Summer and sport: why should you prefer indoor activity in the hottest season?

In summer temperatures can go extreme, making it uncomfortable and even dangerous to practice sport outdoor. However, this must not be a limit to your will to keep fit and active; indeed, indoor activity can be a great alternative to keep practicing sport in summer and disconnect for a while from your daily routine.

With the arrival of summer, the opportunities to practice physical activity outdoor multiply thanks to the good sunny weather and longer and brighter days, which make it possible to combine sport with adventure and discovery, an experience beneficial for your body, and also for your mind and spirit. A concept that has become increasingly popular over the years, to the point that today so-called active holidays are growing more and more popular for several targets of travelers, like couples, groups of friends, even families with children.

Anyway, there are moments, if not whole days, in which the heat and high temperatures can go extreme and prevent everyone from carrying out outdoor activities in serenity, especially if it’s not possible to take advantage of the milder and more pleasant temperatures of early mornings or evenings, making everything a risky undertaking rather than a pleasure. This is the right occasion to discover indoor activity and find out indoor sports facilities.

Indoor activity, the best ally to practice sport on the hottest summer days

On hot summer days, gyms and sports centers become real sanctuaries of well-being, allowing to introduce greater variety into your workouts, trying your hand at new disciplines and challenging your limits, but also to experiment alternative ways of practicing your favorite sport.

So team sports such as basketball, five-a-side football or volleyball get combined with softer yet effective activities such as yoga, pilates, cardiofitness or total body, to really offer anyone, regardless of their level of physical preparation and age, the right tools to stay fit in a pleasant and fun way, preserving safety and well-being.

In fact, all these activities can be carried out in air-conditioned environments such as gyms, sports centers (or even at home), reducing to a minimum the risks of the over-exposure to the sunlight, which is harmful to the health of your body and facial skin (sunburn is one of the main causes of melanoma, a quite common skin cancer in young adults under the age of 30) and can be cause to dehydration, strokes heat and sights damage. Practicing sport indoor can also avoid the risk of accidents due to the presence of rough and irregular terrain.

Not to mention that gyms and sports centers are usually managed by qualified personnel who guarantee the safety of the users and their equipment, as well as a certain level of training assistance, which increases if you decide to go for the services of a personal trainer or sign up for an individual course or a sports academy; this is essential to minimize the risk of injuries, especially if you are just a beginner and want to try new types of activities and workouts, or if you want to resume your usual routine after a long break from training.

Sport never goes on holiday: the benefits of indoor activity for body and mind

On the hot summer days, indoor activities offer a precious opportunity to maintain a good level of physical fitness and experience relevant mental benefits related to a regular practice of a sporting discipline, whether it be greater vitality, decreasing levels of stress and anxiety, increasing productivity and perseverance, but also make room for moments to dedicate to you and your well-being, pausing for a few hours the frenzy of what happens outside.

Advantages that nowadays you can also enjoy while traveling, since a growing number of hotels and resorts host indoor sports facilities enabling guests to maintain their training routine even during summer holidays.

If a few days (or even a few weeks) of well-deserved relaxation doesn’t absolutely affect your physical status, also from an aesthetic point of view, or your performances (indeed good rest should be key for a good training program), using heat and high temperatures as an excuse to completely give up and stop investing time and energy in your well-being is a mistake as common as potentially harmful. This occurs because changing your habits for too long can bring to a lack of motivation, and the switch from a hard-working routine to a lazy one, making it increasingly difficult to comeback.

Maintaining your fitness goals even in summer, practicing indoor activities and testing your physical limits by introducing variety into your usual training routine, can in fact contribute to improving your own self-perception (this can certainly be useful in the summer, when everybody expose their skin and physical shape more, making the thought of wearing a bikini even scary) and therefore keeping motivation up to continue invest in your well-being; this, combined with good discipline and consistency, is the secret to always stay fit.

