Hmm… Should I get into dumb VR games like BeatSaber? I want to do something that feels like intense fighting. Biking fast enough it’s satisfying is too dangerous. Maybe unrealistic point based karate would be fun. I tried fencing once but it was shockingly lame. I’d join a dodgeball league but there aren’t any, everyone wants to do like baseball and volleyball. Hmmmm. I wonder if paintball would be fun or tedious, I could see it going either way.

  • erik [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    The closest I’ve gotten to that feeling with something that’s a little less dangerous is kettlebell training. There’s a martial arts feel to some of the unique bell movements, like the snatch or the high pull, where you move your body explosively, but with precise form. Olympic lifting kind of does this, but it has nothing on kettlebells imo. Moving 62 lbs of iron around your forearms as you sling it through the air feels so cool once you’ve mastered it. If you haven’t tried them, I’d recommend it.