Bored of aerobics? Had your fill of running hamster-style on the treadmill? More people than ever are turning their backs on indoor exercise and discovering the immense physical and mental benefits of the great outdoors. Wild gym workouts can be adrenaline-boosting or serenely calming. They can involve mud, sweat and an element of fear or they can offer space for quiet reflection under a big, blue sky. Outdoor exercise burns more calories, tones muscles at a faster rate and has been proven to boost your mood and improve your health. Whatever you look for in a workout, you will find it in this indispensable guide to activities that range from beach running and buggy workouts to recumbent cycling and rock climbing. Want to get active? Get outside!
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Peta Bee, a sports journalist and author of three previous fitness books, is a former winner of the Fitness Professional of the Year award. In the course of researching Wild Gym she has tried everything from in-line skating through Paris at night to grassboarding down Primrose Hill in London.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By K. Kirton
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I am a little disappointed with this book, as it is not what I had expected, but this is partly my own fault for not taking advantage of the 'inside look' feature on Amazon, but I purchased it after seeing it advertised with a little bit of blurb in The Guardian.
From the title 'Wild Gym: Join the DIY Exercise Revolution: 50 Ways to Get Fit Outdoors' I'd expected the book to be a guide to exercises you could do outside instead of going to the gym, and the 'DIY' bit suggested to me that it would be stuff you could do outside by yourself for free: ie the best outdoor, DIY equivalent of going to the gym to excerise.
However, the book is more of a collection of brief introductions to a variety of outdoor sports; this would probably be useful to look through if you need some inspiration about what new sport to try or are looking for a new hobby. But without the right money, transport, time, access to equipment and appropriate venues / locations and hire shops, the majority of these activities aren't practical options for many people... falconry, golf, dog sledding, skiing, fishing, recumbent cycling, horseriding, streetluging, landyachting, sailing, bowls, potholing and loads of other activities are featured with a brief overview, nice photos and sources of further information but I don't think the book's content are well represented by the title and the cover.
Though of course I should've done a bit more research before buying 'Wild Gym' and some people with no idea of what activities they'd like to try may find this kind of book useful, it wasn't at all what I was expecting and I think this expanded list of sports / activities is pretty pointless for the majority.
From the title 'Wild Gym: Join the DIY Exercise Revolution: 50 Ways to Get Fit Outdoors' I'd expected the book to be a guide to exercises you could do outside instead of going to the gym, and the 'DIY' bit suggested to me that it would be stuff you could do outside by yourself for free: ie the best outdoor, DIY equivalent of going to the gym to excerise.
However, the book is more of a collection of brief introductions to a variety of outdoor sports; this would probably be useful to look through if you need some inspiration about what new sport to try or are looking for a new hobby. But without the right money, transport, time, access to equipment and appropriate venues / locations and hire shops, the majority of these activities aren't practical options for many people... falconry, golf, dog sledding, skiing, fishing, recumbent cycling, horseriding, streetluging, landyachting, sailing, bowls, potholing and loads of other activities are featured with a brief overview, nice photos and sources of further information but I don't think the book's content are well represented by the title and the cover.
Though of course I should've done a bit more research before buying 'Wild Gym' and some people with no idea of what activities they'd like to try may find this kind of book useful, it wasn't at all what I was expecting and I think this expanded list of sports / activities is pretty pointless for the majority.
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