During the summer, playing sports can be particularly difficult. Sultry heat and humidity make every movement annoying and tiring. Therefore, during the summer there is a tendency to pause physical activity until autumn. In this season, temperatures drop and the desire to move is much greater.
There are, however, those who do not want to shut themselves up in a gym to get active. For all these people the solution is Nordic walking. Here is the ideal outdoor sport to practice this season for 100% mental and physical well-being.
Nordic walking is a sport that is becoming popular thanks to its simplicity, adaptability and benefits for the whole organism. Nordic walking, in fact, not only brings significant benefits to the physical health of our body but also to mental health. Outdoor activity helps psychological well-being and is an excellent relief valve to reduce stress.
Here is the ideal outdoor sport to practice this season for 100% mental and physical well-being
Nordic walking is a sport that was born in Finland in the 90s but which quickly spread all over the world thanks to its characteristics. It is a sport that everyone can practice, adults and children of any training level. It consists in walking in the middle of nature with the help of sticks similar to those for trekking.
In this way, not only will the muscles of the lower body be trained, but thanks to the sticks, the arms will also be trained. Furthermore, the open air, as we have already said, brings a certain mental well-being that would hardly be found in an indoor gym.
Benefits and useful tips
Thanks to this sport, balance and posture would improve and it would be an ideal workout to tone the legs and buttocks, increasing the muscles in those areas. Furthermore, Nordic walking would help to reactivate the metabolism, favoring a healthy and controlled weight loss.
Obviously, when practicing this sport it is advisable to take the right precautions. It is always good to bring fresh or dried fruit with you for all those cases in which you have a sudden drop in sugar.
The equipment must be suitable for the place where you are going to walk, if necessary we will have to wear trekking shoes and technical clothing. You can start with walks that are not too difficult and then gradually increase the difficulty by choosing more sloping paths. After training it would be good to wait at least half an hour before ingesting any food.
Deepening
It seems impossible but thanks to this sport we will no longer have circulation problems.