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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/national-trust-offers-outdoor-gyms.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The National Trust has launched a month-long challenge to encourage people to get fitter" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-national-trust-offers-outdoor-gyms.jpg" alt="The National Trust has launched a month-long challenge to encourage people to get fitter"/></a></p>
<p>Britons are being urged to shed the estimated 80,000 tonnes of weight they put on over Christmas by using &#8220;outdoor gyms&#8221;.</p>
<p>The National Trust has launched a month-long challenge to encourage people to get fitter and lose excess pounds.</p>
<p>Starting on New Year&#8217;s Day, people can sign up for a 31-day plan which includes exercises such as lunges, power walking, tree press ups and &#8220;spotty dogs&#8221; (on the spot step backs).</p>
<p>With the average gym membership standing at £442 a year, the National Trust wants to inspire people to see outdoor exercise as fun rather than a chore.</p>
<p>Research has suggested that exercising outdoors rather than inside boosts wellbeing.</p>
<p>Dr Jo Barton, an exercise specialist with the University of Essex, which has carried out such research, said: &#8220;The effects of exercising outdoors in natural surroundings can be life-changing. This is because of the effect it has on your mood and levels of self-esteem. </p>
<p>&#8220;Mood is an integral component of daily life and strongly influences our feelings of happiness and how we cope with stressful situations. </p>
<p>&#8220;Exercising in nature lifts your mood and boosts your self-esteem. It also has immunising properties which helps you deal with future challenges more effectively.</p>
<p>&#8220;Research implies this is true regardless of the weather conditions, where you are, and how long you exercise outside. Even a five-minute walk outside to escape your work can re-energise you.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Outdoor Gym Challenge, which can be done anywhere, has been devised for the National Trust by the firm Eco Fitness. To follow the day-by-day plan, visit http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/outdoorgym</p>
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