With gyms still closed and people still reluctant to attend, even when they do open, it's high time we made the most of our exercise, in our wonderful local park.
Try one of the following, for a fun, effective and different way of training:
SPRINTS
Perform a thorough warm up.
Choose a start and finish point, either on grass or a path, approx 30-60m apart.
Sprint from start to finish, as hard as you can.
Rest from 60-180 seconds between sprints.
Perform 6-20 sprints (depending on ability).
Walk, stretch and perform gentle movements to cool down.
CIRCUIT
Perform a thorough warm up
Perform the following exercises for 8-20 reps (depending on ability).
Squat, lunge, press up, toe-touch crunches.
Run approx 100m at 80% effort.
Rest 2 mins.
Repeat 3-10 times (depending on ability).
FARTLEK/INTERVALS
Choose a route that creates a lap.
Divide the lap into rough quarters using landmarks (e.g. tree, gate, bridge).
Sprint the first quarter.
Power walk the second quarter.
Run the third quarter.
Walk the fourth quarter (Slowly - recover!)
Continue for 10-30mins (depending on ability).
