History:
– In 19th-century Germany, Turnplatz were promoted for gymnastics by Friedrich Jahn and the Turners movement.
– After WW2, individualistic physical activities like jogging gained popularity due to decreased daily exercise.
– The Royal Canadian Air Force Exercise Plans and books like “Aerobics” by Kenneth Cooper helped modern fitness culture.
– Running booms in the 1970s led to the development of outdoor fitness trails in the USA and Europe.
– Outdoor fitness boot camps emerged in Australia, the US, the UK, and Canada in the 1990s.
See also:
– Calisthenics, exercise trends, freerunning, and parkour are related to outdoor fitness.
– The history of physical training and fitness is connected to the evolution of outdoor fitness.
– Outdoor recreation is a broader category that includes outdoor fitness activities.
References:
– The popularity of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s calisthenics program in the late 1950s contributed to the modern fitness movement.
– Outdoor fitness classes led by trainers became popular in the 21st century.
– Street workouts have gained popularity globally since 2011.
– Outdoor gyms have proliferated due to the trend towards outdoor fitness.
– Organized events like Parkruns and Tough Mudder have seen growing participation.
Further reading:
– “Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness” and “Outdoor Fitness Flexibility” are books that discuss functional exercise and flexibility training in nature.
External links:
– The Royal Parks provide a code of conduct for outdoor fitness training.
Outdoor fitness consists of exercise undertaken outside a building for the purpose of improving physical fitness. It contrasts with exercise undertaken inside a gym or health club for the same purpose. The activity may be undertaken in a park, in the wilderness, or other outdoor location. The popularity of outdoor fitness grew rapidly in the second-half of the twentieth century and grew as a commercial consumer market in the twenty-first century.
