Are you clear about how outdoor exercise benefits you?
FutbolLab explains it to you.
Sometimes we choose to go to a gym to train, but there is still something about training outdoors that catches our attention. From FutblLab we bring you some of the benefits that come with training outdoors.
Often, after finishing a training routine, we feel fatigued. This is reinforced by the monotony of the landscape and the pollution load inside a gym. Studies carried out by The United States Environmental Protection Agency They estimate that pollution in a gym can double the amount of pollution existing in an outdoor place. By training outdoors in a natural space and away from traffic and city congestion, you can breathe cleaner air with less pollution.
By exercising outdoors this problem will be reduced, since green areas will provide your nervous system with various pleasant stimuli that serve as a distraction and reduce awareness of physiological sensations or negative emotions.
Entering a new, closed and crowded environment with people moving irons and using material that you have never seen before and performing exercises that are new to you and that you do not know how to do, may not be the best way to start an exercise program if what you are looking for is motivation and continuing with it over time, in addition to generating stress by making us associate the exercise with a negative feeling, with everything that this entails. On the other hand, a natural environment is a new environment full of variety, it will make the training look more fun and on an unconscious level it will make you want to do said exercise again.
An essential recipe to be healthy is rbreathe fresh airThis is a fact, if we combine it with physical exercise it does wonders to reduce stress. It should be noted that stress-related endocrine markers such as adrenaline, norepinephrine and cortisol fall and higher levels of dopamine, serotonin and endorphins are generated after being in contact with nature.
What's more, we benefit from the effect biophilia. Don't you know what it is? Very simple, look 👀. The biophilia It is our sense of connection with nature and with other forms of life, this comes innate in us and is the evolutionary product of natural selection that acts in intelligent species whose survival depends on the close connection with the environment and the practical appreciation of plants and animals. In other words, as Darwin said - "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor is it the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change".
Research has shown that exercising outdoors in cold weather increases energy expenditure compared to the same exercise indoors at more moderate temperatures. On the other hand, air resistance and the uneven terrain outdoors increase the effort we make during aerobic workouts like running.
In Spain it is estimated that a high percentage of the population has vitamin D deficiencies and this situation has been associated with an increased risk of many diseases, including type 1 and 2 diabetes and different forms of cancer. The vitamin D that we synthesize from sun exposure in our outdoor workouts has great benefits on the health of bones, muscles and metabolism function, as well as the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. In spring and summer, it would only be necessary to expose yourself a few 10 minutes a day in the sun to meet the minimum vitamin D requirements.
And to think that all this is within our reach! Good and feet 🏃♂️
We must be clear about how to organize and direct this type of activities correctly. There are many different degrees, at FutbolLab we have prepared one of the most complete degrees for you to take your physical exercise and outings to nature in the safest way possible.
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