Outdor Workouts

13 Best Outdoor Workouts

Practice Your Serve Grab a pal for a game of tennis.

• *Calories Blasted Per Hour: 544
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: The svelte, sexy arms, shoulders, and back muscles of a pro player.

*Calorie burn based on a 150-pound person

Spike Your Fat Burn Play beach volleyball with the family.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 544
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: Every serve and spike helps tone your arms, abs, legs, and chest.

Sneak in Freestyle Fitness Swim laps while the kids splash each other.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 476
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: Talk about a total-body workout! Swimming strengthens your chest, back, arms, abs, legs, and shoulders.

Pedal off the Pounds Go for a bike ride.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 476
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: Power up each hill to help tighten and tone your legs, hips, and butt.

Batter Up! Join the office softball game.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 340
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: You don't have to be on the winning team to still work your chest, arms, legs, abs, shoulders, and back.

Hit the Trails Take a hike in the woods.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 442
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: You'll build strong, lovely legs as you soak up nature's beauty.

Float Your Boat Paddle off on a canoeing excursion.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 340
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: The resistance of paddling through water helps eliminate arm flab and strengthen your back.

Get Tee'd Off Play golf (and carry your own clubs!).

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 306
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: With each swing, you work your arms, abs, back, and shoulders.

Dig In, Get Dirty Finally catch up on your gardening.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 306
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: All the bending and twisting required to plant and weed works your core from every angle.

Saddle Up! Go horseback riding.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 272
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: Gripping the saddle gives your inner thighs and butt an incredible workout.

Window Shop Stroll around town.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 238
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: It may not feel like exercise, but walking around the mall or your neighborhood tones your calves and works your glutes. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes!

Become a Disc Diva Throw a Frisbee.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 204
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: Tossing the Frisbee gives chest, arms, shoulders, abs, and legs a great workout.

Bring Out Your Inner Explorer Learn to sail.

• Calories Blasted Per Hour: 204
  
  
• Bonus Benefit: Sailing works your sea legs--and arms, shoulders, and abs.

Cheers,

Eve :-)