Exercising Outdoors: What Can It Offer

The Best Ways And Benefits To Exercise Outdoors From a Weight Loss Resort

There are hundreds of different ways and places to exercise all year round, but does where we exercise have an effect? Exercising outdoors comes with many benefits from your wellbeing to physical attributes.

At our residential camps we offer a variety of outdoor exercises from nature hikes to outdoor water aerobics, in all weather conditions it shows impact within improved mood, decreased stress, higher perseverance and increased motivation.  `

The Benefits Fresh Air Offers

Sunshine and fresh air naturally releases serotonin within our bodies, having a positive effect on mood, stress levels and anxiety. Mixed with exercising  that releases endorphins, exercising outdoors gives you that extra boost to your wellbeing.

With exercise feeling more enjoyable and refreshing outside, it offers more motivation to sustain your schedule. Offering an increase in motivation and enjoyment allowing you to create progressing results within your health and fitness goals.

What Exercises Can You Try?

Running and hiking are great options, easy to do wherever you are with no equipment needed.  Adjusting hiking or jogging into your schedule allows you to avoid a repetitive regime, mixing up the routes you take and places you go allows you to explore your local surroundings while providing an extra level of enjoyment to the exercise you’re doing.

Sports such as tennis, water aerobics, badminton, basketball, football, netball, yoga and lots more are great fun exercises all accessible from outdoors. Check out what your local gyms, parks and community groups have to offer. Group sports are a great way to find friends with likeminded goals and lifestyles, which can benefit motivation and sustain lasting results.

Cycling is also a great exercise to get into. Similar to hiking, it offers an element of adventure and variety through different trails and routes. The cycling community is continuously growing from low to high intensity, there are thousands of cycling groups out there and places to get involved offering not only a great sport but a fulfilling hobby.