Get A Gym Workout At The Park

You don’t have to be in a gym to get a gym workout. I led a great group of women this morning for an outdoor workout at one of the local parks and we were able to do just as much strength training by utilizing the equipment there. When the weather is as beautiful as it is right now… the sun is out early, there is a breeze still, and the humidity isn’t smothering… yet then it just feels great to get out of the gym for a bit.

This is where we worked out... with a gorgeou morning view of Charleston Harbor

Most cities are doing a great job of increasing the public parks and recreation to help promote outdoor fitness, so just Google your city for parks and recreation if you’re not sure where a good playground area is.

So here is what we did…

Superset circuits… each exercise superset (two exercises done back to back without rest) was done for 30 seconds, the second move of the set was also 30 seconds… after that the girls enjoyed a 30 second break before hitting it up 2 more times.

Special shout out to my mom who came out and did the workout with us! You did great and I am proud of you for sticking with it!!

The Outdoor Ungym-gym workout

Getting The Party Started…

We started off with 6 sprints… sprint for 50 yards, powerwalk back to start and sprint again… a total of 6 sprints done for time. Then we headed to be a kid at the monkey bars.

Here’s Superset #1:

1. 30 Sec Pull-ups
   

   Be A Kid Again! Play on those monkey bars! It was a lot easier when we were kids...

2. 30 Sec Walking Lunges

This particular playground is filled with bars of different heights, so girls where able to find the one perfect for them. If they couldn’t do pull-ups then I had them choose a shorter bar that with some arm effort that could jump and get their chin up and over the bar.

Superset #2:

1. 30 Sec In-out Jumps
2. 30 Sec Slow Jumping Jacks

The in-out jumps… start in a plank with bottom tight and in a nice line, feet together. Jump your feet in the middle of your hands and back out to start. Keep up the jumps for the 30 seconds.

Slow jumping jacks are great! Start in a deep squat, hands touching the ground on either side of of your feet. Jump up and out in the X part of the jumping jack and jump back down to start position. Repeat as quickly as possible.

Finally… Superset #3:

1. 30 Sec Dips off bench
2. 30 Sec Push-ups

You made it though! This is a awesome (and tough) total body workout, make sure to push yourself to do the exercises the most reps possible and with good form. Grab a friend and go out together… let me know how it goes!

The girls this morning did killer! Great motivation for me to hit the gym here in about 10 minutes to keep Project Wedding going strong!