What sports are you good/bad at (weightlifting, gym, legs)

[Cent0089]

Hello people, what are sports you are (or was) good at? Or at least better than average person ? On the other side, in which sports are you bad ?

So i can be first one:
My favorites :
Weights lifting ( I hope you consider it as a sport ): I am going to the gym 3-4 times per week so i am at good level in this.

Boxing: Ive never did it at competition level, but ive had some boxing trainings and even some tough sparrings in last 2 years. Jabs, hooks, uppercuts, waist and head movement is no strange to me. Taking a punishment is hard part haha. Definitely my favorite sport.

Swimming: I can swim 2 hours without rest. Can do 100 meters in 1:35. I swim only in summer. Sometimes it is boring but good for health.

Gymnastics: just some basic excercises on bar and rings, but still doubt majority of population can do it.

My non-favorites:

Basketball: I am so tragic in this. On the other side i love watch NBA

Soccer: we played this every day when i was kid. I liked it but i was probably worst player at field .

All sports on snow/ice


I hope you guys have nice day and i am curious for you answers. Sorry for my english

Bonus question: Is there any sport in which you wanna be better?

Mine is sprinting. Always jealous at that black guys who can run 100 under 10 seconds

[oh-eve]

I started Muay Thai and realized, I am just not a fighter. I hesitate to even pretend to fight someone. Im a lover, not a fighter.


Which brings me to this in a smooth transition: I am good with balls. Any sport involving balls hahhaa.

[Malloric]

Pretty good at baseball, soccer, football... absolutely awful at basketball and golf. Tennis I'm pretty crap at as well.

Also good at suffering aka endurance sports, or at least I was. Not phenomenal or anything, 4:50 mile time in high school which is respectable but nothing spectacular. Cycling I bumped up to Cat 3 and sat there for two years. I guess I'm still technically Cat 3 although I'd be first off the back even in a Cat 3 only race, god help me in a small field where they lump 1/2/3 all together.

[nybklyn]

I narrow down to only one sport, and I stick to it, Handball.

[mosdefinitely]

My favorite sports:

Football: I wasn't a great player, back when I was really fast pre-my last growth spurt (I got really chubby at 17 all of a sudden lol, grew 3 inches and added 10 lbs to my frame - lost all the speed but was finally average height). I played CB back when I was younger. Couldn't really tackle much but I could cover receivers really well. Couldn't make an open field tackle on bigger guys. I've laid out running backs before but have gotten trucked by big receivers/fullbacks. I was always a backup when I played. Special teams occasionally.

Basketball: I've gotten better. When I was working out daily, I had a lot more explosion too. I learned how to do eurosteps and I was getting more elevation on my jumpshot. I pride myself on defense. Where I used to play back in Philadelphia where I lived, we always played rough defense. Hand checking was allowed on most courts and a lot of used to set really mean screens. There were games I had a bloodied nose from a solid screen by an opposing player but we still played on. Lot of trash talking, hard defense, and some crazy good shooters/scorers. But after the games were over, we all had respect for each other. Intensity at the old gym I went there I haven't found yet around where I live now. Used to play on a few summer league teams as a teenager (all skill levels etc). Never averaged more than 6ppg.

Tennis: I used to be a pretty solid player. Played for 10+ years on and off. Can't with the same power I once could, I play with a lot more spin and finesse now because of shoulder problems. Had a few semifinal finishes at local tournaments as a teenager (always lost to someone I found out played D1 tennis later on). Probably the only sport I was above average in amongst peers.

Golf: I started going to the golf range. I've cleared the driver at 250+ feet only once. Went a lot this past summer often after weight-lifting. Hit 200 balls before going home. It was a great workout and my back actually showed a lot of progress using it as supplement to back days at the gym.

Least favorite sports:

Lacrosse: I gave it a shot a few times. Never got the hang of it and I definitely couldn't make the school team since it was one of the few sports that our boys team was good at.

Swimming: It's a great workout but I just didn't get that much into it. I can swim in deep waters etc but could never keep up with doing 10-15 laps for hours in the pool. I have tried supplementing it in my workouts in the past but the gyms I go to that have pools are disgusting.

Weight-lifting: Only a big issue for me due to weak shoulder ligaments. Used to be able to bench 160 in my teens. Now I can't due to a shoulder problem. I can deadlift 225 pretty easily and I rarely do it. I have a huge appetite and I have a good starting build according to my friends who do weight lift. A lot of them have told me if I get devoted for 6-12 months, I could see some really impressive gains. I did take it seriously for awhile before grad school and ended up bulking very nicely from 160 to 170 at 13% body fat. Stopped lifting due to my schedule being too busy =/.

[Northside904]

Wrestling-I did wrestling in high school and won state in 171, 183, 199 and 215 wt. classes. The last state title I won in the 215 wt. class was back in my senior year of high school.
Weightlifting-Set records in 183, 199, 219 and HWT classes. Won state in each class.

[Mikala43]

Meh. Not much.

Excellent equestrian, so so at racquetball, was decent at kick boxing and tai kwan do. We may take up golf, I did better at the driving range than I thought I would. I throw like a girl, which irritates me.

I might start boxing.

[oh-eve]

Originally Posted by Mikala43

Meh. Not much.

Excellent equestrian, so so at racquetball, was decent at kick boxing and tai kwan do. We may take up golf, I did better at the driving range than I thought I would. I throw like a girl, which irritates me.

I might start boxing.

I just did (Muay Thai to be specific) and this is so awkward. I never boxed in my life so my punches look ridiculous and my legs are covered with black spots every week.


I can do anything with balls but boxing is just very weird to me. I even hesitate to spar because I worry about the other person. I am clearly not a fighter.

[Coldjensens]

I was good at X/C skiing before they started skating which I am no good at. I was good at racquetball, but now it hurts like hell to walk (Knee surgery is next week) so that has been out for a decade or more. I am good at Atlatl and throwing axes and ok at throwing knives. I was pretty good at sailing, but that has been many years. Also free climbing - my wife has prohibited that and I am not strong enough anymore anyway. I was once really good at jump rope tricks or and Karate and some oriental weapons ( Bo Stick/quarter staff, sai) but that is also in the past. I was a reasonably good mid range bicyclist (18-20 miles) and I still ride some but not with any speed. I was good at Western riding, but i always hated it.

Everything else I am pretty much terrible at. Things that stand out where I am especially terrible: Swimming on the water (ok underwater); golf; football (never really played, not even touch), hockey (cannot skate) - although around here you whisper that if you say it at all; basketball; and right now, running - or even walking for that matter. Oh and fighting while drunk. I was terrible at that. However now I never do one and rarely the other. Back when I did that on occasion I discovered I was very good at the sport of bleeding.

[Mikala43]

Originally Posted by oh-eve

I just did (Muay Thai to be specific) and this is so awkward. I never boxed in my life so my punches look ridiculous and my legs are covered with black spots every week.


I can do anything with balls but boxing is just very weird to me. I even hesitate to spar because I worry about the other person. I am clearly not a fighter.

I was competent, but I have very aggressive tendencies.

The most important thing I learned? Men are crazy strong, and running is the best option. Nothing like being 105 pounds (I'm not now) and sparring with a Marine. Well.... if I feel running is the best option... maybe I wasn't competent? lol

Ball competency is a good claim to fame.