insideKENT Magazine Issue 62 - May 2017 | Page 133

HEALTH+WELLNESS
GET ACTIVE
OUTSIDE
by Polly Humphris
INTERESTINGLY, A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT AFTER EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT
PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY 56 PER CENT MORE FOR A GYM MEMBERSHIP. ADD TO THIS THE
USUAL LINE UP OF EXERCISE EXCUSES... “I’M TOO UNFIT”, “I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START…”
– AND YOU HAVE A PRETTY UNHEALTHY COMBINATION.
ALTHOUGH A THIRD OF THE UK DO ENOUGH EXERCISE TO BE DEEMED HEALTHY, ANOTHER
THIRD DO NOTHING AT ALL AND THE FINAL THIRD AREN’T DOING ENOUGH,
BUT, IRONICALLY, MOST PEOPLE WHEN ASKED WILL SAY THAT THEY’RE REALLY KEEN TO
GET MORE ACTIVE AND THEREFORE FITTER.
THERE’S LOADS YOU CAN DO TO KEEP FIT OUTDOORS,
WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A LIFE-AFFIRMING DOSE OF VITAMIN D, A HAPPY HIT OF ENDORPHINS,
AND, IT TURNS OUT, SAVE YOU MONEY ON EXPENSIVE GYM MEMBERSHIPS TOO.
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