The next time you´re in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, get on a paddle board and explore the beauty of Banderas Bay, while having fun, seeing spectacular scenery, and getting fit at the same time! Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa offers free paddle board clinics three times per week for guests ages 12 and up.
It’s no secret that your level of fitness is crucial to many aspects of life including your energy levels, stamina, weight, and physical capabilities. While the best way to increase fitness and manage weight might seem to be joining a gym, dieting rigorously, or using home fitness DVDs, you should really be considering the kinds of activities that you will find fun and stimulating. Stand up paddle boarding (SUP) is a perfect example of the kind of activity that you might consider as it’s entertaining as well as good exercise. Here’s what we love about SUP…
Tone Muscle and Lose Unwanted Pounds
There are few ways to burn so many calories, shed unwanted pounds with speed, and tone your body overall that are as fun and easy as stand up paddle boarding. For enthusiasts of this pastime, getting in a good workout is exhilarating and fun. What’s more, you’ll be toning your full body while you get some rays and enjoy the sea breeze. You’ll most likely be surprised by how effortless the whole thing feels, and how you start to feel more powerful pretty quickly. This is a great way to tone muscles and lose body fat.
Improve your Cardiovascular Health One Stroke at a Time
Believe it or not, despite being a gentle form of exercise, SUP is a really good way to up your cardiovascular fitness and endurance due to the intense full body workout, which it provides. By activating your core muscles, it helps you to burn fat and works your cardiovascular system in a gentle, but thorough way. Paddle boarding literally fights off heart disease one stroke at a time, and if there’s any better reason for taking part in an activity than an enriched and lengthened life, then we can’t think of it.
Relieve Stress
Stress is one of the main factors in many mental and physical illnesses, which really lower the quality of our lives, and this is why it’s so important that we minimize the stress in our day to day lives. Not only does SUP relieve undesirable stress by allowing for a physical release of tension, but it puts you in a relaxed and tranquil environment full of fresh air and natural light.
A Social Affair
You can also get your fill of social therapy by going paddle boarding with friends, family, or your significant other. Whether this is a leisurely paddle or a competitive race, it’s a great way to lift your spirits and have some fun together. This is also a really good way to bond with your loved ones while taking care of yourself physically and spiritually; humans are, after all, social creatures.
Get Connected
SUP offers something that few other exercises and activities can; it heightens the connection you have to, and your awareness of, your body. You see SUP requires balance and a consciousness of your own body that must be developed over time. Once you master SUP, you could further develop these skills through SUP Yoga, which combines the two disciplines and will really tone and work all your core muscles.
Join us at Garza Blanca for our paddle board clinic held every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 11:00 am. Consult our weekly program for more activities.
