‘Rucking’ involves adding weight to a backpack while walking or hiking.
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Hiking has seen a sharp increase in popularity since the start of the pandemic.
Two planters added to bare front gardens had as much benefit as eight weekly mindfulness sessions.
Proponents of ecotherapy say getting back to nature can improve our mental health, wellbeing, and self-esteem.
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, University of Essex
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Wellbeing Postdoctoral Fellow with the Royal Horticultural Society, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Performance Analysis of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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