Just about every day this week saw me getting in the pool. But I didn’t merely jump in and get out. No. I spent some quality time treading water and it was fabulous.
When I was pressed for time, I set my alarm for only 30 minutes. When I wasn’t pressured by the tick-tock, I set my alarm for 45 minutes. Those days were my favorites because I got in 45 minutes of non-stop, water-resisting cardio and my core temperature dropped a bit. Win-win, if you ask me. You might think I’d be bored by this particular exercise, but you’d be wrong. I usually get the Job Rocker out and listen to the radio while I tread and that seems to make the time fly. Add to that the dedicated focus on my body’s movement and I end up enjoying the hell out of my time in the water. It’s downright pleasurable, I tell ya.
If you’ve never spent time treading water, you may think I’m nuts. And maybe I am. But I really do love it and I guess it’s sort of meditative to boot. And I get to do it for at least another month. Which is a good thing, because as much as I hate to acknowledge it, we’ve surely got a load of heat coming. I swear – that pool is saving my life!