8/24/16 Birthday Lift and why basic outdoor chores can be GREAT exercises!

Yesterday was my birthday and my friend came worked out with me. I always love planning a big workout on my birthday, it's a great way to work off my birthday dinner. We started off with some benching and rowing, then a circuit of lower body and core. The last circuit was a combination of full body GPP work. We used sledgehammers, wheelbarrows, tires, sleds, and sandbags.

With all the "new" techniques and fitness tricks out there, sometimes the best workouts are made up of just simple outdoor chores. Doing yard work involving digging, chopping, carrying can work the lower body, upper body, core and overall work capacity. I like to implement these kinds of movements into my client's workouts and my own. Filling a wheelbarrow and running with it, slamming a sledgehammer on a tire, or dragging a sled are great ways to push the limit of your mental toughness and endurance. These are also exercises you can do at home if you have some basic yard equipment.

There is no need for fancy tricks and tools to get a good workout. Pick some stuff up, move it, push it, drag it, hit it, and carry it...just work hard.

Get after it!

-Nick