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14 August 2010

#227 Festival Theme: Exercise spontaneous sports

Summer is almost over and some think that the festival season is too. But that’s not true. Here you will find tips of other, different festivals to check out in autumn. Right now, three of the big ones are taking place, Way Out West in Gothenburg, Göteborg Culture Festival and the Malmö Festival. We at the 365 office thought we’d share some of our summer experiences and give you a more fun and creative festival experience. Here are seven things you can do at a festival.

Every surface in the city can be used for some kind of sport. You can do parkour at the train station, skateboard downhill, play football in empty parking lots, or throw frisbee in the woods.

Or set a world record in yoga at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, which happened at the Culture Festival on Thursday.

Sports aren’t only to be exercised in arenas or square fields. You are the sport. You are the team and all it takes is a little energy, a ball or anything else you can throw. Then it's just to go.

1. Bring a backpack with balls, frisbees, skates and other things you're willing to use.

2. Look for sites that are suitable for spontaneous sports. Do not be afraid to use places where there are other people. Invite. Get into teams.

3. Exercise spontaneous sports.

Required time: 
1 hour or less.
Cost: 
Free.
Cons: 
People walking by might get a ball in the head. First apologize and then ask if the person wants to be in your team as compensation.
Pros: 
You exercise, have fun and are outdoors at the same time. And you don’t have to pay anything for it.
Taggar: yoga, wrestling, Way Out West, spontaneous porta, Göteborg Culture Festival, football, festival, 365 things you can do
6 July 2010

#188 Do 100 push-ups

You don’t have to go to the gym several times a week. You don’t have to run a marathon. You don’t have to do yoga or meditate each day. Fuck all the hip types of exercise if you feel they’re a hassle. But I have a challenge for you.

Push-ups.

The difference between push-ups and going to the gym is that you use your body weight and not weights or strange machines. It is you and your body and you can do them anywhere.

1. Start by doing 25 push-ups. Or as many as you can. Rest. Then do the same thing three more times. Do this for one week.

2. Do 50 pushups. Rest. Then do 50 more. Do this for one week.

3. When you do your 100 push-ups it is important to breathe properly. Inhale when you push your way up and exhale as you ease yourself down. Don’t fall down, maintain control all the time. It's all about balance and technique. Muscle power is less important.

Bonus: Hundred Pushups iPhone app http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hundred-pushups/id301174591?mt=8

Required time: 
1 hour or less
Cost: 
Free.
Cons: 
It is sweaty, heavy and feels impossible at first.
Pros: 
It is entirely possible. And remember that you can do it. 100 push-ups. You’ve never thought you could do it. It is not just you. What else out there, that you didn’t think you could do, is also doable? The world is opening up like an oyster of possibilities.
Taggar: yoga, Training, smörgåsbord, pushups, challenge, biceps, 365 things you can do