Jan 13, 2009 10:58 am US/Eastern
Philadelphia Magazine: Playground Workout
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Dodgeball is one of several fun playground-style workouts at the 12th Street Gym.
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If you've already broken your New Year's resolution to get fit Philadelphia Magazine says "no sweat". The January issue features playground games designed to crush those left over holiday pounds.
CBS 3's Pat Ciarrocchi reports on a fast game of dodgeball and Punk Rope.
It looks like chaos, but that's what dodgeball is all about. Add in a lot of fun and more than a dozen players and you've got a pickup game of dodgeball at the 12th Street Gym in Center City. Both men and women play and there are no holds barred.
Lenny Malcolm dropped in for a quick game.
"It stings a little bit but when you're having so much fun the sting goes away very fast," he said.
This gym class flashback is a calorie killer!
"When you're a kid you don't think about the workout that you're getting when you play a game," said 12th Street Gym fitness trainer Meghan Waldeck.
Dodgeball started at the 12th Street Gym about a year and a half ago.
"You're stopping, you're starting, you're running fast, you're throwing as hard as you can," Waldeck said.
Dodgeball sessions run for a full hour. Each game usually lasts about 7 or 8 minutes.
Punk Rope is the name of the game in another workout room of the gym. It's a tough name for a tough workout.
"It's called Punk Rope because we set the class to punk music," said Joann Fegley, a fitness trainer. "It's quick paced."
The class lasts an hour and there are fifteen minute intervals with one to 3 minutes of steady rope jumping combined with line dancing and a game of tag.
"If you can jump rope for a minute, at a pretty steady pace, it's like running a mile in 8 minutes," Fegley said.
These playground workouts are free for 12th Street Gym members.
Non-members can pay $20 for a day pass and simply drop in for Punk Rope or a fast game of dodgeball!
Related Link:
12StreetGym.com
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