Before we talk about how boring your cardio routine is ... let's talk about adding an element of fun (of course, that depends on your description of fun.) Next time you're on the treadmill or heading out for a run, you might want to give joggling a try.

Joggling (as noted by Wikipedia) describes juggling while jogging. Jogglers say the rhythm of juggling with three objects corresponds perfectly with the action and pace of running, and call joggling a fun and effective full-body workout. Not to mention, juggling will help to improve hand-eye co-ordination and according to a university study may also boost your brain power.

While it's not for everyone (especially those who are not coordinated), the act of joggling has built a strong following from competitive multi-taskers. In my opinion, juggling is a difficult task on its own (so is cardio for that matter.) Combine the two and you've got yourself a sport in which only a rare breed of athletes can succeed.

On the other hand, it's a very accessible sport ... requiring only a pair of sneakers and, of course, a set of balls!

Stop playing with yourself.

Yes, that's their motto ... and quite frankly, it's appropriate. Sportsvite is an online community that connects people who play sports (or those who just think they can) and helps them organize games among friends, in leagues, or for pick-up locally.

It was started for anyone who loves sports, but finds it frustrating to actually organize a game (usually because most of their other friends are fat or lazy). With Sportsvite, recreational athletes, and I stress the word recreational, can now organize their games and leagues or find people nearby that also have the same passion for sports.

I recommend you give it a try ... with over 250,000 unique visitors per month you're bound to find someone out there who wants to play with you!

Jell-O shots on the fairway. Slamming beers on the green. Doing keg stands at the 18th.

Tiger Woods you’re not.

Which means you need to try something new. Check out Urban golf, it's just like its grass-cut cousin, but designed for fans of the gentlemen’s game with no need for snooty clubs, expensive gear, or talent (in fact the worse you are the better). Urban golfers just grab a thrift-store 5-iron, beer and some desolate cityscapes and presto—the entire city is your fairway.

There is one more thing ... you need bigger balls! Some golfers use a plastic almost golf ball that travels about a third the distance of a regular ball and won’t break windows. Others prefer a leather orb filled with goose feathers, which won’t roll into street gutters and just sits up to be hit and others use a tennis ball.

No fees, no dress codes, no bans on race, religion, or sex, no dressing like a total ass, just clean dirty urban fun. Anything can serve as a hole: trash cans, lamp posts, even storm drains. Just make sure to follow the golden rules.

Now go get ’em, Tiger.

As you sit at your computer, you realize how hard work is. Your mind starts to wander and all you can think about is hitting your co-worker in the face with a ball.

Meanwhile: Out of thin air, a DayGlo Pink (or blue) beach ball smacks you in the kisser. No, you're not still day dreaming, this is Faceball, the unique sports craze that has swept Silicon Valley.

The rules are simple: Two co-worker opponents sit 10 feet apart and take turns throwing a ball at each other's face. A direct hit scores a point and gives the right to shoot again; miss, and it's your cubicle buddy's turn to take aim. The player with the most points after 5 rounds is the winner. For safety, no heavy or hard balls allowed in play, and hats, glasses, and goggles are forbidden. For fun’s sake, there’s no dodging or ducking allowed, and only clean hits to the face result in a score. Glancing blows or hair-whiffs count as a miss.

If you are wondering who the hell thought of this game, Faceball was conceived by the over worked and over stressed employees at Flickr. And not surprisingly, it has rapidly become one of the most popular workplace ball/face activities around.

Is it just me or does anyone else see a trend (specifically in the Bay Area) of what I like to call 'misfit sports'? - These guys (and gals) need to get out more!

That said, and without being too serious, Faceball will improve stress. And we all know that being relaxed will allow you to work harder and more effectively.

For real. No ball busting here.

Via: [Uncrate]

As ridiculous as it sounds, sometimes people who suck at sports feel the need to make up their own -- I assume this is how dodgeball got started -- or they took to heart the child acronym K.I.S.S. (keep is simple stupid) when inventing this new sport.

Here are the rules:
1. Don't break your tube. In a duel, the last person with an unbroken tube is declared the winner.
2. No stabbing. Lunges involving tubes are never allowed under any circumstances.
3. Try not to work the face. Hitting people in the face is heavily frowned upon and can force your ejection from the event.
4. Once your tube is broken you must stop fighting.
5. You may not block your opponents tube with your arms, hands or legs.

Actually, despite appearances and adult-like anticipations, this is a highly disciplined, well, maybe not highly, but at least somewhat disciplined play battle ... aka the opportunity to whack the daylights out of another adult and not get into trouble.

I wonder if pillow fighting will ever catch on?

Official Site: Tubeduel.com