Goodness of Hiking

Goodness of Hiking

According to Good Hiker . Com (available at http://www.goodhiker.com/2011/05/25/health-benefits-hiking/) kids get many benefits from hiking, amongst others:

• Improved cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness;
• Better bone health;
• Less chance of becoming overweight;
• Less chance of developing risk factors for heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes;
• Possibly reduced risk of depression and feeling less stress, more ready to learn in school; and
• Sleeping better at night.

As part of our military style training, our students regularly go on hiking trips.