Spring Is In The Air!

Finally! It's getting warmer out! So what does this mean for your health? You can take your workouts outside and enjoy the sunshine!! Here are some fun workouts that you can do outside...

1. Go for a walk on a nature trail.
Walking is a great form of cardiovascular exercise. It's always relaxing and rejuvenating to go for a walk in a forest or near a lake, so find a local nature trail and get walking, running, or biking!

2. Run 1/2 mile, do 50 air squats. x3 rounds
Air squats are just like they sound. Keep your heels a little wider than shoulder width apart, toes as parallel as you can get them. As you squat down, send your hips back, ensuring that your knees stay aligned over your ankles. They should not buckle in or dip over your toes, as that will put nasty pressure on your knee joint. You should always be able to see your toes. As you stand back up, make sure you stand up all the way--straight and tall with open hips. Repeat as quickly as possible.

3. Sprint 200m, 25 push-ups. x3 rounds
Good pushups, people. No "worms". If you lack the upper body strength to do a solid push-up on your toes, drop to your knees but always maintain a long flat position with your body, pulling your core in and sending your hips up before your shoulders.

4. 3 vertical jumps, 3 squats, 3 long jumps. x5 rounds
Vertical jumps are simply jumping as high as you can from a standing position. Long jumps are another word for broad jumps, i.e. beginning in a squat stance and jumping as far forward as you can and landing in a squat stance.

5. Run a mile. Every minute, at the top of the minute, do 10 air squats.

6. 100 burpee broad jumps.
A burpee is dropping down from a standing position to a position where you are laying on the ground, belly down. To get there, you plant your hands about shoulder width apart and jump your feet back, landing on your chest. To get back up and complete the broad jump, you push down into your hands, scoot your feet flat onto the ground landing in a squat stance (heels down!) and complete a broad jump.