The Outdoor Exercise Advantage
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English - July 17, 2023 09:59 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsFitness Health & Fitness Nutrition fitness health highperformance mentalhealth nutrition performance physicalactivity sleeping wellness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Something about exercising in nature just makes you feel good. Hiking up a hill to enjoy forest views. Biking through the countryside. Even a walk through your community. And in fact, a new study suggests that working out in fresh air provides a special boost to your cognitive abilities – one that you won’t get if you exercise indoors.
So how does exercising outside really affect your body? Here, Medcan CEO Shaun Francis sits down with the study’s lead authors, Dr. Olav Krigolson and Katherine Boere of the University of Victoria, to understand what’s up.