Five Ways To Get Active This Spring

Five Ways To Get Active This Spring

With spring right around the corner, one thing that you should consider doing is taking your workouts outside.  Getting some fresh air and doing something other than the traditional gym workout is a perfect way to add more energy to your sessions, challenge different muscle groups, and help to stimulate the mind to a larger extent as well.

The key is to learn which spring activities will burn the most calories and offer some clear strengthening benefits.

So which should you choose? Let’s go over five of the top ones to note.

Hiking

Hiking or brisk walking is a great way to get out doors, perform some lower impact activity and burn plenty of calories fast.  The nice thing about hiking is that it really doesn’t require much skill at all, so virtually anyone can do it.

If you don’t live in an area close to mountains, that’s no problem. Find a hilly trail around where you do live and make the most of it.

As long as there are some hills involved in your walk, you’ll be working the main muscles in the lower body and achieving firming and strengthening benefits.

Soccer

Soccer is the next spring activity to consider.  Soccer is a great group activity and due to the stop and go nature of it, it’ll be very similar to a sprint training workout session.

Because of the fact you have the end goal in mind of reaching the goal post, most people will find it far more motivating to sprint across the field than when doing typical gym workout sprints.

Plus, the group atmosphere of this exercise really provides some clear added benefits.

Boot Camp

If you’re into group fitness in a major way, consider a boot camp.  Now is a great time to take part in boot camp workouts because the weather won’t be too uncomfortably hot, so you can exercise in an atmosphere you feel good in.

Boot camp workouts are great for boosting your cardiovascular fitness level as well as improving your strength also.  Plus, they’ll also pinpoint your balance and agility capabilities as well.

Touch Football

Touch football is the next group activity to consider. If you can round up a larger group of people and get a game going on a Sunday afternoon, this is a perfect way to burn off some added calories and maintain your body weight.

You’ll be working almost every single muscle group in the body with this activity, so that will definitely help provide all over conditioning.

Cycling

Finally, if you want to really enhance your lower body strength, go for a long bike ride. If you can find hills to climb, even better.

Cycling is great for those who want a non-impact activity, but something that will still get your heart rate up.

Get outside this spring and consider all of these activities. Make them a regular part of your week and you’ll be seeing improvements in your fitness level.