extreme playground gymnastics

Scott Bird of the excellent Straight to the Bar blog linked to The 6 Sickest Playground Workouts You Can’t Do.

One of those that caught me eye instantly includes using safety straps on a playground bar:

… Hailing from Colombia, these kids’ workout is more a performance than a exercise. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

More videos like this posted by William Steven Santana, age-17, on the Dragonsamurai91 channel.

This is what I love about the internet. Some teenagers with a camcorder and a playground can “invent” a new sport: Arte En Barras. It’s like Parkour on a bar.

I assume they’ve studied the (very similar) travelling rings videos.

Playgrounds are fantastic outdoor “conditioning gyms”. And they are FREE.

related post: the playground I train at myself when on holiday in Mazatlán, Mexico.

1 comment so far ↓

#1 Coach S on 12.25.08 at 3:42 pm

Heh, I like how the kids in the background are completely ignoring the guy on the bar.

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