Picnic Workout
If your summer has been anything like mine, you have been doing a lot of excess indulging at picnics. That is what summer is all about right? Eating, drinking, and socializing. Until you get on the scale and realize you have gained a few. With all of this extra caloric intake, one must find ways to burn extra calories to compensate. Here are a few exercises you can do using only a picnic bench.
Step ups on the picnic bench: The best butt exercise you can do. Begin with one foot planted on the picnic bench, seat part, and one foot planted on the ground. As you step up with the foot planted on the ground transfer all of your weight onto the heal and push off your heal to come up. To make this even harder try bringing your foot up on to the top of the picnic bench.
Push ups off of picnic bench/Tricep dips off of picnic bench
Squat jumps off of picnic bench: Begin by sitting on picnic bench with legs facing out, not under the table. Keeping your feet wide and hands crossed over your chest come up into a squat and add a little jump. If the jump is too much for you just do the squat. Remember to keep your shoulders back and chest high. Also it is very important to make sure that knees and toes are pointing in the same direction and that your knees do not go past your toes.
Here are just a few ideas. It is really amazing how creative you can get when need be. They say necessity is the mother of invention. So next time you are at a party and a friend and/or family member hands you a burger or hot dog, thank them for their hospitality with an exercise. Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend.
Stay Strong,
Kristi
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I think you've been spying on me! LOL I sometimes do the pushups and tri-dips on the park benches that are positioned every quarter mile or so along my walking path at the park. Particularly helpful for the days I just can't make it to the gym.
Hope you had a great 4th!
Love that! Why not get a little workout or work off some of the fun food & enjoy at the same time! Just don't get any splinters!!!
Hope you are having a great one! I know both of you need some R&R!
Ha ~ Great post, Kristi! I don't think I'll ever be able to go to a picnic again and not think about what I should be doing other than eating the picnic foods :) thanks for the ideas - love it!
I think this post is a sign that I need to plan a picnic! I've been wanting to go on one all summer.
I think I can even incorporate some of these in to my gardening workouts! Thanks Kristi, great idea! Even if you did steal it from spying on Cammy!! :-)
Hope you had a great 4th!!
The last time I jumped around on a picnic table I was a kid! This might be fun.
So cute, I love this idea! Might have to do some of this while I'm camping on the weekend :)
It's too hot for picnics here!
And the strange looks are worth it!
Man I love picnics. Great ideas here, Kristi!
Picnic bench butt lift is totally doable, I think.
I like the "exercise as a party favor" idea! Last December, one of our friends, who is a personal trainer, was discussing planks. Before you knew it, we were all on the floor trying to outdo each other on our plank times. Good times!
I love this post!
its soooo true that necessitty drives creativity!
Hey Kristi! Loving these picnic workouts. Creativity is awesome at get together's, especially when we are stuffing our faces with yummy food we shoudn't be eating!