Another Playground Workout ... Blanchard Elementary

Today, we visited a playground near Southeast Missouri State University-- Blanchard Elementary.

Like our standard playground interval circuit, we came up with 10 stations and worked through the circuit two full revolutions with 45 seconds of activity and 15 seconds of rest for a total of 20 minutes. 

Exercise stations included:

• (on the mat section) Duck walks and Gallop runs
• Ladder up/downs
• Climb and slide
• Climb and monkey bar swing
• Hurdles (or modified assisted cartwheels)
• Swing jumps (or modified zig zag runs)
• Climb and slide (other slide)
• Obstacle course
• (on the concrete slab) High knees, bunny hops, box corner line drills
• Jungle gym climbs (or modified squats or squat hangs)

Check out the demo by my kiddos:

My final heart rate numbers--> average of 150 bpm and max of 167 bpm. And... it was HOT today. Whew.