If I had a Huge Backyard….

I always thought it would be cool to own some property and then build a workout facility in my own back yard. There was this park I played at as a kid, I do not remember where but somewhere in either Colorado or Idaho (it was a long time ago). It had walking paths all over the place and then it had about a dozen stations where you could stop and do exercises.

The guys and I were working out today and right by this running path we use we saw these chin-up bars in the trees. It reminded me of that park I saw as a kid and made me think of all the possibilities it could offer to have a workout facility like this.

The School I currently teach and coach at has about 35 acres of land. Right now large sections of it are undeveloped. I have had this vision since I arrived there a few years ago of building a workout facility like this that would enable people to use the many acres for walking, biking, and running but then provide them several stations where they could stop and do some exercises that would benefit their muscular systems while they were working on their cardio training on the path. We already have an awesome outdoor workout facility that has all kinds of obstacles to go over and under for efficiency training in the hips and shoulders. This would be one of the stations for sure. We continue to add more to this workout facility each year and soon it will hopefully include some field turf to help clean the place up a bit.

I realize that many people pay their monthly dues to go to the local gym and slave away on all the machines, take the fitness classes, play some basketball and utilize all the other amenities but I wonder how many people would take advantage of being able to train outdoors?

I personally would much prefer to train outside but I also spent a major part of my working life in the gym world and to be honest got pretty tired of being in a gym.

If you know of any parks or workout stations like this send us some pictures and we can post them here on the blog. I would love to see what else is out there. With any luck maybe I will be able to build the facility like I am hoping for at the school I work at. The school would get a tremendous amount of use out of it seeing as how one of the subjects I teach is Physical Education. What a great use of your time in a P.E. class going around doing the outdoor workout circuit. I can hear all the kids moaning as I type this.