Hiking and its health benefits

Hiking is an activity that has become very popular in recent years, and there are many reasons why more and more people are taking it up every year:

It's an activity that's easily adaptable to all ages and all levels of effort, as there are hundreds of routes. From the simplest, shortest, and most level-free routes, suitable for the youngest children, to the most complex ones for mountaineering experts with excellent physical abilities, which require several days of hiking, with significant elevation gains and other added challenges.

Plus, it can be practiced with family, friends, or even solo, so since it's not a competitive sport, we just have to push ourselves.

For all these reasons, it's a sport we highly recommend to anyone who visits our hotel and decides to explore the spectacular natural landscapes that surround us.

We have the advantage of being located in a privileged setting, so it's worth making the most of your vacation time at our hotel and taking part in one of the hiking trips we organize to enjoy the scenery and de-stress.

It's a sport that doesn't require any specific physical demands . Instead, we can start by setting simple goals and gradually increase the difficulty. Above all, it's important to be realistic and not push ourselves too hard, especially if we don't exercise regularly or have some kind of respiratory or cardiovascular problem.

It is also recommended to start at a gentle pace and then pick up the pace a little once you feel your muscles are active and warmed up.

Today we wanted to talk about hiking and its health benefits. It's not as flashy a sport as rafting, but it's also very stimulating, and its benefits are evident. It helps us increase our lung capacity and endurance, and, since it's an aerobic sport, it helps us lose weight.

On the other hand, it is an exercise that, when performed well, helps relieve tension and reduce back and neck pain.

Practicing this sport not only improves our physical condition, but it's also an infallible "antidepressant." While hiking outdoors, we'll breathe fresh air (which is so lacking for those of us who live in cities surrounded by pollution, traffic, noise, and so on) and enjoy a landscape that will make us forget about stress, work pressure, and the daily grind.

It's a sport that really opens the mind, and if we do it with organized groups, it will also allow us to meet new people and socialize.

All this physical and psychological well-being that we achieve by hiking logically affects our level of satisfaction and happiness.

If we add to this the fact that it's a cheap and austere sport... What more reasons do you need to start your hiking route through Sort?