If you think running is boring & pointless, you clearly haven’t pushed yourself hard & long enough to achieve the “runner’s high.” It is indescribable euphoric bliss & joy & mental clarity!! You would be shouting from the mountaintops you just scaled, shouting with joy for everyone in the world to come run with you because it feels so friggin amazing!
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Now imagine football, it’s fun, social, collaborative and you feel good afterwards.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Different people find different physical activities beneficial. Some people love team sports, personally I’m not a fan of competitive activities or of games where I feel my physical abilities could let others down. Some people love running, many find that while they don’t love it, they love the physical and mental effects of it; both of which are hard to deny, there’s a reason every competitive sports team makes its players run as part of practice.
Personally I’m a cyclist, because it’s like running, but without the parts that make me not want to run and with added benefits like equipment to mess with and upgrade and the ability to use it to run errands. I also enjoy hiking for exercise because it’s just a long exhausting walk in a beautiful place that I can spend chatting with my wife.
For some people it’s basketball or soccer/football. I have a friend who’s really into gridiron flag football (she actually used to be a runner when she was younger). Sports are great for people who don’t derive meditative effects from solo cardio, but don’t discount those effects.
Some bike rides are me just listening to a podcast or audiobook, but personally I struggle to process my emotions if I’m not taking a walk or a bike ride, and so regularly doing these things is invaluable for my mental health. Runners are often the same way, the act of running can make it difficult to hold on to a thought or to avoid it, which makes it a shortcut to meditation as you just kinda have to observe your thoughts and let them go.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 14 minutes ago
I think this is a misconception. There are so many groups that just gather and play amongst each other. And if you screw up, it truly does not matter. Last Sunday I was playing football with my hobby team, there was an own goal and nobody really cared.
I don’t think this is getting anywhere though. I did a lil trolling and lost the goodwill of the running evangelists.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 day ago
With a side helping of traumatic brain injury.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 29 minutes ago
oh no i was talking about actual foot ball not whatever they do in the US