Trying New Sports

Trying new sports can be very exciting but also extremely discouraging. In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle you must exercise. If you have the same exercising routine, it can get boring. Also, If you exercise the same way every single time, only that one part of your body is working. Just remember this, you will NOT get it right the first time you try a new sport, so don’t get your hopes down.
I have been a skier for all my life. I compete in races and I am in the top of my age group. I go skiing almost every weekend with my dad to Chestnut Mountain Resort, about 3 hours away from where I live. I wake up at 5 in the morning and we are the first people on the slope and I love it. Now, after every day skiing I come home and my leg muscles are sore. All the time it is the legs, and nothing hurts in my upper body. It is because I am using that part of my body less when skiing.
My friends have been pushing my to try snowboarding. It was never my interest but recently I was given the perfect opportunity to try it out. Of course I thought I didn’t need or want a lesson, but I was wrong. On average if I am on skies it would take me about 30 seconds to get down the hill. On my first snowboard run it took me 15 minutes of sliding down. That one run was exhausting. After that I decided I needed to go on the bunny hill. After two runs and couple tips from snowboarders on the lift, I think I had it down. So, I went back to the bigger hill and I slowly slid down with a couple falls here and there. After a day of this I was feeling pretty good about myself because I went down the hill without a single fall. We got to the top of the hill and it would be my last run. So, I gave it my best and I gained a little speed but when I was changing from one turn, to the other, my board edge caught the snow and I went flying head first about 10 feet down the hill. I landed on my chest and lost my breath. It was so hard to get up from that fall but I didn’t want to give up.
The next morning, I think I took about 20 minutes to just get up off my bed. My butt, legs, knees, arms, shoulders, wrists, abs, neck, elbows, and back hurt so much. Despite my pain, I was happy I tried snowboarding. It was a great experience and I felt extremely accomplished. I was greatly discouraged my first run, but I never gave up. That is important when you try a new sport, you have to give it your best shot and some time and you WILL figure it out, and believe me its a great work out.