How would you like to double the exercise and health benefits of your workouts, simply by doing two things?
Take a walk in the park or jog in a forest.
Exercising outdoors in the presence of nature is so powerfully good for you that it boosts the mental health benefits of exercise by 50%.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow studied approximately 2000 physically active people and found that those who exercised outdoors, surrounded by grass and trees had lower brain stress levels.
Further, brain responses to being around woods and forests was so positive and beneficial that it provided a nearly 50 percent improvement in people’s mental health compared to those who weren’t physically active outdoors.