[seanmcdirmid]

Unless you live in say Salt Lake City or near a national park, these aren't activities you can do everyday on a schedule.

Cycling is fine, as long as you live in a place that supports it well enough (so a Deep South city with no bike trails might not be a good idea).

[nether]

You can combine approaches. I'm a "weekend warrior" with climbing, hiking etc., and my passion for those activities spurred me to train during the week on a schedule. I'd gym climb or work out at home with dumbbells, so that I could do harder objectives during the weekend.

This can be a gateway drug, and cause you to change your whole lifestyle and move to a place with such activities in abundance.

[seanmcdirmid]

Well, I guess you don't have kids yet. Lifestyles need to be sustainable. For many, machines in the gym downstairs is the only thing that fits (many don't have that).

[collyw]

Why the "yet"? It's not a given that you need to have kids. Plenty of people on the planet already.

[nether]

Oh, yeah. Solution is to never have kids.

[seanmcdirmid]

Ya, that plan doesn't always work out :)