Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy. And in today's episode, you're going to learn

about why you need to exercise outdoors. Now, last week, you learned all about all the dangers of exercising in gyms, and today

we're going to delve into the benefits of heading outdoors to work out. Okay, so let's jump

into why you need to exercise outdoors. In my podcast episode called forest bathing, sleep hacking, cell phones, and water,

the underground guide to lowering cortisol when nothing else seems to be working.

My guest, Evan Brand and I discuss the amazing research that shows how something as simple as

spending time in the trees, walking in forests, exercising on nature trails, and hiking

outdoors, exposes you to tiny particles and phytochemicals that plants release, and this, in turn,

helps decrease salivary cortisol, depression, and anger. Also, in the episode, How to Use

Cold Weather to Lose Weight, you learn that stepping outside that

constant comfort of air conditioning and heaters and instead getting frequent exposure to

temperature fluctuations like cold air, snow, rain, sun, heat, and other environmental variables

can increase your stress resilience, burn more calories, increase cardiovascular performance,

and get you fit more quickly.

I'll put a link to all of those over at quick and dirty tips.com slash get fit guy 240.

That's quick and dirty tips.com slash get fit guy 240.

Well, now a new article called Natural Environments, Ancestral Dites and Microbial

Ecology highlights research from as early as the 1960s, which shows that early life experience

with microbiota and other bacteria found in outdoor situations, along with low amounts of

environmental stress, can actually positively

influence longevity and health outcomes. The author of the paper recognizes the co-evolutionary

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