As spring emerges, finding outdoor activities to replace your gym routine might seem like a better option. Here is a list of outdoor substitutions for your gym workout. For all your outdoor needs use discounted gift cards for your favorite stores.
To gain a healthier diet to pair with the outdoor activities you have planned, incorporate more vegetables into your daily diet.
Playing your favorite sport
It is time to collect a band of your friends and head to the park to play some basketball, tennis, or soccer. You will be caught up in all the fun that you won’t even need to motivate yourself to continue exercising. You will have more fun and you are more likely to burn more calories than you would at the gym.
Gardening
Working on your feet, bending and pulling, shoveling and trimming, are all activities that are included in gardening. While digging works your thighs and glutes , hoeing trains your upper arms. Using a push mower will get your cardio up as well. A half hour of gardening can burn up to 150 calories while soaking up some Vitamin D.
Swimming
Whether you are in a pool, lake, river, or ocean, swimming is one of the best exercises you can do for your body. It is a full body workout and who doesn’t want to spend time in the water when it is hot out? Look forward to burning around 410 calories per hour with this warm weather favorite.
Wash your Car
It needs done and the sun is shining, instead of paying to take your car to get cleaned, get down and dirty yourself. You burn about 108 calories every 30 minutes that you are washing your car. For a more intense workout; deep clean your car. Scrubbing carpets, vacuuming, and washing the paneling will all add work and build up those calories that you are burning.
Hiking
Spend a little r and r with nature while you get a workout. Get lost in the woods or go find a peaceful trail to hike. Alone or with friends, hiking is a great way to relax and detox from the demands of everyday life. A half hour of hiking burns around 204 calories however, most hikers enjoy their walk and end up staying out longer.
Rollerblading
Strap your feet into wheels and you are stuck exercising. A great way to get those toned legs you’ve been trying for all year, rollerblading will bring you back to your younger years. One hour of inline skating can burn around 840 calories and works the same muscles as running.
Kayaking
Kayaking is an intense workout, which can have great toning effects on your arms. You usually burn around 350 calories per hour while ocean kayaking. Nothing beats sitting at the row machines better than paddling your kayak to new and exciting destinations.