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Get Inspired: How to get into adventure sports
Adventure Sports
- They are fast-paced, action-packed and perfect for those who want to take risks and test their bodies to the extreme.
- Many clubs offer free trials, and cheap hire of equipment.
- Adventure sports are fun but often very physically demanding.
- There are clubs and groups around the world with professional coaches to help you reach your maximum potential in whichever sport you choose.
- Most adventure sports offer more accessible variations for children or the disabled.
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Options Of Adventure Sports
- Skateboarding: Using ramps to pick up speed, you can learn to perform tricks.
- Mountain biking: Combinies the technical skill and endurance of cross-country and the speed of downhill racing.
- Snowboarding: Adrenaline rush of speed, learning tricks, or a gentle ascent down the slope - snowboarding offers it all.
- Surfing: Standing on the board and want to have some fun doing local competitions, find a local club or school.
- Rock climbing: physically and mentally demanding it requires strength, balance and patience in order to reach the summit using a designated route.
- Caving: it allows you to go climbing, crawling, wading and swimming all in one. It’s physically challenging and an outlet for a real explorer's spirit.
Adventure Sports
- They are fast-paced, action-packed and perfect for those who want to take risks and test their bodies to the extreme.
- Many clubs offer free trials, and cheap hire of equipment.
- Adventure sports are fun but often very physically demanding.
- There are clubs and groups around the world with professional coaches to help you reach your maximum potential in whichever sport you choose.
- Most adventure sports offer more accessible variations for children or the disabled.
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Cardio exercise
Exercise offers a whole host of benefits to health and well-being. Cardiovascular exercises aim to get your heart rate up and increase blood circulation.
Walking is a great way to get active...
Strength & resistance exercises
Resistance and strength exercises can help strengthen your muscles. This is usually done on the spot and will not make you out of breath like cardio exercises.
Instead of using tools like weights or resistance bands, you can use tins of baked beans or bags of rice.
Flexibility, balance, and mobility
Strength and flexibility routines help balance, will reduce joint pain, and reduce the risk of falls.
Yoga, pilates, and tai chi are examples of flexibility exercises.