Ideas for a womens sports? For non sporty woman?

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I want to get fit, I have been back to the gym a couple of times. But I think to make me really get into it it would be better for me to jing a sport team or something? The problems is I have never been good at sport or interested. And the only sports I can think of are football and rugby and quite manly sports. Any other ideas?

Maybe I should just join a dance class, but find alot of those are expensive...

start running.

Aerobics.

running - completely addictive

I have been thinking about running, but have never run before and think I would find it boring... I have never been realy into exercise.

Do you think even lazy people can become addicted??

yes, i am v. lazy

Running was the only thing that got me.

I am vry lazy and was utterly unfit. I would not want to exercise with others and team games would make me cry.

I started from nothing - I couldn't even run 100 feet without stopping. Got into it though and ended up running 1 x 9 mile run, 1 x 6 mile run and 1 x 3 mile run every week within 4 months.

hola getorf!

Wow - sounds like you have done really well... Did you have a plan to follow?? Or did you just go out and run?

I tried to download the podcast for couch to 5 k thread, but couldnt do it...

I just went out and ran. Everything hurt at first, all my muscles ached and my lower back. Just persevered.

I remjember I sarted riunning when I lived in a seaside town - couldn't run round a particular coast path without stopping half a dozen times. Before I knew it I was running it without stopping at all.

Lamposts are your friends. If you think 'sod this I can't do it' run to the next lampost. Then, when you are a bit fitter, you can ease the boredom by running like the clappers between lamposts.

Or, run up hills. There is nothing more exhilerating (funnily enough, I can't run down a hill to save my life, I feel like I would tip over).

It doesn't have to be boring. At the moment I run to the swimming pool and back (with a half arsed swim in between) - 4 miles each way, twice a week, and run up a really steep hill at the weekend if I can fit it in.

If I can do it anyone can. I used to be the type to sneak orf for a sneaky fag in cross country at school and hated every sport. Running is truly addictive. And I gave up running for 3 years - when I started again I thought it would be like starting from scratch, however I picked it up again within days. It's great.

Really? You must be really fit... I think I might give it a try... How long would you say it took you to get into it and start enjoying it?

Do you find that it helps you tone your whole body?

I am the type to sneak off for a fag too but I have recently stopped smoking and want to get fit...

Triathlon? You get a variety of sports in, there are quite a few sprint and women-only events if you need a goal to aim for and to be quite honest, if you are a beginner you don´t need to spend a fortune on equipment - DH did his first triathlon on a city bike complete with luggage rack.

This Do it now!

Sooo much fun, great confidence booster and is such an awesome workout

I've started running too....I am going to make lamposts my friends too!!

Whereabouts are you? Do you have anything like British Military Fitness classes near you - a group activity, outdoors, but not competitive as such.

Agree that running is addictive once you get going, but you also need to push through a bit of a barrier first.

As for team sports, some friends of mine play hockey, which seems very sociable (the third team is mostly about the drinking). So maybe see if there's a team for something like that/softball/netball etc nearby.

Was there anything you enjoyed doing as a child - horse riding, bike riding etc - that you could go back to?

And maybe try things you've never tried before - if you're not competitive or 'sporty' you might love Yoga and Pilates,and they do you lots of good too!

My only advice is to try lots of different stuff and see what you like - in fact I'm doing something similar myself at the mo, and have started a little blog about it. At the moment it's just for me, but if anyone comes on there and nags/encourages, it'll get me out there more! See endorphinhunter.blogspot.com/ (nothing commercial about it, more of a fitness-reminder-diary!)

Queen - that roller thing looks kind of scary, I can rollerblade, but dont treally like the look of the pushing and shoving...

Timtam - There is a bodyfit bootcamp thing near me, I have also just started polefit which I really enjoyed.

I was not very active as a child, so cannot fall back on anything from those days...

Have also tried pilates, which I am going to continue...

I am thinking dance rather then sport might be my thing but dance classes are expensive...

What about racket sports? I played squash for a bit last year, only because a friend of mine wanted to go and a local sports centre was running beginners classes. I really enjoyed it (very good for working out the day's frustrations!) and only gave up because I wanted to train for something else. Also, you're heading into the right time of year for tennis - a lovely thing to do on a summer's evening.

I would second all the running suggestions though. Tough to start with but definitely worth it. Also, cycling is great. I started cycling recently having not done it for years (pre DC's) and I'd forgotten how much fun it was ... and easier than running to get started probably.