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VK5RC:
At 56yrs, per week
Cycle about 1x 25km, 1200 vertical feet
Walk 3x6km,  each 300 v. feet
  1x10km 1000 v. feet
Daily 20 push ups and sit ups.
Swim 2x700m
Keeps a bit of aging at bay!
newbrain:
I think I fit with the OP stereotype ::)

Weekends:
Though I've abandoned both free- and mountain- climbing, I still mountaineer/hike a lot when in Italy usually 10-20km length, 900-1300m elevation (wife would not even consider tying her boots for less than that  :-//).
In winter it's mostly cross-country/light mountaineering skiing, sometimes snowshoes or crampons.
At least one week of downhill skiing in the Alps, too.

Work days:
During the week I usually walk home from (but rarely to  :=\) work, just 5km, mostly in the woods.
While I hate gyms and running, strangely enough I love swimming: I just turn my brain off, it's just like sleeping for my mind, not for the body...so if the weather is bad it's the swimming pool for me.

EtA: and biking! Sprinkled all over, as a convenient mean of transportation or just for leg stretching...
IanMacdonald:
Do quite a lot of walking. Used to do martial arts but stopped due to a back problem. (Basically due to trying stuff my instructor said was beyond my level, silly me..) Thinking of getting back into it.
When you do a sedentary job like ours you really need something to occasionally get the blood stirring.
EEVblog:
I've only ever done endurance weight work. Have done in excess of probably 5000 BodyPump classes.
So don't ask me how much I can bench, I don't know. But if you need someone to bench 35kg continually for 6 minutes, I'm your guy.

Used to do regular cardio classes like boxing, circuit, BodyCombat and others as well, but that's taken a bit of a back seat since the knee operation when my surgeon said I shouldn't really be doing any jumping or running any more (and jumping is my thing):



After a badly bruised and swollen knee after a pretty easy (by my standards) 10km obstacle race the other week, I think he's probably right.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Hero999 on June 16, 2018, 09:26:03 pm ---Is there a sport I can do, which would give me some of the benefits of strength training, preferably outdoors?

--- End quote ---

Climbing/bouldering?
Obstacle racing. Some like Spartan focus more on strength obstacles.
Many of the "bootcamp" type classes run outdoors have strength stuff like tyre or log carries etc.
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