apologies for sincereposting but i gotta plug my favorite sport of all time. as someone who grew up playing a LOT of team sports, discovering climbing was incredible. they got it figured it out. its gamified for you, every climbing route has a little number assigned to tell you roughly how difficult it is, making it very easy for you to evaluate how well you're improving.
despite common perception, it is not an sport solely for people with lots of upper body strength, modern bouldering and sport climbing typically requires a level of full body fitness and mobility that isn't easily replicated by many sports. you can always find a niche with your morphology to make it work. its great for your back too.
for fear of sounding like a tech bro who rock climbs and runs on the weekends, but bouldering is actually so much fun!!! and you actually don’t even need to be able to do twenty pull up’s or anything to do it (although that would probably help)- it’s more about using your existing strengths to your advantage. it’s really cool to see your progress visually being able to make it farther than your last attempt and everyone i’ve encountered have been super friendly and helpful!
in tight contention for my #1 favorite physical activity, especially when your willing participant has a good ratio of scalp scratching and head squeezing to hair twirling. Can even outrank sex on a good day.
