It is also super easy to do. Find a park and you have a plethora of readily available 'equipment' to use. Use a wall or bench to perform step-ups, sit squats, bi-level squats, incline push ups and dips. Open fields can be used to run sprints and provide a cushy surface for push ups, burpees and ab work. Often there are stairs near by as well. Stairs are a fantastic work out. If you don't know what to do besides just run up and down them I have included a stair work out below.
And one of the most important benefits of exercising outdoors has to do with your brain. The Peninsula College of Medicine writes "......compared with exercising indoors, exercising in natural environments was associated with greater feelings of revitalisation, increased energy and positive engagement, together with decreases in tension, confusion, anger and depression. Participants also reported a greater enjoyment in their exercise activity and stated that they were more likely to repeat it at a later date".
So there you go. Great benefits and a better chance that you will stick with your exercise program. Can't beat that.
Stair Work Out
Start with an e
asy jog to warm up. It's a great idea to park a few blocks away from the stairs and then jog to and from your work out. All the drills are simple and intense.Run up singles 5X
Run up doubles (every other stair) 5X
Run up triples 5X - I have had clients that are 5 feet tall. If they can take every third stair so can you.
Hop up singles 1X
Hop up doubles (again, every other stair) 1X
Hop up sideways, leading with right shoulder into the stair 1X
Hop up sideways leading with left shoulder 1X
Repeat all four drills three more times (total of four sets).
Obviously the length of the workout depends on how long the staircase is but you can do all the drills one time through or repeat everything. Mix it up.
Make sure to stretch the crap out of your calves, quads and hamstrings....but especially your calves.
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