My living situation is a little unique.. I basically live at an outdoor mall. I’m good about not going overboard with the convenience of all the shops and restaurants, and I love being able to walk to coffee shops and big bookstores. It does however create potentially awkward outdoor workouts.
For example, yesterday, I did sprints along the back of the parking lot, and only got a few strange looks.
But then it occurred to me what a fantastic resource I have at my disposal.. a 6-story parking garage.. Or in other words, a whole lot of stairs and sprint straight-aways. Before you say this sounds like the stupidest idea ever, running around a parking lot, I should mention that on 2pm on a random Wednesday, the top story of a parking garage at a relatively high-end mall is pretty deserted.
So was created, Parking Garage Stair Cardio..
Run up 2 flights, jog the length of the parking lot to the stairs at the other end.
Run up 2 more flights, jog the length.
Run up last 2 flights, jog the length.
Go down 2 flights, jog… etc etc. You get the drift.
Just goes to show you can get creative with workouts anywhere!
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love it! I bet you bring "spice" to the domain!
That is a great idea! Watch out, you might start a trend!
now THAATS the way to do it!! I love outdoor workouts and utilizing what we have outside. I did this alot over the summer on a local track. I would do different things on each of the 'long' parts and then there were benches I would do all sorts of lunges and push ups! awesome job!!!
Now that is creativity!! Love it!! here is hoping that you are careful not to encumber your ability to hear what is around you. There is an old trick for enhancing awareness which I think is appropriate —–Listen behind you—– try it it works
YES, just be safe & make sure there are no weirdos around!!!!
ahahah i love the creativity here!