Looking to take up a new hobby/sport

MrMiata

Seriously.

22 year old male.
In college during the week and working part time on the weekends.

I play golf but it's not easy to get the time to play.
I also play guitar, but I want something different.

I'm looking for a hobby I can work around my schedule.

Doesn't have to be social but it'd be a nice added bonus.

Not necessarily doing it for fitness but again, bonus.

I've some cash saved up so start up costs shouldn't be a huge issue.

I'm based out west.

I was thinking maybe cycling but I'm not sure.

Your Face

Would you consider rugby?
Plenty of clubs 2nds and 3rds teams will be looking for players.

MrMiata

Your Face wrote: »

Would you consider rugby?
Plenty of clubs 2nds and 3rds teams will be looking for players.

I played rugby growing up, I actually got a call from my local club asking if I'd start back, but I decided against it.

I've never really been one for contact sports.
I played football, hurling, soccer and rugby growing up but never really 'took' to them.

IAMAMORON

I started chair sniffing about 20 years ago and never really looked back.

The best things in life are free.

ThewhiteJesus

Hi Op,
Buy a good pair of runners and go jogging, easy, cheap and healthy, also you can work it into any schedule.
Swimming is great too but costs more

Ping Chow Chi

What about badminton? Its fairly cheap, sociable and will keep you fit.

corner of hells

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I started chair sniffing about 20 years ago and never really looked back.

The best things in life are free.

It's more looking down than back really

TheBoyConor

Play GAA. 22 year old young fella, you should be well able for it. Get in there and get stuck in.

Leg End Reject

Are you near the coast? Surfing?

MrMiata

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I started chair sniffing about 20 years ago and never really looked back.

The best things in life are free.

To each their own I guess.

MrMiata

TheBoyConor wrote: »

Play GAA. 22 year old young fella, you should be well able for it. Get in there and get stuck in.

Played for years growing up, but never took to it despite training 5 days a week between the hurling and football.

IAMAMORON

MrMiata wrote: »

To each their own I guess.

If your into cycling I would definitely recommend joining a club. Saddle sniffing is a prominent pastime on the wild atlantic way.

Deebles McBeebles

MrMiata wrote: »

I play golf but it's not easy to get the time to play.
I also play guitar, but I want something different.

I'm looking for a hobby I can work around my schedule.

Doesn't have to be social but it'd be a nice added bonus.

Not necessarily doing it for fitness but again, bonus.

I've some cash saved up so start up costs shouldn't be a huge issue.

Have you considered cocaine?

Its different, you can work it around your schedule, its very social, won't improve your fitness and you have cash to spare. Ticks all the boxes!

granturismo

MrMiata wrote: »

Seriously.

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No seriously, start another thread on looking for a hobby;

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058045712

completedit

Ah man, have spent my 20’s trying to find such a hobby. Found it so hard to. Tried stuff but nothing really got me going. Must be a personality thing.
I’m trying to think of something. It be nice to take up something where there was an actual measure of improvement. Fitness hobbies don’t really do this in my opinion unless you’re starting from a low point.

What about looking up local nighttime courses?

Your Face

granturismo wrote: »

No seriously, start another thread on looking for a hobby;

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058045712

Is that not allowed?

Stevieluvsye

OP if you are based out Wesht they are big in to their Jigs and Reels. Might even meet a nice cow girl if that's your fancy of course

MrMiata

granturismo wrote: »

No seriously, start another thread on looking for a hobby;

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058045712

Is it against the rules?

God forbid I phrase a question differently and ask it in a different section.

I've realised I want to do something a bit more active, not reworking old furniture and the likes, hence the new post.

MrMiata

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

OP if you are based out Wesht they are big in to their Jigs and Reels. Might even meet a nice cow girl if that's your fancy of course

I've seen a few too many heifers in my 22 years.

completedit

Man how about rowing or water polo? Quite obscure but have active vibrant communities.

Stevieluvsye

MrMiata wrote: »

Is it against the rules?

God forbid I phrase a question differently and ask it in a different section.

I've realised I want to do something a bit more active, not reworking old furniture and the likes, hence the new post.

Different audience in here chief. Right to open it here. Likely to get responses from sniffing seats to swinging

Feisar

Powerlifting, tie it in with Tinder and heifers, shur what could go wrong!

IAMAMORON

MrMiata wrote: »

Is it against the rules?

God forbid I phrase a question differently and ask it in a different section.

I've realised I want to do something a bit more active, not reworking old furniture and the likes, hence the new post.

How you considered serial killing yet?

I understand it can be very rewarding. All you need is a cold dark and rotting lock up, somewhere scary and obscure and off the beaten track. If you can get an old flickering fluorescent light for heighten sinisterism I think you really would see there is a whole new world out there.

Start off by buying hardware items such as rubber gloves, binding wire and wall ties. It should get you in the mood.

Stevieluvsye

IAMAMORON wrote: »

How you considered serial killing yet?

I understand it can be very rewarding. All you need is a cold dark and rotting lock up, somewhere scary and obscure and off the beaten track. If you can get an old flickering fluorescent light for heighten sinisterism I think you really would see there is a whole new world out there.

Start off by buying hardware items such as rubber gloves, binding wire and wall ties. It should get you in the mood.

He'd need to be living near some woods or forest

LollipopJimmy

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Not a massive cost and classes in most gyms are usually timed around people going to work. I train at 6am.

An amazing skill to learn and I can safely say it's the best thing I've ever taken up.

CardBordWindow

Depending on what part of the country you are in, you could try dodgeball? There's a few clubs around.

Real Life

Go to the gym. How serious you want to take it is up to you.
You could just be a casual gym goer or go as far as Bodybuilding/Powerlifting/Strongman.
Loads of gyms around these days too for decent prices.

PhilOssophy

Have you tried squash OP? Its a good game and exhausting. You'll be destroyed by everybody for the first few weeks but its an easy enough game to learn and there's always somebody at your level?
Would also recommend cycling as a hobby, some great cycles out there.

The_Kew_Tour

Ping Chow Chi wrote: »

What about badminton? Its fairly cheap, sociable and will keep you fit.

It’s one sport I love get back into. It’s a great game.

Stevieluvsye

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Have you tried squash OP? Its a good game and exhausting. You'll be destroyed by everybody for the first few weeks but its an easy enough game to learn and there's always somebody at your level?
Would also recommend cycling as a hobby, some great cycles out there.

You need decent hand/eye co-ord to be in anyway decent

PhilOssophy

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

You need decent hand/eye co-ord to be in anyway decent

Yeah but he's played golf and hurling.

Fr_Dougal

What about taking up starting threads about taking up a hobby as a hobby?

Odhinn

Did ye consider begrudgery? National sport, all ages, genders involved, can be carried on in work and outside of it.

whisky_galore

Start your own fight club.