Get Up And Do Something: 7 Reasons to Take Your Workout Outside

Get Up And Do Something Get up and Do Something is a program of the Delaware Coalition to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition. Your source for optimal health.

7 Reasons to Take Your Workout Outside Oct 1st 2012, 13:32 Think hitting the gym is hard? It's even tougher when beautiful summer weather beckons you to ditch the four walls and stale air of the indoors for the sun and breeze outside. Stop ignoring your instincts! Nature is a perfect bikini-body training ground. Here are seven reasons to blow off the dark, dreary gym and step into the sunlight. You'll Go for Longer Leave the magazines at home and head out for an exploratory run through your 'hood. You'll be surprised how much faster time travels when you aren't in the gym. "Changing your routine, seeing new faces, taking in the scenic shrubberythis all helps combat workout boredom," says Robert Gotlin, DO, director of the Orthopedic and Sports Rehabilitation at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. To top it off, a grueling workout may not seem so, er, grueling. "When you're distracted by the environment, you're less aware of your effort, such as how far you've run or how much your quads burn." Heck, you might even double your workout to 60 minutes without even knowing it.

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