I've curled, too; took me about two weeks to recover from it. They make it look sooo easy on TV and in real life! It's not. As limewave said, it requires strength. Also grace and coordination, which is why it took me about two weeks to recover!!

I live near a very nice ice facility. To call it a rink doesn't do it justice. It has a curling ice and at least two rinks. I haven't been ice skating in about eight years, but used to go with my then-smaller child, and sometimes by myself, too.