hello. ive posted once or twice on this board. im 16 years of age, 5'6-5'7, weighing in at 155 now. im not into lifting weights, seeing as im young and it could be harmful to my bones. i will get some pictures up soon hopefully with some before pictures as well. im doing a routine, getting up, running 3-4 miles in the morn, come back eat breakfast, rest pushups and situps, and more pushups and situps throughout the day. my friend does the same with me. i dont know if im meso, ecto, or endo... but i would like some suggestions on outdoor "play alone" sports that would get my heart healthyer (excuse my spelling, to lazy to get on WORD lol) and get me in shape, of that of a boxer. i eat clean, most of the time at least. i dont like basketball, football, or soccer. no tennis for me... nothing where i have to hit something with a bat or whatever and play with others. im a do it yourself kind of person. i read in another thread of gymnastics, but i am not able to do this because of where i live. im having continous brain farts so can you please mention anything that comes to mind. thanks in advance.

ADHD :spaz: !!!

Orienteering?

Try cycling or something. The main is do something you enjoy.

Thanks guys. I'm going to look in to getting a bike. Any other things you guys know of?

A lot of boxers strength train. They don't have those ripply muscles from pushups. You could still consider a weight program, but go slowly, concentrate on form and stretches, and use light weight.

Swimming is a great alone sport.

Cayaking

Gymnastics isn't an outdoors sport. :) But neither is martial arts which is along the same line and is much more similar to boxing.

hello. ive posted once or twice on this board. im 16 years of age, 5'6-5'7, weighing in at 155 now. im not into lifting weights, seeing as im young and it could be harmful to my bones. i will get some pictures up soon hopefully with some before pictures as well. im doing a routine, getting up, running 3-4 miles in the morn, come back eat breakfast, rest pushups and situps, and more pushups and situps throughout the day. my friend does the same with me. i dont know if im meso, ecto, or endo... but i would like some suggestions on outdoor "play alone" sports that would get my heart healthyer (excuse my spelling, to lazy to get on WORD lol) and get me in shape, of that of a boxer. i eat clean, most of the time at least. i dont like basketball, football, or soccer. no tennis for me... nothing where i have to hit something with a bat or whatever and play with others. im a do it yourself kind of person. i read in another thread of gymnastics, but i am not able to do this because of where i live. im having continous brain farts so can you please mention anything that comes to mind. thanks in advance.

ADHD :spaz: !!!

When I searched google for weight training young (http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-23,GGLG:en&q=weight+training+young) I got nothing but positive articles. Perhaps you may not lift to failure, but doing 2 or 3 sets of 8 to 12 repetitions is probably not going be harmful to your bones. Do some more research if you're worried. If anyone knows of some reported dangers in youth weightlifting, please correct me.

Skipping rope (http://www.ropesport.com/lesson.htm) is a great activity that many boxers engage in. It doesn't have to be as boring as it sounds. Another thing that might be fun is to build an obstacle course of some kind in your basement or backyard.

Why can't you do gymnastics? Can you get a book and teach yourself?
If you haven't tried Tae Bo (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/TAEBO.htm) or other kick-boxing workouts, you might want to see if your library can get in a video. Sounds like you might get a kick out of it. Any of the martial arts like karate or Tae Kwan Do are good options as well.

Skipping rope (http://www.ropesport.com/lesson.htm) is a great activity that many boxers engage in. It doesn't have to be as boring as it sounds. Another thing that might be fun is to build an obstacle course of some kind in your basement or backyard.



I have a rope, too short, but I guess I'll have to get a new one now :tu:

And about that obstacle course... HA ! I'll have to try that.