Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - What other sports are you fellow Clydes and Athenas into?

I cycle, of course, but I also enjoy hiking, hunting, fishing, target shooting, and combat shooting in informal competition, like 3 gun (Basically, a game of Hogan's Alley, but with real weapons and a controlled range, simulated combat environment for training in threat assessment).

What do you do?

I used to hike when we lived in Colorado and also on occasion when my son was in Boy Scouts. I've done quite a bit of photography, used to do some shooting. Even have some little black-powder cannons.

Used to Play College football. Still love it but even at the age of 20 my body has a tough time handling a touch game. Im still in College so of course Ultimate frisbee, and I have always loved throwing around the Baseball

Hiking, Bullseye Pistol shooting(rimfire), canoeing, swimming, and of course cycling.

Add in sailing, canoeing, camping (Goes with bike touring, ya know),n Getting ready to learn Cross Country Skiing, the wife and I are tentatively planning on some back country Nordic Ski trekking next winter up on the UP over Christmas Break.

Wow! I forgot camping! Also add in Nordic walking. I have a pair of trekking poles from LEKI. It draws stares but I don't care!

Edit: Also add in Bocci. I am killer!

Wow! I forgot camping! Also add in Nordic walking. I have a pair of trekking poles from LEKI. It draws stares but I don't care!

Edit: Also add in Bocci. I am killer!

My trekking poles are Swiss gear. Fun, isn't it?

It may not be PC on a bike forum, but my other hobby is car racing.

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A little Whitewater river running.

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I used to play soccer, but these days I play racquetball and tennis.

My trekking poles are Swiss gear. Fun, isn't it?

I think it is a hoot!!!:thumb:

Softball, volleyball, racquetball, lifting, and s-e-x!:D

I play piano, it's not a sport but sometimes my hands get sore.

Hiking with my nordic poles, flatwater kayaking and when my back allows it, horseback riding.

I play piano, it's not a sport but sometimes my hands get sore.

You can actually get a bit of a workout playing guitar vigorously. Add that to performance endorphins, and it's quite the natural high.
+1 for hiking and camping. I like volleyball and tennis, but don't get to play often. Does Wii tennis count?

I lift weights pretty often and am especially partial to flyfishing.

Played rugby up to provincial level when in highschool but 7's and full squad. Now it's cycling, wieghts, swimming, soccer, fishing, traditionial archery, hunting in any form not just bow and fishing.

Weightlifting, hiking, camping (is this a sport?) and, one summer, rowing. Me at 315 pounds:

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You will all be pleased to know I got rid of that ugly shirt soon afterward......

Crew rowing (I actually work as a professional coach), Gaelic football, learning to sail.

I have a long history of several sports. From the time I was old enough to play until my Junior year in college I played baseball. A shattered left foot and a detached Ulnar nerve ended that run. I also played football in high school to get out of off season baseball conditioning, lol.

After I joined the Navy I discovered Rugby and actually made alternate for the All Navy team and got to go the combined services championships in DC one year. I also took up softball in the Navy and figured it was a low level way to still play some form of baseball. We made it to the all military championships one year and won the NorPac region while we were in overhaul. My arm just couldn't hold up to the not so low level of play and thus ended that effort.

I've done some competitive shooting, both pistol and rifle. I've done combat shooting and long range. I went to Pendleton one year for the 1000 yard steel sights championships. Those guys are good, me not so much, compared to the pros.

I did tournament Tae Kwon Do for a couple of years, but the back and knees caught up to me, just as they did with running. I ran for most of my life until the mid 90's, but it dishes some real damage to my arthritic joints.

My time spent hunting, fishing, and camping went away with my daughter's soccer commitments. We spent several years traveling all over the country with her club team playing tournaments. With her regular fall and spring schedule, and High School schedule, she plays year around. It hasn't left much time, or money, for other stuff lately. She's a High School Senior now, and my free time is increasing.

The one thing I had always done off and on was off road motorcycle racing. That to took a back seat with the back and knees becoming an issue. I discovered Vintage racing and the American Historical Motorcycle Racing Association several years ago. I restore and sort of race (more like trail ride) while the serious guys have their fun. I'm pretty much down to one event a year and a few trail rides with friends now. I have to be very careful and the fun factor isn't quite the same. A major crash in 01 resulted in shoulder surgery and a few other dings and dents. The Spousal Unit pretty much put a stop to most of the nonsense after that.

Then there is the bicycle. I raced until 1990 when I got hurt on the job while working for my Uncle Sam. I had always ridden quite a bit and held some insane monthly miles averages for a lot of years. Once the back and knee surgeries started to mount up I sold off all of my bikes and figured that was that. Earlier last year I was talking with my surgeon and asked if he thought it would OK to try and ride again. He said he didn't see why not (find a Doc who is a cyclist my friends). It took me a while to convince myself that it was not something else that probably wouldn't work. I've had some set backs, and some physical therapy interruptions, but it seems I'm back. I'm not what I used to be, and at one point was full 100 lbs heavier than 10 years ago, but it's getting there.

