For your next workout, personal trainer Jim Post wants you to take a page from your child 's playbook.
Actually, he wants you to visit their playground.
There -- among the climbers, slides and swingsets -- you 'll find endless opportunities for staying in great all-around shape, Post says.
Keeping fit naturally, outside and with nothing fancy in terms of equipment is the philosophy behind Post 's new Wisconsin Union mini-course offering: "The Playground Workout. "
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Even those without a lot of time for a workout can use Post 's playground ideas.
"A workout like this does not have to be long to benefit from it, " he says. "Even 15 minutes would be enough to work up a sweat and get the blood pumping."
And if you hit the playground with kids in tow, the workout is great because there 's plenty they can do right along with you. Even a simple game of tag can count toward the running portion of the workout -- and climbing, too, if you 're going up and down trying to avoid being "IT," for example.
"Any playground with a metal swingset and sand, picnic tables and maybe a carousel will work just fine, " he says. "The more stuff to play on, the more you can use your imagination to make a boring exercise into something new and challenging. "
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