Filling playgrounds with fun, fitness and kids of all ages
The other day I was watching some indoor gym ninja videos of people working obstacles similar to the Ring Toss and I thought, “why couldn’t you do that at the park?” I have a couple gymnastics rings so I headed to the park in search of things to do with rings at the playground…
So here’s day 1:
And Day 2:
Remember the game you used to play as a kid? The floor was lava and all you had to was not touch it. I love that concept and the playground offers a great environment. Here’s another place with great don’t touch the ground potential…
So many playgrounds… so many angles and spots to prop your body between and challenge that core, grip, shoulders… heck, the whole body!
Almost every playground has some bars so here’s how I workout using just them to channel my inner monkey…
People have been using the beach for workouts for a long time so why not take advantage of the sand that’s at so many of our local playgrounds?
These aren’t just for hiding places anymore. A trip to the playground allowed me to discover a workout based around a little tube at the park…
Keeping some balance in life is important so here’s a few examples of how I use a playground for some stretching and restoration activity…
A few years ago a trip to the park to swing on the swings started it all. Now I’m a full fledged playground fitness fanatic. Today we celebrate that moment with a workout focused on and around the swings. Turns out there’s quite a lot you can do with some swings…
The first two installments were such a good workout it didn’t take long to get back out there for the third time. I was trying to get most of my ideas out there so this one is a little longer than the first two but I covered most of the exercises I was thinking of. Even though I’m sure they’ll be more down the road this will be the last (documented) dumbbell playground workout for a while.
Here’s Playground Dumbbell 2:
Here’s Playground Dumbbell:
I had such a good workout the first time it wasn’t long to get back out for a second trip to the playground with that 40lb dumbbell. I got through a bunch more stuff but I still got some ideas of how to mix in some weight to a playground workout so keep an eye out for the third installment next week.
Here’s the first video:
The Playground Ninja 