Summer offers the perfect opportunity to switch things up and take your fitness routine outside. The longer days and warmer weather create ideal conditions for outdoor exercise that can transform both your physical fitness and mental wellbeing.
Exercising outdoors during summer months provides natural vitamin D, and the varied terrain of parks, trails, and more challenge your body in ways a gym floor cannot, engaging different muscle groups in more ways than you’d expect. Not to mention, the fresh air also helps to boost your mood enhancing endorphins and reduce stress.
Many find outdoor workouts feel less like exercise and more like play, making fitness more enjoyable, sustainable and social. From pick-up basketball to beach volleyball, group hikes or an outdoor workout class—there are so many great ways to foster connections while staying active.
Looking for ways to help get you moving outdoors? We’ve got you covered with complimentary HWX Summer Series classes popping up all over Greater Boston.
The schedule is still growing but the season launches next week with HIIT and Yoga classes on Monday evenings at The Greenway in Downtown Boston and in just a few weeks with Harvard Steps Conditioning on Tuesday evenings at Harvard Stadium, conveniently located right by both GymIt clubs. Click here to see the schedule and learn more.
