When the weather can switch between sunny and crisp to rainy and howling faster than you can say “time to go inside,” finding comfortable ways to stay active can be tricky—especially when the fall season also comes with shorter days, colder nights, and more school-related commitments.
While team sports like soccer, football, and lacrosse are great for exercise and pretty popular at this time of year, they’re not particularly simple to organize or practice regularly unless you’re part of a league, and they’re also not especially suitable for people whose joints start acting up in seasonal change.
So, whether you’re young or young at heart, if you’re looking to keep up your fitness this fall, here are some low-impact, family-friendly options to try.
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For those beautiful fall days when all you want to do is maximize your time in the colorful leaves and blustering breezes, these sports and picnic games are easy to pack for the park or set up in your backyard.
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From tailgating to backyard barbecues, this game of bag tossing has grown from humble midwestern farmland pastime into a professional, world-class sport—though you definitely don’t need to be a star athlete (or any type of athlete) to play. No regulation supplies? No problem. Put dried beans or rice into small plastic bags and mark different spots on the ground to create different targets.
