Malin Malle Jansson is a street workout athlete and a certified health coach. Having practiced the sport for just over two years, today the 25-year-old from Uppsala, Sweden, has a following of over 150,000 people on Instagram that watch her workout videos and challenges daily. Street workout is a very social sport with a strong community, especially online.
”I feel like a different person today compared to two years ago before I started doing street workout, both physically and mentally. This is my thing. A lot of it is scary, but I have the mindset to take on challenges and try new things.”
Street workout originated in Ancient Greece, but has grown into a popular movement in Russia, Eastern Europe and the United States. Today, people practice the sport all over the world.
Street workout consists of bodyweight workouts done inside or in outdoor parks. When new challenges are posted online by athletes the rest of the community try them out. Malin tells us she spends some time every day looking at YouTube clips to get inspired and learn new exercises.
”I do physical workouts maybe three hours per day, and then there’s two hours planning what exercises to do and film. Street workout is somewhat of an online sport. There are so many clips you can find online and learn from.”
The first World Championship was arranged in Riga, Latvia in 2011. Today, there are several global street workout competitions. In Sweden so far, the competing team only consists of about 20 people, 15 men and 5 women. Malin has been to Finland to compete twice.
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