Keeping things basic

Keeping things basic

Training outside in nature you can keep things really basic. You don’t need a gym or any work-out machines, you don’t need expensive gear, there are no fees to be paid, you don’t have to worry about wearing the same style as everybody else. Nature allows us to keep things really simple. All you need is light clothing, light shoes if you´re not going barefoot and maybe a light backpack or beltbag for a bottle of clear water if you expect to be out for a longer period of time.

Nature provides us with everything we need to have a good work-out. You can walk, skip jump, run distance, do interval-training, you can climb trees, do pull-ups on branches or balance across them, you can leap from rock to rock, crawl through the grass and a lot more. Best of all, whatever you do you are tuning your body into nature and can connect to mother earth and to your own centre at the same time.

I find it a lot better for my body-feeling to wear clothes made of natural fibres like cotton. My breathing is better and I don’t overheat. My minimized shoes are made of high-tech materials and if it’s cold and rainy I wear high-tech protection on top of my cotton. Many people prefer high-tech on their skin because transpiration is transported off easily, I just don’t get on with it.

Also I recommend leaving your mobile phone at home or in the car. Or if you do take it with you, turn sound and vibration off and just don’t pay any attention to it until you are back home. I must admit that I do sometimes take mine with me to use it for GPS-tracking when I am training long distance or speed, just so that I have an objective record of what I manage. But I switch the voice-coach off and just have it in my pocket until I´m finished.

Enjoy exercising!  wild-horse