It is not officially summer yet, but summer weather has arrived. Kaylee and I find ourselves sweaty after our morning excursion in the vegetable garden so of course jogging has been put on hold for now. I find summer the hardest time of the year to fit in exercise. The weather makes strenuous outdoor exercise difficult and our days are so full it is hard to find the time for a good workout. Although our days are full of walking and biking I find these do very little for my lungs.
This year I found a solution! Literally right across the street there is a membership pool. Community pools are not ideal for exercising, but this pool is a little different. Every hour on the hour there is 20 minutes of adult swim. All kids have to get out of the pool and adults are allowed to do laps. For our little family this is perfect. We head over to the pool around 4:15. We all swim and play in the pool for about 45 minutes. Then my hubby and Kaylee get out and have a snack break in the shade while I do my laps for 20 minutes. When Family bonding time, exercise, daddy/daughter time, and sunshine all wrapped into one. Now I don't want summer to ever end!
How funny...my cousin's pool was like that when I was growing up and as kids adult swim was the bane of our existence!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteIt is totally lame for the kids, but perfect for our family :) The kids seem to be fine because there are foosball tables, volleyball nets, and a bunch of activities that the kids always run to when it is adult swim time.
DeleteAh, that's not too bad. At their pool there was nothing, AND it was the middle of summer in Georgia so really sweltering. I just remember laying on the concrete by the side of the pool counting down the minutes til we could get back in ;)
DeleteI could imagine! It gets pretty hot here too. It is supposed to be 106 tomorrow, but we don't get humidity which makes a huge difference. I have never been to Georgia, but I am assuming the south is humid.
DeleteSounds like a great plan. I love swimming and so do my kids. I remember adult swim when I was kid, oh did we hate it! lol
ReplyDeleteFor me swimming is the absolute best exercise to raise my lung function so I am excited to be able to swim so often this summer. I never heard of adult swim until I joined this pool. Seems super lame for the kids :/
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