Welcome to the Get Fit Guys, quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield, and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

Last week, I taught you how to exercise in a small space, like a bedroom, dorm room, basement, or hotel room.

And now, today, we're going to expand out into

your driveway, which you may have always thought of as a place to simply stand and open your mail,

park your car, or push a kid around on a bike. But in fact, it's also a convenient miniature outdoor

gym you can use for, oh, so much more. Now, two days ago, I was at home,

and as I surveyed my garage and home gym collection of dumbbells, kettlebells, barbells, and a treadmill,

I realized I was a bit bored. I didn't feel like lifting weights or doing a formal exercise

session. And then I looked over at the pile of sporting equipment

in the garage, tennis rackets, basketball, soccer ball, lacrosse sticks, skateboards, and more.

And I thought, these toys looked like far more fun. The question is, how could I actually get

fit in my driveway using these items? What I came up with was a fun driveway workout that allowed me to play

sports, challenge my brain, my body, and coordination, and get a refreshing break from a standard

ho-hum suffer fest workout routine. So here's what I did, alternating through as many rounds as I could

for 30 minutes. Now, if you have trouble remembering this as I describe it,

you can always go grab it over at quick and dirty tips.com and just hit the show notes for

episode number 250. So I started with 60 seconds of jumping rope with both feet, then 60 seconds of

jumping rope with alternating feet. And then 30 tennis ball

hits against the garage door, alternating from forehand to backhand and shuffling side to side

between each. Next, I did 30 rapid fire volleys against the garage door, again alternating from

forehand to backhand and again shuffling from

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