This is a workout I put together for our sister site. It’s a perfect workout to build upper body and grip strength needed to conquer the monkey bars, rigs, rope/wall climbs and cargo nets for your obstacle course race. Plus, working out on the playground is fun!!
Needed:
Set of monkey bars
Warm-up:
Walk/jog 1 minute
20 arm circles each direction
20 straight leg lifts each leg
10 pushups
repeat 1 time
Monkey bar set (1 of each):
Forwards
Side-ways
Backwards
Hand over hand
Skipping a bar
Crawl using feet (video demonstration below)
Hanging set:
40 Pop-ups
30 hanging bicycles (video demonstration below)
20 knees to elbows
10 burpee pullups
REPEAT BOTH SETS 2 MORE TIMES!
VIDEOS:
Monkey bar “crawl”:
Hanging bicycles:
