Get Out and Get Active!

Outdoor workouts burn more calories and boost your mood!

Happy Sunday! Take advantage of this beautiful weather - get out and get active!! Taking your workout routine outside has great benefits.  By simply taking your workout OUT of the gym increases your calorie burn up to 5%.  Take your workout outdoors and increase your calorie burn by 7%. The increase in calories burned is because your body has to work harder to keep your body temperature at 98.6. The fluctuation of outdoor temperatures and terrain also help to increase calorie burning.  Also, outdoor workouts is natures Zoloft :)  According to a study done by English researchers, 71% of people who took a 30 minute walk outside felt less stressed when done where as  72% of people who walked in a gym felt MORE stressed!


More calories and a better mood? Sound like a win-win for outdoor workouts!  Have fun in the sun with the Cardio and Strength Training Circuit below...


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At the track:

1. Walk/Jog around the track for 5 to 10 minutes to warm up.
2. On a straight away Mark off 20 feet and 50 feet (50 feet is about 17 yards)
3. Start at the 20 mark and sprint as fast as you can to the 50 mark
4. Jog backwards to your starting mark
5. Go onto the grass or infield and do 25 to 50 crunches
6. Repeat steps 3 & 4
7. Go onto the grass or infield and do 10 pushups 
8. Return to your 20 feet mark and forward lunge to the 50 mark and skip back to 20 feet mark (repeat this 2 times) 
9. Bunny hop (two feet together and hop forward landing both feet at a time) from 20 feet mark to 50 feet mark - sprint back to start (repeat this 2 times)
10. Squat from the 20 feet mark to the 50 feet mark (Step with left foot then squat, step with right foot then squat) - repeat this 2 times
11. Walk around the track 3 times
12. Repeat the whole circuit

Let me know how you feel after this workout!!