Beach Exercises
Turn the Beach Into Your Outdoor Gym With These 5 Effective Workout Ideas
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If jumping isn't your thing even on regular surfaces, you can still use the power of the beach to help improve your strength work and leave the plyo out. Every time you plant a hand or step a foot, your body receives information about the different, uneven, and supple surface it is working on. Your muscles have to work harder to do regular movements, and your core must work more to stabilize.
Walking lunges and walking planks are excellent for the entire body and, in the sand, provide a unique opportunity to strengthen the ankle and wrist joints, respectively. The same opportunity comes with combination strength and cardio moves like bear crawls and crab walks — in addition to the extra work, they engage the core through specific focus on the musculature of the abdominals and back. Here's a simple circuit to try it out: draw two lines in the sand about 15 to 25 yards apart. Set a timer and do walking planks and lunges for a minute each between the lines. Immediately begin bear crawls one direction and crab walks back for another minute. Repeat the circuit two to three times.