Jennine Stein, the L.A.Times’ resourceful fitness writer, offers this holiday gift of four useful suggestions for those who need to move when their health club door is locked.
1. Find a beach where you can run. Running on sand is far more challenging for legs and cardio systems than running on solid ground.
2.On a sidewalk grid, quickly move
your feet in and out of the grid boxes. Get in some plyometric work by
jumping and trying to touch awnings or overhangs.
3. Find a long flight of stairs and try taking steps two at at a time going up.Walk up and down sideways or do lateral squats to
work the abductor muscles.
4. Find a park or track, and vary running
drills and intensity. Run slowly, then sprint. Walk quickly, then skip,
catching as much air as you can and lifting arms up overhead. Walk,
then do a series of one-footed and two-footed hops. Run at a moderate
pace and then do a sideways run, crossing one leg over the other, and
switching sides.
Read more from Jeannine Stein on how to work out when the gym is closed.
And if your knees no longer allow you to “hop”, “jump” or “run”?
Try a pair of adjustable dumbbells, or a single haeavy bar, or do non-weight resistant exercises, yoga stretches, ride bike or simply walk.
Did these rather simple and obvious solutions get over looked by some supposed “certified” expert?
The K.I.S.S. method still seems best.
namaste