No worries even in the rain! Fun recreational activities you can do in the gym
Introducing fun recreation activities you can enjoy in the gym! When you hear variety games or cooperative games, you might imagine playing outside, but there are plenty of activities and recreations you can enjoy in a gym.
Even when rain or snow keeps you indoors, you can still build your fitness in the gym.
Basketball, futsal, dodgeball—there are tons of games and activities everyone can enjoy together! Try making time to be active in the gym with friends or family while having fun.
Exercise energizes both your mind and body!
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Brain-training recreation that sharpens intellect, reflexes, and decision-making (1–10)
Towel Human Puzzle Ring
How about trying a human entanglement challenge using towels? First, prepare two towels.
Stand facing each other and cross the two towels to form a plus sign, with each of you holding both ends of one towel.
Without letting go of the towels, try threading your arms through and twisting around; if you can end up completely separated from each other while still holding on, you’ve succeeded.
You’ll need to cooperate and experiment with different moves to untangle yourselves, which is sure to bring you closer together.
The sense of accomplishment when you manage to solve it can be addictive—give this game a try!
Fruits Basket
Let me introduce the “Fruit Basket Game,” which is guaranteed to liven up parties and other events.
Prepare one chair per participant and arrange them in a circle.
Remove two chairs and choose two people to be “it” (the callers).
The callers announce a prompt, and anyone it applies to stands up and moves to a different seat.
At the same time, the caller who gave the prompt also looks for a seat and sits down.
The two people who fail to find seats become the new callers and give the next prompt.
Because the chairs are color-coded, players may only move to chairs of the designated color—white or black.
When a caller says “Fruit Basket,” everyone must move.
When the ending whistle blows, whoever is “it” at that moment loses.
Give it a try!
BlindSquare
Here’s an indoor activity using a rope called the “Blind Square Game.” Form a team of 6 to 8 people, each holding the rope in a circle, and put on blindfolds.
Work together by communicating to create a square within the time limit.
Once the square is formed, place the rope on the floor and everyone sits down.
The team that forms a square the fastest wins.
Setting a time limit turns it into a game that also tests teamwork.
It’s recommended that one person who gives instructions does not wear a blindfold.
Brain-engaging recreational activities that train intellect, reflexes, and judgment (11–20)
human disentanglement puzzle
Stand in a circle facing inward and hold hands with people who are not right next to you.
From that position, the goal is to untangle into one large circle, or into two circles.
Be careful: if you move too vigorously, you may twist your wrists or arms.
To avoid that, you need to be mindful of each other.
This is a team-building activity that requires cooperation.
You can experience the satisfaction of accomplishing something together.
Newspaper War
Make plenty of balls out of newspaper.
Two teams face each other and throw those balls back and forth; the team that gets the most balls into the opponent’s court within the time limit wins.
You must not throw or kick many at once.
It’s a seemingly simple game with strategic depth—how the team moves as a unit, what to do with balls that end up deep in the court, and so on.
Also, tossing balls beyond the back of the opponent’s court makes things harder for them, so it could be considered a kind of tactic.
Teleportation Game
Here’s a “Teleportation Game” you can enjoy indoors even on rainy days.
Roll up sheets of newspaper tightly into sturdy tubes to make sticks, and hand one to each participant.
Everyone stands in a circle, holding their newspaper stick upright.
At the cue “Ready, go!” each person moves to the next person’s newspaper stick.
The key is to move quickly so the sticks don’t fall and to catch the neighboring stick in time.
Each time everyone succeeds, take one step back to widen the circle.
If you miss and a stick falls, you’re out.
The last person remaining wins.
It’s a fun game that really tests your concentration, so give it a try!
Exercise games you can do without equipment
This is a game where you carefully follow the quizmaster’s instructions, judge your actions correctly, and aim to reach the goal faster than anyone else.
You only jump forward when the signals “tobe,” “jump,” or “tonde” are given; if you jump on a different word, you have to return to the starting position and try again.
People with strong jumping ability can get closer to the goal in fewer jumps, and those with good reflexes can clear the instructions accurately—so the rules let each person’s strengths shine.
It also seems like the quizmaster’s sense of how to give confusing instructions will be put to the test.
