Remember those days when you were younger and you played on the playground and got in exercise? Don't know how to take advantage of your local park areas as the place to get your exercising in? Here are some tips to take advantage of those outdoor resources that are available to us everyday.
1. Take a look around your local park and pay special attention to any hills, stairs, or flat terrain areas. Paying special attention to this will allow you to access what natural resources are available to you to make your exercises a little more challenging. (i.e- doing lunges up stairs)
2. If there are trails available consider bringing your bike with you to get a good cardio workout.
3. Some parks have exercise stations at certain points to do muscles toning exercises. If you come accross these take advantage of them. They don't require any additional equipment and you can get an excellent workout without getting bored. If the park does not have exercises stations utilize the benches and bars at the playground to do pushups, tricep dips, pullups, and etc.
4. For cardio, utilize the trees, benches, and other items and natural resources as markers for sprinting and jogging. For example, sprint from one tree to another then jog back to the first tree. Continue to do this enough times to reach your target heart rate.
Don't forget to stretch after each workout and take in the natural resources around you as the atmosphere can be an excellent stress reducer.
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