{"id":9108,"date":"2009-06-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2009-08-26T10:48:01","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T15:48:01","slug":"fun-and-exercise-at-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/fun-and-exercise-at-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun and Exercise at the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/fun-and-exercise-at-the-beach\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9144\" title=\"dad at beach\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dad-at-beach.jpg\" alt=\"dad at beach\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>When you go to the <a title=\"beach fitness\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/tips-for-beach-bound-runners\/\" target=\"_self\">beach<\/a>, odds are pretty good that you go to relax. Lay on a towel, get some sun, maybe have a snack or two &#8211; make sure it&#8217;s a healthy one! But while you are relaxing by the water, there&#8217;s nothing wrong with trying to get a little <a title=\"exercise\" href=\"http:\/\/dietsinreview.com\" target=\"_self\">exercise<\/a> in while still enjoying the sand, fresh air, and surf. I went to the beach with my kids this past week, and while we all know that there&#8217;s NOTHING relaxing about that in general, I tried to spend half of the time active. I was mostly successful, thanks to the following tricks:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write letters in the sand with your toes. I didn&#8217;t know how much work that was on your calves &#8211; it really does work!<\/li>\n<li>Running in the sand &#8211; pick a target a little bit down from your towel and run relay races with your kids. Running in the water adds further resistance and is a great lower body workout. Even walking on the unstable sand works your legs in new and challenging ways.<\/li>\n<li>A pick-up game of volleyball will get that heart rate up and help you fit in your <a title=\"cardio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/top-10-cardio-exercises\/\" target=\"_self\">cardio<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Digging a moat and building a sand castle works arms and chest in a way that you will certainly feel the next morning &#8211; I know I did!<\/li>\n<li>Many beaches rent bikes for one, two or a crowd, and some beaches rent surf boards or paddle boards &#8211; you could leave the beach more tired than when you arrived.<\/li>\n<li>Probably the most effective &#8211; <a title=\"swimming workouts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/swim-for-an-effective-total-body-workout\/\" target=\"_self\">swimming workouts<\/a>!\u00a0 Even a swim of a short distance can be an amazing workout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are some of the ways that you fit in exercise while at the beach?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you go to the beach, odds are pretty good that you go to relax. Lay on a towel, get some sun, maybe have a snack or two &#8211; make sure it&#8217;s a healthy one! But while you are relaxing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/fun-and-exercise-at-the-beach\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1057,1622,1027,1788],"class_list":["post-9108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-beach","tag-cycling","tag-swimming","tag-volleyball"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9108"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11459,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions\/11459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}