Were you athletic as a kid?

[Kimmyt]

My brother was very asthmatic when he was young and my parents got him into martial arts, which was the best possible thing for him i think since he was always the little short fat kid b/c of the prednisone for asthma/allergies. He is still seriously into martial arts. I'm trying to get him over to the dark side of taking part in one of the sports I do so that we can talk shop. He expressed vague interest in kayakking which would be cool but i have a feeling he won't get into it b/c of the cost of equipment. Tried to get him to go running with me, but he said no on account of the asthma. He still gets attacks pretty frequently.

K.

[chickwhorips]

when i was a kid i considered myself athletic. now my definition of athletic has changed.

as a child i would bike around nothing serious, swim in the lake, played softball, basketball, volleyball, kickball, football, and loved PE. once i was out of school i didn't do much in my first few years of college. then i started doing aerobics classes with my friend and liked those. then i moved here, and now i consider myself athletic. i now run and bike. i am addicted to cardio, where before i wasn't. hated cardio with a passion. to much work, let me lift weights instead or do short bouts of it.

to answer your question: i was an active child, having fun, but not athletic by how i consider the word athletic now. either way, i don't think it helped me get comfortable with cycling or running. my first time out doing either, i thought i was going to die and never sit down again or walk. took me a while to get comfortable on my bike.