and with the right gear, doable ~8 months out of the year. I also love martial arts, particularly krav maga, lifting weights, swing or salsa dancing, rock climbing, trampoline parks, swimming indoor or out, u-pick fruit, gardening, sledding or snowshoeing, rowing machine, even the dreadmill while watching Survivor...

Other ideas: ice/roller skating, hunting, tennis, golf, volleyball, dancing while you cook, other exercise classes, video game or VR exercise...

The world is your oyster

I paddle board, cycle, walk, started to play pickleball. On days when I can't do any of that, i have a stepper for an indoor exercise. It's nowhere as fan as outdoor things, but i watch my fav shows and time passes quickly. Oh, and i also can't stand gym.