I suppose it’s summer since it’s finally hot (as in HOT) in northern California. I’ve been visiting my parents’ a lot lately and here, it’s definitely summer.
With the temperature staying around 93 degrees at 8:30 pm (no joke), I’ve spent a good deal of time in the pool. I’ve also been trying to get my workouts in as early as possible, just so I’m not completely melting during the workout. To combat this heat, I’ve also been playing with the idea of incorporating some water-time into my workouts.
I’m not a huge fan of swimming, for the main reason that it’s hard. All of you swimmers out there, hands down to you. I’m impressed with your motivation for swimming aimlessly back and forth in those lanes, without music, even. I just don’t know how you do it.
But I do know those swimmers have some killer backs! Oh yes, have you seen their swimmer muscles?
Anyway, last summer, one of our CrossFit workouts included a pool WOD (workout of the day) and everyone loved it. Even me. It was short and sweet and fell in the category of HARD.
Being that I love a hard workout, and I surely know you do too, let’s start swimming!
Thruster Water Workout
You’ll need dumbbells (relatively heavy) and access to a pool. This workout is done by alternating swimming with jumping out of the pool and preforming thrusters with dumbbells. Complete this for your best time! For the thrusters, see this video. Enjoy!
- 100 meters, freestyle swim (there and back twice)
- 21 dumbbell thrusters
- 100 meter, freestyle
- 15 dumbbell thrusters
- 100 meter, freestyle
- 9 dumbbell thrusters
- 100 meter, freestyle
- 6 dumbbell thrusters
- 100 meter, freestyle
- 3 dumbbell thrusters
- 100 meter, freestlyle
Done and relax! This one is tough but is an incredible metabolism boosting workout. It’s also relatively short. I think I completed this in about 15-20 minutes. So have fun!
No weights to use for this workout? No problem! Just throw in some jump ropes and/or air squats, push ups, whatever, and you’ve got yourself some serious exercises going.
And don’t you worry, you won’t go hungry- I’ve got a very CrossFit-esc recipe for you tomorrow. Paleo and absolutely delicious!
What’s your idea of a water workout? Tips/ideas?
Is it HOT where you are???
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