Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Using an Elementary School as a Workout Location


My husband and I try to work out together as often as possible.
He pushes me; I try to keep up and everyone benefits (including Benny who likes to imitate mommy doing squats and asks to be lifted up to the pull-up bar).
The other day, we realized that making use of a neighboring elementary school playground to complete our daily workout routine would be a great idea. (We like to change out exercising venues to keep things fresh).
So we headed over to the school whose gates were open because the local little league was having softball practice.
Benny was hilariously dressed as what Paul described a "miniature grafitti artist" (I guess his outfit reminded him of former high school "tagger" friends...LOL).
We worked on arms, cardio and legs.
The arm workout was particularly fun because I had a chance to attempt climbing a pole (fail), use the monkey bars and keep working on my pull-ups.
We're kinda' sure we'll be back there soon.












En español
Mi esposo y yo hacemos lo posible por coincidir con los horarios para hacer ejercicios juntos.
Él me empuja, yo trato de alcanzarlo y todos nos beneficiamos (incluyendo Benny, que le gusta imitar a mamá haciendo sentadillas y pide que lo levantemos a la barra de ejercicios).
El otro día, pensamos que hacer uso del patio del recreo de una escuela primaria para completar nuestra rutina de ejercicios sería una gran idea. (Nos gusta cambiar de lugar para mantener las cosas frescas).
Así que nos dirigimos a la escuela, cuyas puertas estaban abiertas porque la liga de béisbol infantil estaba practicando.
Benny estaba vestido como un "artista de grafiti miniatura" (descripción de Paul que supongo hizo porque la vestimenta de Benny le recordó a amigos "tagger" que tuvo en la prepa).
En este día nos enfocamos en entrenamiento de los brazos, piernas y actividades cardiovasculares.
El entrenamiento de los brazos fue especialmente divertido porque tuve la oportunidad de intentar escalar un poste (mala idea), utilice los pasamanos y seguí intentando las dominadas (pull-ups).
Estamos casi seguros de que volveremos pronto a la escuelita esta.

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