7 Great Outdoor Exercises

Outdoor exercises are very popular nowadays and just like indoor exercises, you can get a lot of benefits including:

- you can enjoy the fresh air

- you get a lot of sunshine and vitamin D

- you can work out anytime and anywhere

- little or no equipment is needed in order to have a good workout

- no more obnoxious people or crowded gyms

- no need to drive back and forth a fitness facility

- doesn’t require special workout outfit or make-up

Now that you know the benefits, the next step is to learn the different activities fit for the outdoors.

Here are seven of the top outdoor exercises:

1. Lunges

This kind of exercise should be done in perfect form so that all your leg muscles, as well as your buttock muscles will work with every motion. You can also try including some variations like standing lunges, alternative, elevated, walking, and rear lunges.

2. Push ups

This is truly an effective exercise for your upper body. The push up is a productive exercise that doesn’t require any equipment. The basic movements include standard, wide, and close grips. By doing the three basic movements alternately, you can stimulate the muscles on your shoulders, chest, and triceps. You can achieve easier movement by elevating your hands; for harder movement, try elevating your feet. If you're brave enough, you can also try clapping and bounce push ups.

3. Squats

Doing squats the proper way can provide incredible power. You can do variations like one leg, standing, pile, wide-stance, and overhead squat. By doing repetitions, you can feel your legs getting tired which means its taking its effect.

4. Step ups

If you do this exercise properly, then you're doing a brutal exercise. A bench will do as your equipment, and all you have to do is to step up and down. Just make sure that your head is up at all times and your back is in a straight position. This is also a great cardio exercise.

5. Chin ups

Also called pull ups; use a tree branch or any playground equipment that allows you to pull yourelf up and down. You can repeat this exercise as many times as you like.

6. Uphill sprints

Try this exercise only if you can do a 100 meter dash. This is carried out by running uphill. Find a decent-sized hill and run up fast. Then walk right down. Just keep on repeating.

7. Duck walks

Walk like a duck; squat down and stay put, then start walking. Repeat as necessary.

Doing outdoor exercises the right way is hard, but the benefits you can get can't be easily ignored.