Create a Park Challenge Workout

Keeping things fresh is important when working out. It's also important to keep things fun and to have a go-to workout when you're short on time or not looking forward to the scheduled workout. Spring is arriving in most places, so today, I want to introduce you to creating a park challenge workout.

A park challenge workout is designed to work in whatever park you have available, be interesting because it includes several different kinds of challenges, and be fresh enough to keep challenging you no matter how fit you are.

The goal with this workout is to include challenges for your whole body and challenge several energy systems. Shoot for a 15-20 minute challenge. *If your challenge runs too short, then just do one more circuit.

Elements of your park challenge.

Take some cones, flags, or t-shirts to mark your course.
Include
Sprint or shuttle elements (preferebly several times in the workout)
Bear Crawls
Bounding or jumping
Balance sections (use playground equipment or railroad ties if available)
Climbing/Swinging/Cliffhanging (on tree limbs or playground equipment)
Pushing/Carrying (push-ups or sandbag/rock carries)
Dips (playground equipment or bench dips)

Example course

Sprint 30 yards
Do 20 push-ups
Bear Crawl back to start
Climb over a treelimb (pull-up/muscle-up and swing legs over it) then back over
Carry Sandbag 30 yards
Bound back to start
Do 30 dips
Sprint 30 yards and Sprint return
Cliffhang down treelimb and back before climbing over the treelimb
Bear Crawl 30 yards
Carry Sandbag back to start
Do 20 push-ups/15 dips
Bound 30 yards
Sprint back to start

Ideas on how to use this:
Make your park challenge a test every month to chart progress.
Make it your Saturday workout in the park.
Make it your go-to workout when you're short on time.

Your Turn. Post your park challenge below.