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