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More people are choosing outdoor fitness options and spaces, and with good reason. Consider the following ways exercising outside boosts your health and wellbeing:


Increase happiness. Fitting in an outdoor workout can make you feel more energized, happier, and less tired than doing the same routine in the gym.¹

Brain boost. Just five minutes outdoors is all it takes for our brain to start thinking differently and for us to experience a more relaxed disposition. Exercising outdoors improves psychological wellbeing more than exercising indoors.²

Develop social connections. Spending time exercising outside also boosts your creativity, inspiration, and for employees, social connections at work.³

A shot of Vitamin D. The average person spends 93% of their life indoors.⁴ That much time indoors can lead to a Vitamin D deficiency. Our exposure to sunshine while exercising outdoors increases Vitamin D production, which improves sleep, strengthens immunity, fights off depression, and reduces stress and inflammation.⁵

Why outdoor fitness is here to stay
Considering these health benefits, it makes sense that outdoor fitness is here to stay. 

In fact, in a recent industry survey, participants were asked: In which sports/physical activity categories do you expect participation to rise in 2021 compared with pre-COVID-19?

Of the 12 categories listed as options, 84% of survey participants selected outdoor activity as their number one choice.⁶

As we emerge from the pandemic, finding ways to engage more people in fitness and wellbeing—and to help them feel included and cared for—has never been more important to leading organizations.

As a result, we’ve collaborated with BeaverFit to offer new ways to bring fitness outdoors. We’re leveraging the strength of our people and programming with BeaverFit’s open-air fitness facilities – the result is a unique opportunity for us to engage more people, in more ways.

Together, we can offer the first open-air fitness solution for organizational leaders looking to take fitness outdoors!

Scalable solutions for all environments
In this open-air fitness solution, BeaverFit will design and build standalone, state-of-the-art, open-air fitness facilities for organizations, and HealthFitness and our team of professionals will deliver diverse and engaging programming, account management and marketing promotion.

To best meet your needs our solutions come with scalable options to choose from. We will work with you to pair a pavilion and or trailer option with a program bundle to best meet your budget and overall program outcome objectives.

• The fitness pavilion. Three options: Capacity for 30, 40 and 50 people
• The Beyond Trailer. Two options: Equipped for 30 and 60 people
• Programming. Two options: Schedules for 5 or 7 days

 

With the appropriate health-related degrees from accredited universities, our professional HealthFitness staff are carefully selected to match your needs. Programming by HealthFitness professionals includes group fitness, personal training, wellness education and more.

Learn more!
Today’s leaders are more aware than ever of how crucial the health of their people is to the health of their organizations. Connect with us to learn more about the open-air fitness solution.

 
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3710158/

2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21291246/
3. https://hbr.org/2017/06/why-you-should-tell-your-team-to-take-a-break-and-go-outside
4. https://www.epa.gov/report-environment/indoor-air-quality
5. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/benefits-of-sunlight#health-benefits
6. https://wfsgi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sporting-Goods-2021.pdf