I play video games for this (hi, Apex Legends and Deep Rock Galactic players if there are any). But apparently, it doesn’t work much. I’m bad. 
One of my main other “sports” is cutting, splitting and staking firewood, all by hand. It gives a good workout to the upper body to go along with the leg workout on the uni.
Once in a great while I get Miss Molly to help out 
I have also been known to combine a lower and upper body workout at the same time and do useful work 
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Taï-Jitsu + brassband (yes it’s really a sport! I’m washed out after each rehearsal)
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Now that’s something I don’t see every day…
Out of curiosity, how much sparring there is during a regular training session? Do you have to learn a lot of movements/techniques before starting to spar?
I am very interested in sparring and I hesitated between boxing and taekwondo clubs, but the latter was closer to my home and I liked the combat style, so I chose this one.
So, serendipitously I just came across this in my YouTube notifications – this is somewhat of a step up on the skill level from what I was meaning 
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Paragliding
Snowboarding
Motorcycling
Stand-up paddle boarding
Walking
Skateboarding
Mountain Biking
Chasing Women & Drinking Beer - Are just some of the ‘Sports’ I do - but I have other hobbies as well
Just as well I’m a 68 year old, retired pensioner, because I’d never find time to go to work!
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I do practice a few minimal sports, for example swimming in a string thong.
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You will find vastly different approaches to sparring and training in general among different combat sports clubs. Sparring is essential to progress, to putting technique in a context, to understanding, and to have lots of fun.
You can start with some forms of sparring very early on, even in boxing, though how long exactly depends on you and whether you have an environment/coaches able to introduce it to you in a meaningful and safe way. Here’s another opinion on sparring.
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Hi @Canapin
It really depends on the boxing gym and what the coach thinks.
At my gym sparring tends not to happen in a regular session unless there are two or more evenly matched boxers who are up for it. However, we have a regular open-mat on Saturdays which are given over to sparring.
You just need to know the basics, particularly footwork, but it’s not overly complex in boxing. The main thing is having a decent level of cardio fitness for sparring as it is very exhausting.
Enjoy the Taekwondo 
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I’d probably fly gliders too if I had some slopes to fly at, as is I have an 8.5 foot wingspan Scorpio something or other powered glider that’s got some issues but I’m working on it. I usually fly normal powered r.c., and have a fleet of 30 or so planes, about half of which are in working order at any given time. I fly a freestyle quadcopter as well and am just getting back into helicopters again.
Nice! DLGs are great, they’re small enough to fly in a park (usually max 1.5m wingspan) and they can be hand launched to 40-50m. The fancy ones can get quite pricey though.
When I lived in the UK ~9 years ago I did a ton of sloping. I’ve only just revived my slope fleet in the past couple of months.
I’m in the middle of building an Art Hobby Odyssey at the moment.
I have a Tiny Whoop which I fly around the back yard, and in the past I had a couple of helicopters (before flybarless was a thing), but these days I mostly can’t be bothered dealing with LiPos, flight controllers and all that.
Flight controllers can be an absolute pain to program, I definitely understand that. Lipos are cool, much quicker power response than glow, but very dangerous, especially when messing with them in sketchy ways, charging them 6 at a time in parallel, or making circuits that are actually just wires from one thing to a battery with no voltage regulation, lots of smoke and if you don’t act quick enough then there could be fire too.
I just avoid them both and fly gliders instead 
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Sprained twice the same big toe doing Taekwondo in 3 weeks. I’d like to be proud of this achievement, but I’m just sad. 
How am I supposed to do progress like this 
I promise I’m trying my best! 
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I tried zwift. And compared to unicycling its pure torture. Fun and addictive, but it can be so much tougher.
I got interested in it because it’s convenient. Windy or raining, no problem. Just ride and then done, go straight in the shower.
There is no substitute for hard manual labor to keep you in shape. As a young man my father kept me in shape splitting and stacking fire wood as well as shoveling coal. Not my past time of choice but definitely something I look back on and appreciate. Also i have the same type of saw you are using that belonged to my grandfather in my barn as well as his leather climbing harness he used to climb tall trees to trim. Sadly I do not use either
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And I thought gaming chairs couldn’t become weirder…
Don’t know about that, but I guess it can be argued… Some labor can be good in the short or mid-term but result in late injuries or pain (be aware of your back, folks!) I suppose.
That said, I had two friends that did no “sport” at all, just living an “old-school” life (
). Gardening, crafting, splitting wood, having physical everyday activities (one was a tree-trimmer, the other one didn’t work), and eating healthily.
They were both in very good shape, slim with almost no fat and with muscular bodies, even at almost 40 for one of these two. After 3 years of rock climbing, my body shape wasn’t close to theirs…
I know two people who have a very pragmatic fitness approach. One of them is in pretty good shape.
They both play (among other things) The Thrill of the Fight in VR. They both said it’s incredibly good for cardio.
Beat saber is also a good cardio sport if you reach difficult songs.
I’ve played and I agree that you quickly start sweating… 
And I must obviously repost this:
Hey! I tried boxing for about 2 hours. It was very interesting, but I didn’t like it.
I felt face injuries could happen a bit too easily (for me!) and I don’t like the feeling of wearing gloves.
I’ll stick to taekwondo for now and see at the end of the year if I’m still satisfied with it 
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Ah crap. The only place where I can’t impress anyone with “I’m a unicyclist!!!” I don’t do anything else
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