Try fencing for coordination and fitness.

“Firstly, i ran 10 laps across the room to warm up, then the coach wanted to check my coordination and balance: so i jumped though an obstacles, did steps (like right, left, really springy steps), threw balls at the wall and caught them (i had to throw them specifically so them could come back). Then the coach told me how to stand (so weird. I had these elements in my gym sessions, but not as a whole) and gave me the rapier, so i had to walk with the rapier first, then do thrusts and then i had to hit a target, then i had to catch small plastic rings on a rapier (i caught most of them). So cool! Then I had to jump rope with the fencing stance and throw balls at the wall again (with the same stance) and the lesson was finished.”

“Holding the sword was challenging in itself because it required a particular kind of muscle control from the forearm, while allowing other muscles in the arm to remain flexible. Like a lot of newbies, I had to be reminded by Castellanos-Brandon to relax my arm several times [...] The footwork portion reminded me a lot of ballet, and not just because I was bad at it. However, the first position in fencing is slightly different, where you place your ankles together at a 90-degree angle with your dominant side facing forward. From there, we shifted into the “en garde” stance by lunging forward about a foot and a half, then bending both knees. From there, we ran drills shuffling forward and backward as Castellanos-Brandon shouted out commands.”

“And it was amazing. I mean, I personally was not amazing, lol. Just the experience. Almost overwhelming. Everything about my life has changed so much since the last time I was on a strip in college. My career, my goals, my body (honestly I was thrilled when my uniform still fit). But that feeling, hooking into the wire, facing off against a stranger, hundreds of years of tradition behind you . . . it was fantastic.”