LISTEN, WE APPRECIATE the vital role that the gym plays as much as anyone, but there comes a time when we just can’t muster the will to pack the same old bag with the usual gear and trudge up past the dreaded motivational posters.
It’s your day off, but you feel the need to work out – good on you – so why not just keep active rather than slogging it our at the gym?
Here’s why you should be taking your workout on a road trip today.
Ugh, the HEAT
It’s mid April, summer’s here!
Or at least as good a summer as we’re liable to get. So get yourself outside while the outdoors are a habitable temperature and it’s too ‘close’ to be putting an effort in indoors.
No pressure
Outside, there’ll be much less chance of people getting uncomfortably close and silently sneering at your carefully thought out routine.
Room to manoeuvre
Yep, you can whirl around like Julie Andrews, jump up and down wherever you damn please or try to copy whatever this young girl is up to.
A break from the intimidation of bigger boys lifting bigger weights
Need help with that 10 kg, Dan?
And the never-ending grunting
Noxious odours v Fresh air
Did we mention the heat? Well it’s a recipe for some serious sweat to pump if you’re cooped up in the gym. Get out of town, take your time to work up a sweat and chill out the old fashioned way.
The view isn’t usually very inspiring
Beauty spots make hiking in Ireland awesome!
Need weights to make it feel worthwhile? Pack a hefty lunch into your backpack and you’ve got yourself a picnic
What could possible go wrong?
