When the days are warm and bright staying indoors doesn’t seem like fun…  Get outside and get moving!  Rather than to do cardiovascular exercise indoors – try something new.  Go for a run, bike ride, hike some hills, or hit the ocean.

In the spirit of watching the swimming olympic trials and feeling the excitement I jumped into the pool.  Go Lochte!  Despite her loss, Dara Torres was phenomenal, she’s a superstar!

Today’s cardiovascular workout was done in an outdoor lap pool…  For those of you who are avid swimmers, give this workout a shot.  If you are not a savvy swimmer – aim for completion of the shorter distances omitting the more tedious distances.  All the distances listed below are in yards and all kick/pull movements should be completed at medium pace/exertion.

• 100 freestyle warm-up
• 500 fingertip drills
• 500 kick 
• 500 pull 
• 400 kick
• 400 pull
• 300 kick
• 300 pull
• 200 kick
• 200 pull
• 100 kick
• 100 pull
• 100 freestyle (FAST)
• Stretch

Don’t forget to rinse off the chlorine from your suit!

xxx – Sarah