Crossfit-style workout on vacation with no equipment!

As some of you may know, we are currently in my home town Singapore on vacation! We are here to celebrate Eid (Suikerfeest in Dutch) and we have been having a blast so far! Vacation and celebrations always means family, food, food and more food ;)

Being on vacation also means that our workout schedules get haywire!! So while we do enjoy our time here, i do try to squeeze in some sort of physical activity, even if it's just a swim, a walk or a jog.

Just 5 mins from my family home where we are staying there is a small park/playground with some exercise equipment. My husband needed some pull up bars for his workout so we headed there.

For me, before heading there i just googled 'crossfit workout without equipment' and got a whole list of suggestions on what to do. Here's a workout i came up with!

2 Rounds, each for time of
50 Air Squats
25 Bench dips
25 Burpees
Rest 3 min in between

Warm up was a slow 5 min jog from home to the playground

Do you even squat?! haha

My time was 5:02 min for the first round and 5:58 for the 2nd round. I actually wanted to do 3 rounds, but i was just wayyyy too beat! Haha. Taking into account that i was still fasting and dealing with 32 degree heat and crazy humidity, i was still mighty proud of myself for completing 2 rounds.

We both were done in like 25 mins and then walked slowly back for another awesome meal at home ;)

Going to get another workout (or two) done this week! I might also head to a box of a friend of mine to get a good workout in :)

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