Wii Fit, the Nintendo Wii Exercise Game Review

If you own a Nintendo Wii, you can workout at home with ease playing the new exercise game Wii Fit.

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The Benefits of Outdoor Workouts with Example Exercises

Who wants to workout at the gym/indoors just to watch tv, stare at the wall, or even worse, look at yourself in the mirror while performing exercises?

Lets face it, working out in the gym/indoors is BORING.

Here are just a few reasons why:
1. Equipment is sweaty
2. Gyms are crowded and equipment is taken
3. Cardiovascular machines make you feel like a rat in a wheel
4. The environment is always the same = no variety or new challenging exercises

Lose More Weight Being Outside
Exercising outdoors statistically can burn 30% more calories than the same workout indoors because you have to deal with the elements. Warm and cold weather makes your body work harder and natural resistance like the wind make exercises like running more challenging.

Outside Workouts: No Need To Purchase Any Exercise Equipment

You do not need to own any exercise equipment to workout outdoors.
Outside, you can use all types of everyday objects as training equipment for free which also provides variety in your workout regime.

Here are a few examples:
1. Parks – Many parks have outdoor fitness equipment or playgrounds such as dip stations, pullup bars, crunch boards, parallel bars, horizontal ladders, etc. Search for parks with playgrounds or outdoor exercise equipment in your area to explore your options.

2. Outdoor stairs - Stair workouts are not just for aerobic conditioning (cardio), they also can improve flexibility, body strength – especially in the lower body, and explosive power development. Some stair exercises include basic stair climbing (you go up and down unlike stairmasters at the gym), stair lunges, stair plyometrics (stair jumping or hopping), stair squats, stretching, and weighted stair climbing.

3. A park bench – Great for performing step ups, jumping on/over using one or two legs, dips, push ups, and other exercises.

4. Natural terrain like hills – You can really vary your runs outdoors unlike indoors to prevent boredom and increase the intensity = higher heart rate = more calories burned. Running varieties include running up and down hills, perform short sprint routines, shuttle runs, and run in between other exercises in a circuit.
For example, you might circuit train where you perform crunches, pushups, bodyweight squats, and then sprint 50 yards to another station. Here you do pullups and dips, sprint 50 yards back to where you started, take a short break, and do it all again for sets.

As soon as you start exercising outdoors you will find how much pleasure you get from being outdoors over being inside. Also, you will start using more everyday objects in your routine, with creativity, providing excellent fitness results and variety for free. Forget wasting time and money driving to the gym and waiting to use a machine.

Go outside, and get started on your new fitness training routine today!

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