Outdoor Workouts & Playground Exercises
by Joey Atlas
Here is your Fitness Success: Tip Of The Week - # 4:
Outdoor Workouts/Playground Exercises -
I train most of my clients at The Joey Atlas Studio in Ponte
Vedra, Florida. For the past several years I've been doing one
or two of my own outdoor workouts on a playground.
Yes, you read that right, on a playground built for kids to play
on. In 2006 I started taking some of my clients out of the
fitness studio and began introducing them to some of these fun &
effective playground workouts. Every single one of them has LOVED
these training sessions. At first thought one might think, "Work
out on the playground? How are we going to do that?"
And after one workout they are crazy about how awesome it is to
do this type of workout. The exercises are endless. There are so
many variations of push ups, chin ups, dips, sit ups, step ups,
agility drills that the workouts can be modified for
de-conditioned new beginners or structured to be challenging for
even the most 'seasoned fitness veterans'.
Occasionally, I'll add in some rubber band or medicine ball
exercises for more variety and mind/muscle stimulation.
Take a look around your neighborhood, find a playground and go
do some simple exercises - use your imagination, you'll love
it. If you can't figure out what to do - just stay tuned. We will
be adding the Ultimate Playground Workout to this site in the near future.
Some of the benefits of this kind of workout are: 1 - You don't need a gym or health club - it removes one of the
biggest excuses for missing workouts, because even if you travel
you can always find a playground. 2 - If you have kids - you can show them by example how a
playground can be fun for everybody while teaching them the valuable
lesson of taking care of your fitness as a parent who wants to be
around to see the kids grow up. 3 - If you are a trainer - adding outdoor/playground workouts to
your 'toolbox' will make you a better trainer who stands out from
the rest - resulting in more referrals and a better business.
Don't Be Like Everybody Else... Be Fit ! Joey Atlas - The Fitness Shaman
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