Our neighborhood gym

Many of you have been asking what we do for exercise. Welcome to muscle beach 🙂

Most complexes have at least one muscle beach on their premises. Ours has 3! They all tend to have the same equipment, and are very popular places to congregate (kind of like the WOT back home). Let us give you a tour…

We end up using most of the equipment for exercises other than their original purpose.

Row machine

i.e. the dip bars become a row machine

The ab machine becomes...

The ab machine becomes…

a bicep curl and shoulder press machine.

a bicep curl and shoulder press machine.

Then there are the “adult playground”? machines…

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These are a local favorite

These are a local favorite

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Then there are the “use the space you’ve got” exercises…

i.e. squats and wall-sits

i.e. squats and wall-sits

push ups

push ups

Ab slide

Ab slide

Stair climber

Stair climber…Kristen climbs all 25 flights of stairs 5 times…takes her 45min! I tried one time and almost vomited at the top…not kidding! She’s a beast 😉 

Needless to say we miss our routine back in Texas, but we are making it work here!!!