Outdoor fitness

A US Marine Doing Pull-ups. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Outdoor fitness

People nowadays look for alternatives some doing exercise outdoors. Whether they choose doing their physical activity indoors or outdoors they have the same goal in being fit and healthy.

People can take advantages of the natural resources that are available by doing outdoor exercises. The popularity of outdoor exercises is increasing. Outdoor exercises can be more fun and have advantages over indoor exercises.

Outdoor exercise has benefits like:

1.     Its less of a hassle driving back and forth from fitness gyms, so in other words you wont be wasting time travelling.

2.     It’s free. Outdoor exercises can be done anywhere. You can do it outside your house if you want too.

3.     You enjoy the fresh air indoor air is more polluted then outdoor air.

4.     No distracting people. In a gym you can be easily distracted by a persons antics.

5.     A healthy supply of vitamin D

6.     Don’t need workout outfit some of the exercises wont need equipment at all.

The top outdoor fitness routines are:

1.  Lunges this is an exercise that works your leg muscles. You can do lunges with weights as an alternative.

2. Sit ups. This type of exercise strengthens the hip and abdominal muscles

3.Push-ups. This exercise strengths the upper body, it exercises the pectoral muscles and triceps the three basic movements of push ups are normal, wide and close grips.

4. Running around bends or up and down hills, this is the main exercise it’s excellent for your bones and heart.

5. Step ups. This exercise requires you to step up and down a bench. This is a beneficial cardio exercise.

6. Squats. This is a very tough exercise, it strengthens the lower body there are different types of squats that you can do for example front squat, twisting squat, hack squat, one legged squat etc.

When doing outdoor exercises, make sure you drink plenty of water having sufficient water to stay hydrated is vital if you want to perform these exercises.

Use sun lotion. This will avoid you from getting burned although some sunlight can be good, too much sunlight can lead to harmful sun burns so be aware.

Make sure the timing in which you do the exercise is good. The best timing should be early, this is because you have more energy and the temperature is lower so this should be beneficial for you.