You love your gym for a number of reasons: it's conveniently located; you always leave feeling refreshed after a long day; and, just admit it, you like being among the toned bodies. Ah, but here comes summer full of sunshine and warm breezes, beckoning you outside and away from the air-conditioned warehouse you call your second home.
Just because you're trading gym time for blue skies doesn't mean you have to give up trying to be a hard body. In fact, there are many outdoor activities that mimic gym workouts while yielding added benefits. Trees, mountains, rivers and lakes will revitalize you in ways that wall-to-wall mirrors can't.
Clyde Soles, author of the book Training for Peak Performance knows this all too well. "While elliptical machines, treadmills, and spinning bikes are OK if there are no alternatives, getting outside is always better," Soles says. As a prolific climber and expedition leader (as well as the founder of Trail Runner magazine), Soles has perfected the outdoor fitness regimen.
We asked Soles to name five favorite activities that would keep anyone in shape outside of a gym.
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