Stand up paddle boarding is wonderful exercise that gets you out into the sunshine and water. It’s great fun and is also really good for both your physical and mental health.
Health benefits include:
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Builds your core
Balancing upright on a paddle board really gives your core and abdominal muscles a really good workout.
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Is low impact exercise
Low impact exercise means that you’re unlikely to damage your body. This makes it accessible to more people and enables people with knee or hip problems to still paddle board.
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Builds cardiovascular health
Paddle boarding reduces the risk of having a stroke or heart attack, and builds your cardiovascular health. It can also help to prevent type 2 diabetes.
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Boosts your mood and mental health
With paddle boarding, you’re really immersed in nature – lakes, oceans, seas and their surrounds. This and the therapeutic value of water boosts your mood, relieves stress and helps with anxiety and depression.
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Improves your posture
Standing upright on a gliding board does wonders for your stretching your spine and improving your posture.
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Works out your whole body
It might look easy, but maintaining your balance and stopping falling in the water requires you to use your glutes, abdominals and quads. Paddling builds up your arms, shoulders, hips and back, and the alternating movement really tones you oblique muscles. It’s a whole body workout.
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Gets you outdoors
Paddle boarding gets you outdoors in the fresh air and sunshine. Wear your sunscreen and soak up the vitamin D that boosts immunity.
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Helps prevent osteoporosis
Being on your feet is a weight-bearing exercise that can help reduce the risk of osteoporosis.