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| Enjoying the great outdoors during my time in the USA |
One of my favourite things is meeting people who are as
passionate about wellbeing as I am, and those who are doing inspiring things to
help others to be happy and healthy. By happy coincidence I had such a person
host me through Airbnb on my recent tour across the United States: through her
personal experience of discovering the value of a healthy lifestyle, Nashville-based
fitness fanatic Nikki is on a mission to support her fellow Americans to do the
same. Recognising the benefits of outdoor exercise for health and wellbeing,
her organisation Always
Forward Adventure Fitness (AF2) seeks to provide the information and
inspiration needed to promote widespread use of one of our best (and best
value) assets – The Great Outdoors – as a tool to boost our health and
happiness.
Inspired by this initiative and keen to share some
reflections from my own experience, I wrote a guest piece for the AF2 blog,
which you can read
here. I talk about my endeavours to stay healthy during three months of
American travel, and introduce GoodGym,
a wonderful UK example of using physical activity for wellbeing, in the hope
that we might soon see a similar initiative across the pond.
The evidence base for the benefits of outdoor activity is
rapidly growing, with Intelligent
Health being a leading source of information, evidence and innovative
interventions in the field. Founder Dr William Bird tells the story much better
than I would, so I’ll leave you in his capable hands should you wish to find
out more about this important and fascinating topic.
