GALLERY: Free Oceanside Workouts Challenge All

Some 60 individuals — ranging from children to bodybuilders — shuffled from one end of the to the other at a free morning workout Saturday.

In a quick passing, one participant told a powerfully built Dave Daley of another person's accomplishment.

“When you see her, congratulate her,” Daley responded as he continued his drill and high-fived nearly everyone in his path.

Fitness trainer Anthony Steel started the Beach Fitness Camp early last year with a handful of participants. Now the group regularly draws more than 50 people who take part in a grueling regimen of aerobic and calisthenic exercises. All participants work on the same routine, but are grouped by their ability levels.

“They’ve broken through all different types of fear barriers,” Steel said.

Beyond Saturdays, participants get together for book clubs, charity events and potlucks. Each week, a business is featured and one of its representatives speaks to the group.

“It creates that whole community aspect,” Steel said.

From attending the sessions, Ivan Soto, a staff sergeant at Camp Pendleton, has developed a network of contacts that has helped him develop his career in the Marine Corps.

“Not only do I keep staying in shape,” he said, “but it has advanced me and helped build me as a leader.”

The free hour-long session begins at at the Oceanside Pier Plaza Amphitheatre. No registration is required.

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