Plogging The New Fitness Trend
Plogging The New Fitness Trend: We have been reading about many fitness related approaches, themes, types, categories on varieties of fitness blogs. But today let me introduce you to the top fitness trend that you might not be aware of and that is “plogging”.
Now let’s see what plogging is? a combination form of jogging and picking up things from the ground. Started as an organized activity in Sweden around 2016 and now have reached to other countries in 2018, picking up litter while jogging in groups is known as “plogging”. As a workout, it provides variation in body movements by adding bending, squatting and stretching to the main action of running.
The eco-friendly fitness craze, which could be considered a subset of “friluftsliv”, lagom or hygge is gaining a strong position in social media and making headlines across the world.
It can be done individually and as well as in groups. According to a fitness app, plogging is a more effective form of exercise than jogging.
What Plogging Means?
Plogging essentially combines jogging with picking up trash, while turning it all into a social event. The word plogging combines “plocka” and “jogga”, meaning “picking up” and “jogging” in Swedish.
Who Created Plogging Trend?
The creator of the fitness drive is said to be the 57year old Swedish person Erik Ahlstrom. Ahlstrom had the impression that there is a lot more litter on the streets of Stockholms than before after having lived in the north of Sweden.
Health Benefits of Plogging
Plogging comes with some great health benefits: Fitness app Lifesum shares that 1 hour of plogging burns 288 calories on average compared to 235 calories on average for plain old jogging, with the added benefit that participants are all together cleaning up their local communities.
As per media reports, plogging is starting to catch on in the U.S., Germany, France, Thailand and Canada. This new fitness trend is taking these countries like a storm. And if this fitness trend gets a momentum in Pakistan we will not be needing billions of budget to keep Karachi clean at least.
This can evoke the public spirit of environment friendly people and plogging should be welcomed by governments hoping to save money.
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