Anyone do bleacher/stadium workouts?

[lindsaybethhh]

I've decided to start doing my workouts at the local high school football field, since I've been looking for a way to get active that isn't just walking/running through the neighborhood or using a machine at the gym, and for something that doesn't involve the pool (I've been lap swimming 2-3 times per week as well). I was looking some stuff up, and decided to give a stadium/bleacher workout a try, and it was pretty fun!

Does anyone else on here get workouts in at a local stadium/field? Also, what would I log it as...? For example, I did a jogging lap on the track then did bleacher "laps" (running up and down the stairs), with strength exercises between laps of the bleachers (tricep dips, squats, lunges, planks, situps, etc.). I was thinking circuit training, since it's kind of a circuit, but I'm not too sure.

[Heybales]

You got it close with circuit training.

That expects rests of 30-60 sec max, reps 15-20 and it's difficult.

So depends if body weight is difficult in that rep range, now or in future.

It may turn in to circuit training light version, with that much extra cardio.

It is a good workout though, that's for sure. Careful if just starting out, that's rather intense too.

I'll bet in 3 months you'll be out there with a parachute sprinting up the field!

[TPayne]

I am just starting out with the surge.  I don't have a stairclimber but I do have stairs.  I do 40 flights in the morning.   I tried logging the activity as a walk, but the gps really goes crazy in the house.  Should I give up on trying to log this as an activity and just let the surge log the floors?

[Heybales]

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@TPayne wrote:

I am just starting out with the surge.  I don't have a stairclimber but I do have stairs.  I do 40 flights in the morning.   I tried logging the activity as a walk, but the gps really goes crazy in the house.  Should I give up on trying to log this as an activity and just let the surge log the floors?

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Log it as a workout so the GPS isn't used, just the HR-based calorie burn will be.

Should be as accurate as any other cardio workout. Meaning your mileage may vary.

Floors don't count towards calorie burn math anyway, so that's just personal motivation goal.

You starting it as a workout just enables per second logging, and the means of seeing the stats by themselves for that block of time - rather than being buried in the daily stats.

Makes it much easier to compare performance down the road when you review these current records.