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Sand Running: A Great Way to Stay Healthy!

Take care of your body while you enjoy sun and the environment at the beach. If it sounds interesting to you, then sand running is just what Mr. Fat Loss suggests you should think about. Sand running can help to keep your body fit, build your muscles, and improve your body’s endurance. Since sand is soft, sand running strengthens your ankles greatly and adds to the strength of your legs, especially below the knees.

Sand running is an ideal exercise for your lower legs. Sand is difficult to run on due to the stabilizing muscles at the ankle, knees and hips working overtime. Hence running on sand requires more energy to be spent by your body than running on a flat hard surface. This enables your body to use more calories and burn fat faster than many other types of cardio machines. In fact, experts believe that sand running can burn 1.6 times the number of calories that running on a flat surface would.

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Some Instructions about Sand Running

The nature of the sand that you are running on can be wet and hard or soft and dry. Good running shoes are the best for sand running. However, running bare feet on sand is considered to be the best option. It reduces the restrictions that your shoes will impose on your ankles and feet. This will provide them with more space for motion, and hence better development of the muscles. However, in today’s current state of cleanliness, a highly manicured beach is recommended to avoid cuts to the feet or risk infection

To start with, practice running on wet and hard sand. Once you get accustomed to the feel of it, try to shift to the dryer and looser sand. Increase the time span of your run. You may start with a 20 minute work out on the wet sand. Gradually increase it by 5 minutes as you progress towards the dryer, softer parts of the beach sand.

Another way to go for it is taking turns at running on wet and dry sand. Warm up by jogging on the wet and harder sand for around ten minutes as a starter. Then shift to the dry sand. Run hard for about a minute on this softer sand. Once you are done with it, get back on the wet sand again and run at a slower pace for about a minute. Repeat this for required reps or duration of time. Later on, go through a cool down and flexibility session for about 10 minutes stretching the muscles of the lower body at a minimum.

Even though sand running can produce great results, it is very important to be careful and prepare gradually your workout variables so you can reduce or eliminate injuries to yourself. It’s very easy to strain your calves and Achilles tendons if proper preparation to include warming up and cooling down is not taken. On the whole, a workout in sand running at the beach can prove to be very beneficial for your health and fitness, and also give you a great time on the beach!

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