Name: High Intensity Hill Climbing for Stress Relief
Start: 2024-11-30T13:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-11-30T15:00:00-07:00

Distance: 2 miles total
Duration: 1.5 hours
Elevation gain: 300 ft approx.
Rated: Moderate
What to Bring: Water, hat, sunglasses, sunblock, shoes with good tread.
Location: Javelina Canyon Trailhead, South Mountain, Phoenix

In this outdoor fitness experience we’ll challenge our cardiovascular and muscular systems with a hill climbing hike on a ridgeline. As we push up each hill our intensity will increase, while going downhill will offer a rest period and a chance to do a little trail running or boulder hopping, if you choose.

The autonomic nervous system operates in two states, the parasympathetic and the sympathetic. Our parasympathetic controls the body’s ability to relax and is also referred to as the “rest and digest” state. The sympathetic control’s the body’s “flight, fight, or freeze” response.

An overactive sympathetic nervous system raises your heart rate, blood pressures and puts you on high alert but engaging the parasympathetic nervous system has the opposite effect; it lowers your heart rate and blood pressure in the moment and in the long term lit lowers your resting heart rate, decreases your risk of cardiovascular disease, improves digestion, and improves sleep.

Join this experience to engage the parasympathetic state of your nervous system, release stress, and burn anxious energy.

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