At the same time, the more you feel good in your body, the more you are prone to make healthy choices also for what concerns food. This does not mean giving up on delighting your palate with delicious typical dishes of the place you visit, but simply preferring fresh, balanced and seasonal foods, such as complete bowls and cold rice or pasta salads.

Not to mention that, getting and maintaining a lively and toned body, whether through individual or group training, allows seize all the opportunities offered by the summer period, whether it is exploring the nature and the land surrounding the hotel or the resort on board a mountain bike, or dive into the depths of the sea with a mask and snorkel.

Furthermore, even taking a more holistic perspective, staying active on a regular weekly basis helps stimulate the production of valuable neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and dopamine, which are key for good mood and feeling a general sense of well-being, thus maximizing the travel experience and ground yourself to the present, especially if you also integrate mindfulness practices into your routine, such as meditation or journaling, very useful to reduce stress, improve awareness and promote a deeper connection within yourself and what’s around you.

Enjoying all the benefits of an active holiday without risking suffering under the scorching sunlight is now possible at the Sport Academy Center by Forte Village, the most awarded five-star resort in Sardinia, which has always combined sport, with its wide range of excellent sports academies for both adults and children, and relaxation, boasting the Acquaforte Thalasso & Spa, a paradise for well-being with a vast offer of treatments to relax your body and regenerate your mind). Let’s check out its greatest strengths.

Sport Academy Center, the paradise for indoor activity and more by Forte Village

Boxing, dance, table tennis, climbing and fencing, these are just some of the indoor sports activities hosted within the Sport Academy Center, the indoor academy by Forte Village dedicated to those who wish to try new sports and improve their skills, keep fit and have fun in a safe, fresh and stimulating environment even on summer holidays. At the same time, it’s a good occasion to take advantage of personalized training sessions, receive useful advice to improve technique both in team and individual sports, and enjoy the extraordinary opportunity to meet and play with many international legends of different disciplines.

Thus, the Buglioni Boxing Academy allows adults and children to learn the secrets of boxing directly from the international champion Frank Buglioni, born in 1989, known as The Wise Guy, and holder of the WBA Inter-Continental Super Medium Weights title in 2015 and British Light Heavyweight Champion from 2016 to 2018, who this year is a guest at the exclusive resort in Santa Margherita di Pula from July 20 up to August 3.

The prestigious Fencing Academy will instead have the honor of hosting two prominent names in fencing, such as the multiple champion Valentina Vezzali, the sixth athlete in the world to have won three Olympic gold medals in a single individual specialty and the fifth to win five consecutive medals between Atlanta 1996 and London 2012, and the three-time champion Stefano Pantano, who will both teach at the Sport Academy Center – respectively, from August 4 to 11 and from August 17 to 24 – the secrets and best techniques of the discipline for both beginners and experienced fencers; the best opportunity to learn how to defeat any opponent on a duel!

At the same time, the Sport Academy Center also offers the possibility of training your mind with an AI LAB based on the use of artificial intelligence to support children and teenagers with homework. Honorable mention also goes to the innovative DJ Academy, which from May 27 to September 6 will allow guests to become expert DJs teaching them the basics of this fascinating profession, from mixing techniques and sound sampling to the tracks editing.

Don’t miss your chance to become a real magician with the Marvin’s Magic Academy, the service by Forte Village (the first academy of this kind hosted within a holiday Resort) created in collaboration with Marvin’s Magic, a leading company in the field of magic products and shows, after the brilliant idea of the great illusionist Marvin Berglas, one of the best in the world, who will be a guest at the Forte Village in the week August 24 to 31. The best opportunity to learn the secrets of the most surprising magic games, including card tricks, coin magic tricks and even mind reading!

For further information or for booking a course or a lesson at the Academy, please phone call to the number +390709218818 or write an email to holiday@fortevillage.com.

Do you want to test yourself with entertaining indoor activities and experience a dream holiday in a true paradise? Discover the Forte Village Resort in Sardinia