What Are The Benefits Of Outdoor Exercise?

The amount of research and literature on the advantages of outdoor fitness is astounding.

With technology and information more and more of our time is spent inside. We travel from one box to the next. We sleep inside we eat inside we step into our cars and move to our next compartment all without going outside. There is a growing body of research showing the health benefits of being outside.

~Speeding the recovery from medical procedures

~ Increasing energy levels to better mental clarity

~Positive emotional lift from fresh air

~Longer attention span

~Bolsters your immune system

~Increases one’s sense of well being

~Increased strength in movement has a better correlation to life’s challenges of carrying kids or running up the stairs than does the isolated muscle strength created through restricted movement patterns.

~Tends to encourage more complex movements often preformed on varied ground surfaces..

~Gives you a cross-training opportunity, providing your muscles with new and varied challenges that create well-rounded physical stability

Additionally, you’ll generally get a greater workout outside, pounding the pavement and rugged terrain, than you will with many indoor programs. The list of known benefits is compelling. Our modern lifestyle has developed to the point where going outside has become an “option”, the effects of this are just beginning to be understood. To get started just open the door and step out. Walk, hike, run, ride a bike, play with your kids, join a soccer league, train for a triathlon, join an outdoor boot camp… the choices are virtually endless. Combined with healthy eating habits you will not only gain health and vitality for yourself but set the example for your family and friends.