Strength Workout

Confluence Park Circuit

I’ve never liked the gym. It’s usually stuffy, foul-smelling and brimming with ego. I had a workout to do today but I wanted to be outside. I jogged down to Confluence park for a  hill and strength workout today. After the 15 minute warm-up I ran under the 15th street bridge for some pull ups on the bike ramp. The circuit continued with a run across the bridge over the South Platte River to the main hill in the park where I did high knee and bounding exercises interspersed by sets of push ups on one of the flower planters along the path. Another run across the Cherry Creek bridge and back under 15th Street brought me to the main green where I did some side shuffles and grapevines. Now my heart was really pumping. Some step up knee lifts and more push ups followed by a run up another hill where I finished with some planks and push ups wrapped up the workout and left me with an easy run back to the house. These workouts will be more common over the next few weeks, the goal being to stabilize my core and add power to my legs. Finding a way to do this outside under the sun and sky makes it much more enjoyable.