Today I headed to the playground to kill it an OLD monkey bar type gym. And although I own a gym, I still prefer the outdoors. If I lived in a year round warm weather area, my gym would be constructed with no roof and all outdoor training, very much like the weight pit (the old one) at Muscle Beach where Arnold used to kill it.

Check the videos below with a mix of outdoor and indoor training.

I know they’ll hype you up and give you ideas on how to kill it and begin your very own ‘Playground Assault”

I have said it a million times and I’ll say it again. Imagine what you can do with simple things found outdoors or things you can make:

- stones

- logs

- sledge hammer work

- pull up bars / monkey bars

- playground equipment: climbing poles, picnic tables, parallel bars

- tree branches

The possibilities are endless!

Jump Rope phenom, Buddy Lee, told me how he trained with stones and logs outdoors because this is what he heard The Russians were doing, so as he prepped for the olympics in Greco Roman Wrestling, he did the same along with his high intensity jump rope training.

I know you can become a beast with Underground training.

The choice is yours my friend.

Time for you to kill it!

–Coach Z–

PS: Here’s how you can kill it, choose your weapon:

A) http://UndergroundStrengthKit.com

B) http://RussianLionFitness.com

I take you through a little trip down memory lane, through an old playground, which used to be way better than what we see in the video

More trips to come, and some, in NOT so nice places!

Look out!

Kill it!

–Coach Z–

Oh man, the weather is amazing today.

75 and sunny, no humidity, just the way I like it.

That means outdoor training for me, and if you’re
smart, you’ll do the same.

I used to take a kettlebell, sled and a sandbag with me
to the park, but lately, I just show up and do nothing
but calistehnics and various sprints and jumping movements.

Nothing is written in stone when I do these workouts, and
following a rigid routine is not for me because of
my work schedule.

I have found some amazing playgrounds behind schools that are never used. They playgrounds remind of the turner halls from the early 1900’s, where people climbed, jumped, pulled, pushed, threw med balls, used kettlebells and performed gymnastics.

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