Playground workouts...

It's ironic I came to finally embrace and enjoy CrossFit after years of dreaming up my own programming for myself that was so similar in duration and intensity. I was always basically doing it in some form, but "winging it" on  my own before I knew about the worldwide community that is CrossFit.

My comp training class will take the week off after this weekend, both for the holiday and for some much-needed nervous system recovery. We'll fill our bellies, and will likely aim to get physical activity in during the week, but in much more varied, low-intensity forms (think long walks with family, yoga, swimming, stretching, etc). I know me and my family will do some form of activity or exercise at least on those days we plan to indulge a bit more than usual :) but also enjoy some rest. Otherwise, many of us train 4 days/week with our team, and probably half of us find something else to do in between during a normal week. Me? I fall somewhere in the middle, finding days that make sense with my work schedule to take it easy, other days training some of my weaknesses - double-unders, muscle ups, and handstands - and my favorite, close-to-home fallback option of PLAYGROUND WORKOUTS!

We are all too close to a playground. In fact, I'd be surprised if anyone is really that far from one these days. I'm happy they are so readily available in our neighborhoods. Our kids love that we can walk to one from our house. We have a swing set in our backyard, but those swings just aren't quite as fun as someplace different every once in a while. We also take advantage of a short walk or bike ride to the park for a picnic lunch, just for a change of scenery. Then, on other days, it's a form of exercise for them and me. For years, I've taken advantage of playground workouts in order to incorporate some fitness into the standing-around that I do while my kids are playing. Every playground provides a different set of equipment, yet all are limited only to your imagination - just like it is for the kids!

My workout today consisted of this:

Walk from home to corner of our road (it's about 30* here so I wanted to warm my legs up before running)
Run 5 mins to playground
10 pushups
20 planks and tucks (core)
20 bird-dogs
20 situps