More and more people are taking up extreme sports, like snowboarding, skateboarding, mountain biking, and many more. Why are these sports becoming so popular?

One thing that extreme sports do better than perhaps anything else is to help you stop being afraid. It may sound strange to say that their main function is to reduce fear. But after a time, your fear response to other things in life will be dramatically reduced. After all, if you can jump out of a plane or off a bridge, then you can face anything else easily.

When doing extreme sports, you have to become more focused. You'll be pushed to your limits, and if you aren't focused you'll make dangerous mistakes. Learning to be this focused when enjoying extreme sports will help you to be focused at work, keeping you more productive and ultimately more successful.

It's great to stay fit and healthy, but standard exercise routines and sports only work the same muscles repeatedly.  With extreme sports, you'll be working entirely different muscles, and that means you get an all-over workout.

Extreme sports also burn a lot more calories than other sports. Skateboarding, for example, can burn as many as 500 calories per hour. Basketball burns around 300 in the same time.

When you find that you can overcome the physical or mental challenges involved in extreme sports, you'll feel superhuman and your self-confidence will be at an all-time high.

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