Who knows, late in the summer this old dog who had a cup of coffee with the Cat 2's in Southern California in the late 80's just might show up at the Tuesday Night Crit here in Dallas. It might only last a couple of laps before I'm spit off the back and pulled, but what the heck, fun is fun.

Use to fish a lot of fresh water. Was into long range pistol shooting for awhile, then graduated to radio control airplanes. These days I'm mainly doing something with bikes, whether its scouring the internet for parts to building bike trailers, and of course riding. The deal with the bikes doesnt leave much time for anything else. That and holding down a full time job.


Just a regular joe

I loved hiking and backpacking. If they ever get good at fixing knees I'll go back to it. There is little better than having a cup of the world's best coffee
in your hand, and watching the sun come up, sitting on a mountain.

Used to run competitively in college, but now mix it in with bicycling for a good aerobic workout.

What I'll call "technical backpacking"; not straight trail hiking and camping, but going into trailless regions and doing trailess mountain climbing that involves using handholds, occasionally a rope for backup. Used to rock climb but got tired of it.

Fish, weight lift, computer games, spending time with my family, cooking, woodworking.

Racket Ball, Tennis, Wrestling, Football, and those climbing walls though that's far from a sport.

Racket Ball, Tennis, Wrestling, Football, and those climbing walls though that's far from a sport.

Those of us with teenagers climb walls all the time. We could make it a team sport.

Basketball, hiking, backpacking, camping, and weightlifting.

I'm going to try to get into snowshoeing next year.

Biking, running, swimming are my main three, basically because I want to do some multisport things. I also play and coach basketball and volleyball. Racquetball, tennis, golf, white water rafting, dirt bikes (super hard work out), play double bass (stand up) in a bluegrass/americana acoustic band, etc.....

It may not be PC on a bike forum, but my other hobby is car racing.

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Sweet. I dont race yet, but I love driving. Here a pic of m and my car in action

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I want to add swimming to my list, but I'm not sure that's what we should call what I do in the water. I'm uncoordinated with my strokes and the excess body fat makes me very buoyant. Perhaps "splashing around" is a better term.

That said, anyone have any recommendations on shoes or sandals to wear into the water? When I'm on tour this summer I want to do some wading. I've been warned one should never step barefoot into the Potomac, Yough, or Casselman. I have a pair of Crocs but they are so loose fitting I fear I'll lose them in the water.

Other than cycling (both road and mountain bike) I used to engage in alot of other sports such as volleyball and tennis. 2 broken collarbones and a subsequent surgery ended that. I don't have great range of motion and my right arm strength is poor. So now I am limited to riding and also walking and hiking. Love to hike. Just love to be outside, even when the weather is bad.

And when the weather is bad, I go to the gym and do spin and lift weights. I do enjoy spin class.

And when I am lazy, I like to do crafty stuff - I make handmade cards, scrapebook, make home decorations etc. I also like playing with digital photocopying and I am learning how to use Adobe Photoshop (a work in progress).

I just made this birthday card for a friend:
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Let's see
I enjoy camping, fishing, and just started getting into bicycling (again) a year or so ago. I used to enjoy the burn from lifting weights, but now it just hurts. Of course, I've put on a considerable amount of weight since I quit lifting, so I should probably start doing that again.

Downhill skiing, and golf used to be my other activities. Unfortunately, they have both become too expensive. In some sorts that's why I picked up cycling again. No greens fee's, or lift passes to buy. Just pick an open road, or nice trail and go.

My job is rather physical (construction), and I'm on my feet for literally 7.5 hrs daily. Lifting, walking, stretching, and bending are pretty much routine. Kind of like getting paid to do aerobics.

Denny

Long ago I was a runner. Took it all the way to doing a few marathons.
Then I picked up swimming and did a bunch of tri's.
I used to ski race (x-c), downhill ski (recreational) and snowboard.
For a while after college I was into powerlifting.
My knees hate me now, so I don't do any of that.
I'd like to get back into target shooting, but it's an expensive hobby and I'm already short on time to do anything else.

I hike, I go backcountry camping, and that's about enough for me.

Well... as long as you don't ask me when the last time I was able to practice these particular pasttimes....
We love to camp, hike, swim, and canoe. Hubby like soccer too, but I think even he admits that we're getting too old for him to play with the college kids. :D I actually love rollercoasters too, though I knowt that's not a sport, running from the platform up the stairs back to the platform again could be considered. :roflmao:

Downhill and cross country skiing

I walk, though not nearly as much as I should, and mostly on the treadmill because when it's nice enough to walk outside, it's nice enough to ride, and frankly I'd rather walk indoors and listen to audiobooks and use the outdoors for riding. I also participate in various charity 5K events whereat I usually walk and something between a walk and a jog. Also use the elliptical at the gym and strength-train there, too. Once I get through some other obligations, I'm going to take a basic hockey class--never been on ice skates in my life, but figure skating holds no appeal, and I loves me some hockey! Used to go out and play "wall ball" a lot--playing catch with yourself by throwing at a wall; it's good fielding practice for grounders and short-hoppers. And used to keep my bat in the trunk so I could stop at the batting cages spontaneously. Also, haven't been in about two years, but Cowboy Action Shooting is another hobby.

