Activity = Your Health
Being physically active outside can benefit you in so many ways. Here are just a few:
Improved brain health
Fresh air has more oxygen
Weight management
Greenscapes raise serotonin levels
Lower stress
Stronger muscles and bones
Improved endurance, strength and flexibility
Reduce disease risk
Lower blood pressure and blood sugar
Sun exposure increases Vitamin D levels and optimizes hormones
Playing Sports Outside Is Great Exercise For You
Call your friends, grab a ball or disk, and head outside to burn some calories, fill your lungs with fresh air, and work your muscles.
Soccer – This allows for great social interaction while improving your cardiovascular fitness and endurance by decreasing fat and increasing muscle.
Football - Can improve speed, agility, and power. The adrenaline high that comes with the game is shown to reduce the effects of daily stressors and helps players to feel calm.
Tennis – Works your entire body as you run, swing, pivot, and stretch. Some people find they can burn more calories playing tennis than many other physical activities.
Baseball / Softball – This activity strengthens the muscles of the heart and legs, while also improving hand-eye coordination. You will strengthen your arms by swinging the bat, catching, and throwing the ball.
Basketball – Improves motor coordination, flexibility, and endurance while encouraging the development of concentration and self-discipline.
Golf – Enhances brain stimulation, improves balance, challenges yourself, and is a great way to spend time outdoors and make new friends.
Frisbee – This can improve your sprinting and endurance running pumping up your heart rate and enhancing blood circulation.
Benefits of You Walking More
The more you walk, the greater the benefits. A major study, published this past March in JAMA, found that the more steps participants over age 40 took, the lower their mortality risk from all causes.
A study published in the International Journal of Stroke showed that when you become fit later in life, you cut the risk of having a potentially deadly stroke in half.
Researchers have found that regular aerobic exercise appears to increase the size of your hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for memory. A University of Maryland study of people ages 55 to 85, for instance, showed that a single session of exercise increased activation in the brain circuits associated with memory.
Walking can help you stick to your diet. In a study published in the journal Appetite, stressed-out office workers ate only half as much chocolate as they normally did, after taking a break for a 15-minute walk.
Moderate walking is good for your eyes. Exercise is believed to decrease your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. All of these symptoms can contribute to cataracts. Cardio can lower the intraocular pressure (the pressure in your eyes), which can cause distortions in the retina, lens, and cornea which affect your vision. Activity increases the blood flow to the optic nerve in the retina.
Taking a mindful walk is good for calming your mind and fighting off depression. Use your senses to concentrate on what is going on around you. Listen to the birds singing or the leaves rustling. Feel the warm sunshine on your skin and fill your lungs with fresh air. Let your worries go and create a new perspective.
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Whether it's a short walk around your neighborhood or an intensive hike, getting outdoors improves health!
1. Exposure to vital Vitamin D
2.Improved blood flow
3.Boosting the immune system
4. Lowering blood pressure
5.Building strength and endurance
6. Better sleep
Interacting with nature is a low-cost, easily available resource for combating many of the conditions which contribute to chronic illness and poor overall health.
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