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REAL Training Take Over
Washington DC
Using the Landscape to
keep in shape!
By Samilia Anthony
It is 8:00 a.m on Saturday morning.
While most people are hitting the snooze button for the second or third time,
more than a dozen people are running the Memorial Bridge stairs
adjacent of Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway at the edge of the Potomac.
REAL Training members are running up & down, sprinting at a 45-degree
angle, push-ups up & down the stairs, backwards is always a challenge. Their
muscles are on fire, and their anguished cries and grunts pierce the quiet
streets behind the Lincoln Memorial. Still, they keep going, hustling and
expending huge amounts of energy. The lead trainer shouts "Keep It up!"
assuring them that they are almost at the top. At the summit, the group pauses
for a quad-burning set of squats on the edge while the sun completes its rise
over the city.
Has the Army started to train recruits in
Washington DC? Not likely. No, these locals are just part of the latest
exercise craze: outdoor fitness "REAL Training."
In the last few months, passionate individuals in the war against flab have
been flocking to this outdoor program from all across the city.
The program combines running and exercise
drills with a heavy load of calisthenics--sit-ups, pushups, leg lifts, squats,
you name it. Classes meet for an hour every Saturday, at the crack of dawn.
While the workouts are designed to challenge even the most fit among us, don't
let the "boot camp" moniker scare you, says Keith McLaughlin,
Siene Silva, and David Sumner founders of REAL Training.
"We incorporate athletic and military-style drills into our workouts, but we
keep the mood fun and supportive," he says. "No one's going to yell at you or
make you feel bad."
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