Getting in shape doesn't have to mean trading a day outside for an indoor sweat session. Our Fitness Expert Libby Norris shows us how to get fit...at the local park.
Benefits:
- Make your walk a total body workout
- Improve your body composition
- Increase your strength
- Burn more calories
Exercises:
- Lunges - on the jungle gym base
- T-Stand Push ups - behind the park bench
- Triceps Dips - on the park bench
- Monkey bar arms - monkey bars
- Slide Curls - incline on the slide
Other drills
- Hopscotch
- Sand walks
- Skipping
- Squat walks
General Points:
- Make functional time of play
- Rounds out your workout if you do some muscular exercises along with a walk in the park!
- Use your environment and enjoy the outdoors
- Fit in small bits of exercise when you can. It all adds up
- Make it a family event! It sets not a good but a great example.
