Sports / Fitness

tennis

Request: Newfound joy of life, what is the field?

flopping in soccer

Players embellishing contact or pretending to be fouled to deceive referees. This tactic is primarily used to win penalty kicks or free kicks in dangerous areas, gain disciplinary advantages by getting opponents booked or sent off, and waste time when leading late in a match -- Brave AI.

table tennis / ping-pong

Request: Incredibly fun activity and very meditative at times.

pickleball

The appearance of a pickleball court, and the manner of play, resemble tennis, but the court is the size of a doubles badminton court, less than a third the size of a tennis court -- wikipedia.

tai chi

Often referred to as "meditation in motion", tai chi aims to concentrate and balance the body's purported qi (vital energy), providing benefits to mental and physical health -- wikipedia. Calibrated at 305 in TvF.

FIFA World Cup

"Globally regarded as the most prestigious association football competition, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world... engagement with the 2022 World Cup was estimated to be 5 billion, with about 1.5 billion people watching the final match" -- wikipedia.

physical exercise as a spiritual practice

A way of honoring the correlation of the physical and the spiritual.

jogging

By request.

football (soccer)

Request: The most popular sport in the world. Doc may have calibrated it somewhere? [450 in TvF].

Sabastian Sawe's sub-two-hour marathon

Priority request: The first sub 2 hour marathon, completed in 1:59:30.

balance board as a therapeutic tool

Request: can be used for exercise too but just standing on it and balancing my body out makes me feel whole. Afterwards I feel so much more integrated and like there is finally ground beneath my feet that I can feel.

surfing

New event for the 2021 Olympic Games.

bodybuilding

Request: I was wondering if there's an integrous aspect of bodybuilding. Possibly as a hobby or a recreational activity or even an art form. The term "Natural Bodybuilding" is used these days to show there is a strong emphasis and disapproval of drug use. "Body-building fixation" is at 185 in TvF.

Hatha yoga

Hatha yoga is a branch of yoga that uses physical techniques to try to preserve and channel vital force or energy -- wikipedia.

armwrestling

In popular culture, arm wrestling is commonly interpreted as a display of physical dominance, symbolizing superior strength and toughness between two individuals -- wikipedia.