“…As per physical activity in general, outdoor sports are associated with a range of positive health benefits. This includes general health related factors [5,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33] such as increased fitness and better cardiovascular function, as well as reduced blood pressure, obesity, resting heart rate, and a positive influence on other health markers. Those health-enhancing effects result in a reduced risk for several major diseases [12,28,32,34,35,36,37] like heart attack [35], 13 types of cancer [34], stroke, and type 2 diabetes [32].…”