We are always talking about staying healthy, eating well, exercising and going to the doctor, when doing physical activity we think about going to the gym and working our body, I am one of those who think differently so today I explain why we should do exercises on the air free and the advantages that it gives to our health, since it is a habit to do exercises. Believe it or not, in the first five minutes of outdoor physical activity you notice an increase in self-esteem. And it is that exercising, in itself, changes your mood. But when you see that you overcome obstacles running through the park, or you are able to do toning exercises near the sea, the anxiety decreases and you begin to feel better.
- One of the key benefits of exercising outdoors is to improve mood and strengthen self-esteem, physical exercise in a natural environment has a positive impact on physical and emotional health, improving oxygenation. In addition, doing aerobic outdoor cardiovascular exercise strengthens the immune system.
Outdoor exercises bring great benefits to our body and, in addition, help us to reduce stress, and even better is that it is free in general, there is no need to pay for outdoor exercises, although it is true that some activities require of certain investment (for example, to practice cycling), while you feel like you can go out to do some exercise such as walking or running and the best thing is that we can start and finish when you decide, we will be our coach and we will set the guidelines and limits. Running or walking is not only free but very relaxing.
Keeps you in shape: doing sports improves agility, strength and energy.
Strengthens the muscles: increases its tone, strength, volume and oxygenation.
Improves bones: increases strength, density, flexibility and resistance of bones.
Prevents arthritis: by exercising, the joints and cartilages remain flexible.
Improves cholesterol: exercise lowers the levels of low intensity lipoproteins.
Stronger heart: blood pressure is lowered to protect the heart, veins and arteries.
The weight is controlled: when performing physical exercise, fat is burned and the volume of the muscles is increased.
It produces well-being: it increases the sensation of pleasure because the release of endorphins is stimulated.
Reduces stress: practicing any type of sport improves and decreases anxiety and high levels of stress.
It keeps you young: people who exercise regularly seem younger than others of their same age.
Improves menstrual problems: the sports practice attenuates the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome by the stimulating action of the hormonal system.
Improves sleep quality: exercising regularly helps regulate vital functions such as sleep.
Advantages when performing outdoor exercises:
You breathe a purer air, since you are surrounded by a natural environment.
Everything that surrounds reaches to have a sense, the sounds, the landscape, makes us think and meditate giving us a more global vision of everything.
We do not waste energy, light, electricity, water, or anything that helps us not to preserve the environment we enjoy.
It is an ideal means for relaxation and stretching activities, with a quiet place will suffice.
You do not pay to use it, except for voluntary exceptions.
Disadvantages when performing outdoor exercises :
If it is your first time it will be difficult for you to adapt the exercises for an intense and adequate training at your physical level.
In the gym we can easily raise and lower the magnitudes of load, in the natural environment is not so simple.
Sometimes the elements turn against us, rain, wind, snow, a road in poor condition, works, many people in our usual area of training in the park or on the beach, can be an insurmountable impediment one day determined.
Finding people to train together is more complicated outside the gym, because in this one, everyone is looking for similar objectives.
Depending on the activity, we may have to move to a place a little away from home to train.
The great changes and the improvements in our state of health begin with small steps, and with precise decisions, to give a turn to the routine. So take advantage of the good weather to achieve the changes we want, so let's cheer up and go outdoors for physical activity
