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    Well you could take up bicycling, this has been my favorite hobby since I was around 6 years old and I still actively do it to this day and I'm 21 years old. I do this for, at the least, 2 hours every day. As a result, my cardio is off the charts, so to speak.

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    I would 100% recommend mountain biking (dirt jumps, downhill) you crash sometimes but far out the adrenaline rush you get is amazing!!!
    ps post up a picture of your muscles I would like to see how I compare

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    - Take a martial arts class of some kind. (so many different styles)
    - Take a fencing class. (Quite fun)
    - Learn a new language. (Ohhh, Herroow)
    - Start your own business. ($_$)
    - Try to time travel. (brute force concentration)
    - Learn how to make things. (all sorts of things)
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    Quote Originally Posted by flight View Post
    Well you could take up bicycling, this has been my favorite hobby since I was around 6 years old and I still actively do it to this day and I'm 21 years old. I do this for, at the least, 2 hours every day. As a result, my cardio is off the charts, so to speak.
    This ^.
    Although I don't cycle as much, I go out at weekends and evenings sometimes and I have an absolute amazing time and I can really feel myself getting stronger.

    -Boom

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    Quote Originally Posted by BraK View Post
    Learn to play any instrument. I play several including most if not all the above mention + some. I also Hike a lot due to my near proximity to the mountains(only a 30k drive). Explore and find hidden places of beauty(after seeing enough you tend to take up photography.)

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    Football (soccer) - makes you fit, strong and it's fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Troll Man View Post
    Learn the guitar Great fun, or learn a lot about something you like and get into repairing them/ or what ever for what they are. Like i love cars and will always be involed with them
    I feel like guitar just isn't my thing actually .

    Cars isn't either, sorry I know I'm annoying .

    Quote Originally Posted by Awkwardsaw View Post
    learn to play piano, or violin. you might be suprised what you can do on an electric violin

    im also for getting a cheap old car and restoring it
    Instruments aren't really my thing .

    Air Sex eh ? Well I doubt it'll be recognized well here in France tbh

    Quote Originally Posted by Heysus View Post
    Mountain biking is a lot of fun

    or as some people already suggested guitar is a nice hobby.
    Man Biking sounds like fun but I don't know the possibilities here in Paris ..

    Quote Originally Posted by 3Garrett3 View Post
    Guitar gets the bitches, but if you want a truely sexy occupation, be into hockey. Especially goalie, that shit i s sexy. Not that i'm a goalie or anything
    I'm too much of a wimp to play hockey .

    Quote Originally Posted by P1nky View Post
    Sex.
    Been there, done that.

    Quote Originally Posted by sirlaughsalot View Post
    On that note, basketball is tons of fun, get from friends together and play 3 on 3 or something. I usually code or hang out with friends in my spare time. The ability to play the piano or guitar will get you tons of chicks, though, don't be that douche who brings his guitar everywhere...
    Too short for basketball

    Not really into instruments I'm afraid .

    Quote Originally Posted by Smartzkid View Post
    Parkour
    Brilliant idea mate ! Any ways to start out ? Or how you started out ? (if you did)

    Quote Originally Posted by Sex View Post
    I recommend Football, just sayin'. It's awesome. How big are you? Size/weight? Btw, I'm referring to gridiron.
    I suppose you are talking about american football, not soccer, well I'm short : 158 cm @ the age of 15 and I weight about 54kgs, body fat % of approx 11%.

    Quote Originally Posted by BraK View Post
    Learn to play any instrument. I play several including most if not all the above mention + some. I also Hike a lot due to my near proximity to the mountains(only a 30k drive). Explore and find hidden places of beauty(after seeing enough you tend to take up photography.)

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    drinking.
    Already !

    Quote Originally Posted by EvilChicken! View Post
    Smartzkid said parkour, I'd gladly +1 to that.

    Ooor, you could start to play CoD, like all cool kids do.

    1. Become a pro
    2. enter tournaments, get sponsored
    3. ???
    4. EPIC PROFIT!!
    I play CoD and am pretty good, now I'm a cheap bastard still playing MW1 =x

    Quote Originally Posted by bobzilla69 View Post
    i will have to recommend photography its quite fun, but can be expensive to get some nice kit, mine was £500 give or take a bit.

    its kinda a fun thing to do and you dont have to be good at it also you can then practise photo shop skills after you done stuff (i know you said you dont want to be alone inside)
    Photography sounds fun but expensive :/.

    Quote Originally Posted by flight View Post
    Well you could take up bicycling, this has been my favorite hobby since I was around 6 years old and I still actively do it to this day and I'm 21 years old. I do this for, at the least, 2 hours every day. As a result, my cardio is off the charts, so to speak.
    I really like this idea ! Biking and stuff sounds like alot of friends, I also have quite a few friends doing rollerblades and stuff like that .

