In 1960, Finland was the first country ever that makes sport part of the nation's welfare by establishing a sports-oriented upper secondary school. This demonstrated how Finland's culture valued its residents' healthy lifestyles and level of physical activity.
The Finnish government changed its plan to boost mass participation in all sports types. They believe that inactivity in young adults is a major mess towards a healthy life. The development has been started in 1995 when the ministry of education raised the number of sports activities for children and adults to support a healthy life. In 1999, a number of activities have raised including the creation of walking and cycling routes as Finland featured by four distinctive seasons, which grants sports opportunities in the open air.
In 1960, Finland was the first country ever that makes sport part of the nation's welfare by establishing a sports-oriented upper secondary school. This demonstrated how Finland's culture valued its residents' healthy lifestyles and level of physical activity.
The Finnish government changed its plan to boost mass participation in all sports types. They believe that inactivity in young adults is a major mess towards a healthy life. The development has been started in 1995 when the ministry of education raised the number of sports activities for children and adults to support a healthy life. In 1999, a number of activities have raised including the creation of walking and cycling routes as Finland featured by four distinctive seasons, which grants sports opportunities in the open air.
Visit Finland by simple bike
There are around 72 cycling routes made by the government and several local routes that cross the whole county. Via Finlandia (596 km), Kings Road (253 km), the Great Lakes Route (458 km), coastal route (955 km), through southern Finland (360 km), and the central Finland route (312 km) are the major cycling routes in Finland. The government translated the signs and route guides into Finnish, German, and English languages. Finland offers a variety of two-wheel adventure choices, from rapid road to gravel bicycling and from city tours to bike packing. Cycling is most popular in the nicer months of spring, summer, and autumn, although it is also possible to bike in the winter for both transportation and fun. This is the perfect cycling country, with clean, pure air all around Helsinki and across the rest of the nation. Since Finland doesn't have hills or mountains, our roads are excellent for beginners.
More than 90% of people under the age of 18 engage in physical activity. Sports events take place in clubs or unofficial friendship groups. Favorite sports include floorball, ice hockey, soccer, and different gymnastic disciplines.
90% of adults exercise at least twice weekly, and more than 50% exercise at least four times weekly. People preferred activities that they can easily fit into their busy schedules, like running, going to the gym, and taking exercise classes that are offered at convenient times of the day.
Ice swimming
Extremes of heat and cold, saunas and ice swimming are considered to merge to be very healthful. But why on earth would you want to swim in icy water after being in a sauna? Your experience will be wonderful. It is difficult to describe in words; you must instead go through it. Improved immunological function, increased resilience to cold conditions, better breathing and sleeping patterns, and stress relief are all benefits of ice swimming. In Finland, many people even develop an addiction to ice swimming as a result of all these consequences.
Although swimming in cold water may seem like the last thing you'd ever want to do, there are many advantages to doing so.
1. It boosts your immune system
2. It reduces stress
3. It burns calories
4. It increases your libido
5. It improves your circulation
The majority of ice swimmers only swim for a short duration of time each day. The majority of people start with a few seconds and work their way up to 30 seconds or a minute. They might swim in a short circle before jumping out to warm up. The body adapts to the cold water with time. About 150,000 Finns enjoy ice-swimming practices each winter.
Finland has an attractive landscape to start your first ice-swimming, we recommend the following advice to start your practice:
Don’t Go Alone
Get the Right Gear
Go Slow
Build Endurance Over Time
Limit Your Time in the Water
Be Prepared for After Your Swim
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