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I have belonged to various gyms around Broward County for the past 12 years. They’ve each been good, in different ways, and I was fairly disciplined about going three times a week. I belonged to a gym, that is – until about two months ago. Now my fitness center is the beach, or a small part of it anyway called the Fit-Trail. Let’s just say the view is better now. Nothing like wiping the sweat from your eyes to see the Atlantic Ocean staring back at you.
The Fit-Trail is east of the South Beach parking area, a couple blocks south of Las Olas on the Fort Lauderdale beach. You’ll see it beside the basketball court, maybe a 100 yards from the sea. At first glance, the Fit-Trail just looks like a bunch of wooden posts and metal bars. That’s what it looks like, sure. What it really is, though, is a very tough workout in a very public place. So be prepared to put your ego aside for a while. I mean, honestly, how many pull-ups can you do? There are no machines here that can make you appear like Vin Diesel when you’re really Owen Wilson. Just your own body weight to heft around, baby.
The Fit-Trail has 18 stations, each offering some way or other to work one of your muscle groups. For example, there’s an overhead bar for all those pull-ups, and a very low bar for push-ups. There’s a vertical metal bar beside thick wooden posts – you balance against the bar while doing toe-raises on the posts for your calf muscles. There are benches, both flat and inclined, for sit-ups. There’s a series of 2X4 boards to leap frog, one long jump after another. None of this is easy, mind you.
Few people seem to use the Fit-Trail regularly, from what I’ve seen. It’s rare to find more than two or three other folks on the equipment. That’s fine with me. I’m not really craving an audience for this kind of workout yet. Not until I can do pull-ups like Vin Diesel.
The Fit-Trail is east of the South Beach parking area, a couple blocks south of Las Olas on the Fort Lauderdale beach. You’ll see it beside the basketball court, maybe a 100 yards from the sea. At first glance, the Fit-Trail just looks like a bunch of wooden posts and metal bars. That’s what it looks like, sure. What it really is, though, is a very tough workout in a very public place. So be prepared to put your ego aside for a while. I mean, honestly, how many pull-ups can you do? There are no machines here that can make you appear like Vin Diesel when you’re really Owen Wilson. Just your own body weight to heft around, baby.
The Fit-Trail has 18 stations, each offering some way or other to work one of your muscle groups. For example, there’s an overhead bar for all those pull-ups, and a very low bar for push-ups. There’s a vertical metal bar beside thick wooden posts – you balance against the bar while doing toe-raises on the posts for your calf muscles. There are benches, both flat and inclined, for sit-ups. There’s a series of 2X4 boards to leap frog, one long jump after another. None of this is easy, mind you.
Few people seem to use the Fit-Trail regularly, from what I’ve seen. It’s rare to find more than two or three other folks on the equipment. That’s fine with me. I’m not really craving an audience for this kind of workout yet. Not until I can do pull-ups like Vin Diesel.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 10:17 AM
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