Is Indoor Skydiving Good Exercise?

Working out doesn’t have to be a sweaty, draining drag. If you’re looking for a fun, creative way to reach your fitness goals, it just so happens indoor skydiving is a good form of exercise.

Exercising can be so much more than pumping iron or endless hours spent running in place on a treadmill. Finding a workout you enjoy is the best way to ensure you’ve found a fitness routine you can stick with. Put the dumbbells away, it’s time to give indoor skydiving a try!

Build Strength and Stamina

Indoor skydiving is a cardiovascular activity, so after your first session, you will likely find yourself out of breath. There’s no need to fret: you just have to strengthen those flying muscles and build up your stamina.

To do so, start with shorter flight sessions. As you become more accustomed to indoor skydiving, incrementally increase your flight time and build up to longer sustained intervals of flight. Before long, you’ll notice it isn’t quite as tiring as it once was!

It can be intimidating to give a new workout a try but, in the long run, if you find something that helps improve your health and is fun to boot, it’s well worth a little discomfort at the start. Indoor skydiving is also a good choice for exercise because it is accessible whatever the weather. While you don’t have to be particularly fit to begin your high-flying journey, a level of general fitness will help you to learn and progress more quickly. 

Complementary Exercises to Get The Most Out of Indoor Skydiving

No exercise regimen should exist in a vacuum. For optimal results, it’s important to crosstrain. 

Likewise, there are several other forms of exercise that can help you improve your indoor skydiving skills. Simple bodyweight exercises like pushups, pull-ups, and crunches will build your physical fortitude which, in turn, will help you with demanding flight sessions, orientation changes, and transitions. 

Flying in the indoor wind tunnel requires you to balance your body on a column of air, using inputs from your arms and legs to maneuver around. In order to fly with stability, you’ll need to be aware of what your body is doing – which is actually a bit more challenging than it sounds. A few of our favorite complementary activities to improve your bodyflight skills, spatial awareness, and kinesthesia are swimming and yoga. 

Get Flexy and Tune Up Your Core

Flying your body in the wind tunnel is like an extended, floating stretching session, and with time, indoor skydiving can improve your flexibility and mobility. These improvements help prevent injury and allow you to recover more quickly after workouts.

Furthermore, indoor skydiving is good exercise because it engages many of your major muscle groups – particularly your core. You might not end up with shredded, six-pack abs, but you’ll definitely notice your core becoming stronger as you spend more time flying. 

Feel the Burn!

Oh, and last but not least, did we mention Indoor skydiving is a great way to burn major calories? As a matter of fact, indoor skydiving burns even more calories than jogging! 

Ready to reap the fitness benefits of indoor skydiving? Schedule your tunnel time today!