What sport or fitness did your mum do?

My Mum was born in the mid-1940s. As a child I remember her playing badminton with my Dad and other couples. We used to go hiking a lot at the weekend as a family. Then she took up cycling quite seriously, and tap dancing, which she did into her 60s. Now she is very limited by Parkinsons, but on a good day walks a mile or so.

If you asked my children, they'd say that their Mum ran half marathons and did yoga and open water swimming. DH is also a runner and golfer, and DSs are both very sporty (one rows, the other is a rugby player).

My mum is 75 and I remember her going out in the evenings to do badminton and then she started taking me to yoga when I was 15, which set off my life long love affair with yoga.

she now does neither but does walk the dog twice a day and I would say she is fit and healthy for her age.

None whatsoever. Born in 1960.

I’m the complete opposite and obsessed with exercise.

My mother and her 5 surviving sisters, born 1889-1909 had absolutely no money so any sport that required equipment was out of the question. They did however walk 2-3 miles to school and then from 13, ditto to work and back everyday.

Later my mother played cricket for her college, gardened and hiked most weekends, one aunt cycled ( and went on a hunger march from Manchester to London in 1930s, if that counts) and one played golf well into her 80s.

My mother in law, born 1909, played hockey, mixed men and women in war time.

Of course housework was much more physical then. No vacuum cleaners, no washing machines and fighting the dirt emanating from nearby factories required heavy physical work every day. I doubt looking for extra physical activity was a priority.

The ones who survived childhood diphtheria, scarlet fever, TB etc. lived to between 87-93.

Born in the 1930s. Does absolutely nothing, never has.

Both mine and DH's parents never did a single thing exercise wise. DM loves gardening but isn't really much more than pottering. My grandfather loved walking though which has been passed on to me.

I now do ultra runs and DH cycles vast distances, our DC's love the gym which I'm pleased about. Certainly didn't inherit anything from my parents though!

My mum has always done keep fit classes,, whatever was in at the time. Step, aqua robics , Zumba, body balance. She also played squash, tennis and golf. Not very well though. 😂

A once daily short dog walk. And has been overweight/obese and had various health issues as long as I can remember. I am more sporty but worry about a lot of the ingrained beliefs and behaviours I’ve unwittingly picked up

Yoga and dog walking. I went to a fabulous yoga class with her as a teenager, and I've never managed to find a teacher as good again, 25 years and dozens of teachers later. Maybe it's like drugs, the first high is the best!

Yoga and dog walking. I went to a fabulous yoga class with her as a teenager, and I've never managed to find a teacher as good again, 25 years and dozens of teachers later. Maybe it's like drugs, the first high is the best!

My mum did “ keep fit “ or “ aerobics “ and wore the Lycra leggings with contrast thong bodysuit and Reebok hi tops 😆
Also step aerobics too , branded Reebok steps think they were purple and turquoise from memory.
We used to be allowed to hang around the back of the hall while the mums were doing the workouts 😆
Late 80’s era

Exercise videos, horse riding, swimming, cycling, line dancing

Born late 1920s. Cycling and walking as a child; did 'keep fit' at local hall when I was young. I think also a bit of badminton. As we grew up, swimming with us in the sea, walking. In later life, Scottish dancing, walking, swimming

It would have been Mad Lizzie, or the Green Goddess

Or Mr Motivator (who returned to our screens during lockdown)

My mum does more exercise now than she did when she was younger. She was born in the late 50's but when we were young would only have had time for a daily walk. Now she walks, does spinning and other high intensity exercise classes either in person or with youtube, she regularly goes on hiking holidays. She has hiked in South America, Spain and made it to Everest base camp all in the last 10 years.

My mum was born in the early 50s and she swam for the county.

Neither parent exercised at all, although my mum did walk a fair bit. She still walks a lot and is fit and healthy in her 70s but she isn’t strong.

I was terrible at school sports/team games and was a chubby teenager and into young adult. I did no exercise until after I had my children in my late thirties and then somehow got into it. I’m late forties now and do weights/kettlebells/HIIT and Pilates. I work with older adults now and the impact lifestyle has on health is really evident so I am determined to remain fit and active.

She was born in the 1920s

I remember her doing keep fit classes, walking everywhere and gardening (including the vigorous stuff like digging)

She liked swimming (would do loads on holiday) and horse-riding

When she was a girl, she had a pony, walked miles with her dog, and went sailing (stayed with her granny at the Norfolk Broads)

She's now frail, and has significant mobility issues. I really wish I could see her do this again!!
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Born in 1932, and was in the WRAF when she met my Dad who was RAF. She ran hurdles then. We lived Singapore off and on till 1974 where she golfed and swam.

Once we came home and Dad left the RAF, she brought all 5 of us and was never off her feet and didn't really do any organised exercised.

We all swam competitively until our late teens.

My mum born in the forties did lacrosse, horse riding and swimming .

My mum is surprisingly fit in her late 80's and her sport is bridge, dominoes and cards! She thinks sport is something that you watch other people do. She loves watching everything - football, tennis, cricket, Olympics etc but has barely even walked anywhere since her twenties. We all walked ourselves to school.

Mum was born in the 40s, Cycled a lot at one point.

A friends mum went to exercise classes with The League of Health and Beauty which always sound very glamorous.

In the 70's 'doing exercise' as a specific activity wasn't really a thing in the working class area I grew up in. I guess when a lot of people had physical jobs it wasn't needed either.

My Mum started doing yoga in the upstairs room of the pub where she worked. It was seen as very modern and quite fancy/perplexing. She carried on doing various classes from there, progressing through fashions as they came and went -aerobics, keep fit, legs bums and tums, step, body pump, zumba etc.

She's mid 70s now and way fitter than me.

She didn't have a car so a lot of walking - shopping - school runs etc.

And running a house for 7 must have been fairly exhausting too

My Mum was born in 1953 and has just turned 70. She has always exercised, when I was young she played hockey, squash and tennis. She would cycle to work and if she hadn't managed any exercise in the day she would go for a run or a swim at night. She has just turned 70 and would be lost without either a game of tennis or golf or both everyday!