    Quote Originally Posted by sgt soul View Post
    I would 100% recommend mountain biking (dirt jumps, downhill) you crash sometimes but far out the adrenaline rush you get is amazing!!!
    ps post up a picture of your muscles I would like to see how I compare
    I'm shyyy ._.

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    - Take a martial arts class of some kind. (so many different styles)
    - Take a fencing class. (Quite fun)
    - Learn a new language. (Ohhh, Herroow)
    - Start your own business. ($_$)
    - Try to time travel. (brute force concentration)
    - Learn how to make things. (all sorts of things)
    Done martial arts
    Fencing class... hmm
    Business : computer repair service for closer people
    New language : korean already in progress
    Travel : as a poor student it's close to impossible
    Make things ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dynamite View Post
    This ^.
    Although I don't cycle as much, I go out at weekends and evenings sometimes and I have an absolute amazing time and I can really feel myself getting stronger.

    -Boom
    Biking... you guys seem to love it !

    Quote Originally Posted by Cazax View Post
    Football - makes you fit, strong and it's fun.
    Football or soccer ?

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    There are lots of different forms, so you could always practice a new one.

    Yea, you could save up and travel if you wanted to... but I said time travel.

    Yea, make things. Learn to be good with your hands . If the economy crashed worldwide, and all basic utilities were rendered no more (electricity & the like), what could you do?? I enjoy learning different skills or trades (I have been practicing my whittling lately).

    IMHO Soccer, definitely.
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    Soccer is Futbol, not Football. And damn, you are small. Um halfback? Or cornerback.

    Edit: Maybe even WR.
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    Parkour - I just started jumping over stuff, and decided I wanted to be able to jump over more stuff

    Just remember to stretch. A lot!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smartzkid View Post
    Parkour - I just started jumping over stuff, and decided I wanted to be able to jump over more stuff

    Just remember to stretch. A lot!
    Did you not already recommend that?
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    When it comes to hobbies I can tell most of you are misinterpreting them as competitive activities and you're missing the general point. They're supposed to be a major side-activity in your life, something that you can just have fun doing and whether or not you're competing to be better than someone else doesn't matter, you're doing it for you.

    Yeah I can relate to your predicament having limited places to go bicycling in a city like Paris, but I'm sure by now you know your surrounding area pretty good so while it's not exactly raging down-hill mountain cross, you're still getting out with friends, enjoying just getting away from the house/family for a while, working on multiple parts of body fitness, ect...

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    Football is a hobby to me as well dude. I play it not only for my school but on the side and whenever I can...
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    I do it in my spare time and it pleasures me :P. Don't make a joke about that aha.
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    also on top of what flight said, no one said you cant pick up a shovel and build yourself some beginner jumps

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    start wood working. its fun, relaxing, and people pay big cash for homemade stuff
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    Animé.

    But parkour will probably get more your sex.

    Guitar will get you sex, but piano will get you the classy girls. (At least, theoretically.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by sgt soul View Post
    also on top of what flight said, no one said you cant pick up a shovel and build yourself some beginner jumps
    Be careful with that it's very addicting . They say biking is as addicting as cocaine but twice as expensive. The jumps will get bigger and bigger fast. Just look at my backyard. My parents hate me for it So much fun though...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sex View Post
    Did you not already recommend that?
    Quote Originally Posted by OP
    Brilliant idea mate ! Any ways to start out ? Or how you started out ? (if you did)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heysus View Post
    Be careful with that it's very addicting . They say biking is as addicting as cocaine but twice as expensive. The jumps will get bigger and bigger fast. Just look at my backyard. My parents hate me for it So much fun though...
    oh sweet BLK market riot 08 very nice haha, I am not much of a wood guy but very nice this is more what I work with http://pedalbite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=15817 (its not my post, I am not in those pictures but I do ride those jumps )

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    If you're looking for an indoor hobby, a recent favorite of mine has been controller and console modding. Opening them up, soldering in LEDs and the occasional mod chip... I'm currently wiring an accelerometer into a 360 controller to give a sort of artificial sixaxis support. Of course since I'm an engineering major, that's the kind of thing I find entertaining and relaxing.

    If you're looking for more outdoorsy activities, camping has always been a favorite of mine. Again, I'm biased for having been a Boy Scout. Swimming during the summer is always great, and biking (mountain or road) is a great way to get out in the winter.
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    You could learn how to sew, crochet, knit, patch, or weave. Start making your own clothes.
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    Visit instructables.com and pick the first thing that catches your eye.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smartzkid View Post
    Parkour
    haha as long as you don't end up video-recorded and on youtube like this fellow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTGR8kSf22w
    Parkour is not a long-term hobby (I doubt you'd be doing it past 40 y.o. Music as everyone says is a good investment of time and energy.

    Like you, I'm trying to get into a new hobby that I can stick to.
    My plan this year: learn a partner-dance (i.e. Salsa, swing dancing), socialising whilst getting fit... seems like a good hobby to get into.

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