Non-sporting hobbies include cross stitch, rubber stamping, reading, quilt piecing.

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That said, anyone have any recommendations on shoes or sandals to wear into the water? When I'm on tour this summer I want to do some wading. I've been warned one should never step barefoot into the Potomac, Yough, or Casselman. I have a pair of Crocs but they are so loose fitting I fear I'll lose them in the water.

Old Converse Chuck Taylors work well for this. the sole is thin enough you can still "feel" the surface on which you are walking and they have decent traction on wet rocks.

Back to the topic I bike, fish, and have been known to bust out my old skateboard.

Old Converse Chuck Taylors work well for this. the sole is thin enough you can still "feel" the surface on which you are walking and they have decent traction on wet rocks.

Anything a little more high-tech?

It may not be PC on a bike forum, but my other hobby is car racing.

I would love to get into SCCA type stuff but lack the disposable income, suitable car, and time due to being the parent of two young boys. Oh, well, maybe in my next life. Bikes are a vehicle habit I can afford though :)

I did 7 years of aikido (http://www.shobu.org/) through college and into grad school. I still miss it damn near every day since I had to drop it due to lack of funds 9 years ago (and now lack the time to take it back up). I will return to that at some point in the future when the parenting is a little less time-intensive - heck, I'll bike to the dojo! Post-aikido I took up Olympic weightlifting (non-competing), eventually settling on kettlebells, sandbags, and other such odd toys for weight-related workouts. No gym membership required, and my co-workers are always amused when I head out to the back parking lot with my 80 lbs bag of aquarium gravel.

I've mentioned weight-lifting, but I guess stretching, even if it's not a sport, fits this thread. I do stretching as 'treatment' for my scoliosis. The result is that after stretching my posture is better and I'm taller. :)

Archery (both modern compound and traditional), Hunting (with archery equip. or firearm), Fishing, Camping, and Picnicking with the wife: also the subsequent Hiking that is involved with all these things, I guess. Although most times my knees, hips, ankles and feet, are not as enthused about Hiking as my brain seems to get. :rolleyes:

I want to add swimming to my list, but I'm not sure that's what we should call what I do in the water. I'm uncoordinated with my strokes and the excess body fat makes me very buoyant. Perhaps "splashing around" is a better term.

That said, anyone have any recommendations on shoes or sandals to wear into the water? When I'm on tour this summer I want to do some wading. I've been warned one should never step barefoot into the Potomac, Yough, or Casselman. I have a pair of Crocs but they are so loose fitting I fear I'll lose them in the water.

Swimming will get more graceful with practice. (I need to get back into it, too. I used to love swimming, and I've finally got enough distance from my competitive days to start enjoying it again.)

For water shoes, and just generally kicking around town, I'm a fan of Chaco sandals. If you want a full shoe, Keen and Merrill both make some good river shoes.

hiking, backpacking, camping, and I just added yoga!

Hockey. I have taken the past two sessions off due to wedding costs, and it's killing me.

Also, I walk competitively. I've been in the neighborhood of 20 races (exact numbers at home) in the past year.

I am doing my first triathlon in April, so that includes swimming I guess now.

Golf, and then any other team sport I can play with friends or family outside in the summer.

Anything a little more high-tech?

Historian!

When I got my little inflatable kayak (yes, glorified pool toy, but a hardshell kayak in a tiny apartment isn't happening), I wanted something to protect my feet and handle the wet well while getting in and out without destroying the bottom of my little boat. I found some little neoprene booties with flexible but fairly tough rubber soles. They're kinda like reinforced socks. I think they were about 25 dollars (150 Swedish Kroner). I found them in the kayak section of an outdoor store. Just a more high tech suggestion for you. :)

Btw, my inflatable kayak is awesome. I average about 3 mph going up stream and have traveled more than 10 miles up the near by small river and back. It works better than I thought it would when I first got it.

Tennis and golf for me although my bad knees have slowed me down in both, can no longer play singles and I resorted to riding a cart when playing golf.

I like to ride my quads with my kids and my new hobby is archery. That is so fun. I picked it up last year when one of my boys wanted to learn to shoot. I now like it so much that I want a target specific bow.

Sailing. Swimming. I crew on a J-105 and we weigh in every year for crew weight... for matched one design races. Damn weighin comes early in the year right after the holidays.

Since I swim and bike, usually come September I am well below 200 and at my physical peak... 'course no one does a weighin then, eh?