Could I learn paragliding?

And let's start by interpreting what we mean by average physical condition, because sometimes everyone understands it differently. One thing is for sure, you don't need to be a super athlete to take up paragliding, because you don't need much physical strength since it's a technical sport for the most part. Many beginner students in the first and second lesson get tired in the ground exercises because they use too much strength when they don't need to. However, they quickly understand the use of body weight and the techniques to control it much more relaxed. What one ultimately needs as fitness is to be able to run some meters, 20 to 30 for example. And of course not to have any abnormal health problems such as heart problems, or a medical issue that concerns his health, where if he consulted his doctor he would not approve of his activity. In general, paragliding is a "lazy" sport, when you do it just for fun. A little fatigue has during basic training, where the student must deploy it on the ground, prepare it, make attempts to run by lifting it, and return to do the same process again. All of this combined with too much information in the first three days tires the student out a bit. But it is not the same in the next few days, when learning the technique he uses much less force, sees his improvement, enjoys what he is doing, and at the same time all this gives him great joy which <<doping>> naturally and makes him forget any slight fatigue.

Now let's look at the will part, this has to do with the motivation one has to learn to fly. As much as it may be strange to one's motivation, there can be many motivations and not just one. An example of a motivation might be one's will to learn to fly and enjoy the beautiful landscapes from above with complete freedom, because it might have been one's dream as a young child. Other motives for example are social interaction, (I open my circle of acquaintances) social recognition, (I do something that causes admiration to many people) escape from everyday life, (I do something to get away from the problems of routine).

These are just a few examples, there are hundreds and subcategories within them. I once asked one of my students why you came to learn paragliding, and his answer was 'I got divorced a while ago for that'...

Whatever motivation one may have is positive, and it is good to have it, but a prerequisite for learning, in order to have the will and patience, is that the first and foremost motivation is the love of paragliding. He who wants to learn to imagine himself flying, should long for that moment of total freedom, where he will feel with all his senses what paragliding offers him. When the student's primary motivation is this, he is sure to learn to fly by skipping over any difficulty he may encounter, and this usually has to do with the time we will see right now.

I have heard too many times from people I talk to the following 'I would love to learn but unfortunately I don't have the time'. As soon as I hear the previous expression in my mind it translates as, 'Nice sport but I'm not willing to learn, I'd rather spend my spare time doing something else'. Okay, first of all I don't want to be absolute, maybe for a small minority of people this is true because they may be in a difficult phase of their life. But to many people I have asked the following question. If you met someone very interesting and you liked them very much, would you make time for them? I can assure you that they all answered me in the affirmative. Taking what for some may be an extreme example we conclude that it matters that the motivation is very strong. The motivation is very strong when you want something very much and are looking forward to it. And here we come back to see that time and motivation are connected. For example, when the motivation is the will to learn to fly for the love of flying, you will live for it, you will try to arrange your daily schedule and your weekly schedule to carve out some time to devote to your new love, paragliding.

To sum up, you don't have to be a sporty guy to learn paragliding you just have to want it badly. If you really want it badly you will soon or late, manage to arrange your commitments so that you can find the time to get involved and learn to fly

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