WORKOUT IN THE WATER

Last Friday, me and my friend who's a high level athlete, boxer and soon to be an UFC fighter got together and decided to go to the pool instead of the gym for a workout. Some of you may be like WHAT!? HOW?! Yes you can workout in the water and get an effective workout at that. We did this during lane swim because there is less people and we have the entire swim lane to do our workout. Here is what we did..


For the first 5-10 mins my friend swam 3 lengths of the pool.

The workout.

3 sets of walking lunges

3 sets of side step and squat

4 sets of high knees or running in the water.

All this is done in the shallow end.

For the last 20 mins instead of swimming length we ran lengths. The pool was about 25 metres in length. So to ensure that we didn't sink once we reached the deep end, we wore floater belts around our waist. If the pool does not have a floater belts you can wear a life jacket. Trust me you'll need it. OK so then we started in the shallow end and ran to the other end of the pool. Once you reach the deep end and your feet are no longer touching the bottom you must keep running and maintain the running motion in the water. Swing your arms and pump your legs as if you were really running. Run hard!! Do this about 2 or 3 times. 


I have to say that once we were finished this workout session. I was feeling it all over my body especially my chest and triceps. This was due to the resistance the water was creating when I was pumping my arms and legs to get from one side to another. It was a good session and we are incorporating it at least once a week in our routine..