Over the past year I have been working out in my my home gym which if you are a regular reader of My Body Fat you will know is a 16ft x 10 ft wooden shed in my back garden. At the moment my gym is jam packed with lots and lots of machine that I am just not using. I need to get rid of some because it is giving me a feeling of being crammed and it is not a nice feeling during my workouts. Over the last week though the weather here in the UK has been really nice. So I have been training in my back garden using my russian kettle bells. Working out outdoors is fun, because my garden is looking really nice at the moment. Because I have just finished it. Plus birds and squirrels are feeding from the bird feeder as I workout which is a pleasure to watch.
To make my workoutsmore fun I have my ipod on and have made myself a playlist of all the cheesy songs that help me to train harder. I’m going to keep training outdoors as long as I can why the weather is still nice. Once the usual bad weather returns it’s back in the home gym I’m afraid. Exercise is all about change and making your workouts FUN. Keep them fun and you stand more of a chance of sticking at it and seeing weight loss results. Over the past few weeks I have lost a little bit of that fun because of the hot stuffy feeling I was getting whilst working out. So I put my thinking head on and started doing some of my exercises outdoors.
I still need to go inside though when I’m training on the leg press and body solid multi gym. Because I’m afraid to say these machines are just too big to take outdoors. The girlfriend has just purchased a mountain bike so we plan on going for bike rides together which should be fun. I spent yesterday cleaning my bike down and pumping up the tyres. It has not been rode for a very long time. But after a quick clean up it’s back looking like new again. Last night I took it for a quick spin and really enjoyed the experience.
If you enjoy the outdoors then finding something to do outdoors to keep fit is easy. I enjoy playing golf, and after 18 holes you will be surprised at the amount of calories you burn off. Going for nice long walks in the countryside is a fantastic way to burn off those excess calories. I’m lucky because I’m only a one hour drive away from some of the world’s most beautiful countryside walks The lake District. The exercise ideas that you can do outdoors is endless, just do stuff that you will enjoy and is FUN.
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Exercising outside is a great way to break out of the monotony of the gym routine. Sometimes I just can’t drag myself to the same sweaty gym day in and day out.
You need to change things up and exercising outdoors is a great way to do that.