Awesome abs workout!

[Maena]

So I went for a walk with my boyfriend last night and we ended up at a little playground not far from home, where we sat down on the swings. Before I knew it, I'd been swinging vigorously for a half an hour while we reminisced about swings when we were kids (jumping off them, the "underdog", the dream of someday making it around the top bar, etc.). Well, I started to notice that I was giving my abs quite a workout! In fact, I started playing around with holding my body in different positions through the swing, and forcing various muscles to actually do the work, and there's some great opportunity there for isolation work - I woke up this morning and can feel it in both my upper and lower abs, my upper back, my arms (both biceps and triceps) and my quads (from leg pumping).

Seriously, go try it - it's fun!

[Egyptdancer]

Glad you had fun on the swings!!!
Sounds like fun!
I do something kind of like that while on a plane or in the car.
I position my seat back slightly,
and sit up straight- but a little reclined back (still sitting straight)
you get a good ab workout in when
you are forced to contract your abs to keep your posture
as the car/plane is taking off.
Sounds silly. . .but try it!!

[Lauren_]

I LOVE swinging!!

[AngelaDiCaprio]

I love to catapult off swings. When at the right height and velocity I take the leap flying through the air ten to twelve feet. It scares me all the time but I'm addicted to the feeling of flying....

[je_ateek]

I never did when I was little, but now I get vertigo when I try to swing. :(

[shimarella]

Some of the aerial conditioning work I was taught to do by my trapeze and fabric teachers involved drills you could do on swings ( very hard!!) and on the monkey bars!