Sometimes, it can be fun to let your wild side run free. After a hard day’s graft at the investment bank, it’s time to don the trainers and get out there into the urban jungle with your flat sharing pals and burn off the calories. Here are just a handful of the extreme activities you and your mates can get up to here in London.
Indoor Skydiving
If you’ve never seen indoor skydiving, you’re missing out. It’s one of those activities where watching it is almost as good as participating. Of course, you really have to experience this incredible thrill for yourself.
With classes in various locations around London just like this one, you’re only a tube ride away from putting on that silly helmet and looking like a bird caught in a strong wind.
Parkour
Why walk along the pavement like a worker-ant when you could be gliding over the rooftops effortlessly like a flying squirrel? If that sounds like your cup of brand-neutral energy drink, parkour might be for you. If you want to see a really great example of this exciting, new extreme sport, check out this video: a real-world realisation of cult videogame, Mirror’s Edge.
Obviously, it’s going to take a bit of practice before you’re that good, but there are plenty of classes in and around London for you to get involved with, regardless of your skill level.
Water Slides
If water sports are more your bag, keep a look out for one of the ‘pop-up’ water slides appearing in London over summer. The last Rise and Slide was a temporary installation – a 100-metre water slide just behind King’s Cross station. Pretty cool.
So, on the next mega hot day, check whether there’s a waterslide in your local area and get out there for a bit of a slip and slide.
Overcoming Obstacles
One of the most popular trends in running at the moment is the urban obstacle race. Prepare for mud, rope climbing, hay bales and cargo netting. So much cargo netting.
If you’re a real fitness nut but you don’t like the sterile gym environment or a simple jog isn’t the full-body work out you crave, check out an event like a Survival of the Fittest to show off your sick abs.
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