Sup-Athlon

The key to cardiovascular training is to progressivly keep your cardiovascular system guessing. The easiest ways to do this is by increasing time, distance, and speed. Done simply by going longer,farther, or faster. Another way to keep your sytem guessing is to mix different cardiovascular excercises. Done easily in the gym by switich between a treadmill, bike, stair stepper, or elliptical. Try 10 minutes each or pick 2 exercises and go back and forth in 10 minute intervals. Or you can have a lot more fun and do a SUP-biathlon like i did this Friday Afternoon.

Sup-Biathlon performed at Lake Sybelia
Mile 1 Run 8:34
Mile 2 SUP 15:46
Mile 3 Run 8:54
Mile 4 SUP 16:30
Mile 5-6.5 Run 14:47
Mile 6.5-7.5 SUP 17:13
= 7.5 Miles 1:20:44

Launching point on a rainy friday afternoon


.5 miles to the north side of the lake. Turaround on run 1.


.5 miles across the lake, my turnaround spot on the paddle legs.


.5 miles on the south side of the lake. Turnaround on run 3.


Cutting over to lake Catherine which is about .25 away from Lake Sybelia.


Lake Catherine looking back towards the road from the previous picture.


In conclusion the SUP-athlon was ana amazing cardio workout. I switched energy systems and muscles to give a challenging yet fun workout. Whether you are waterman or a gym rat try out these principles to give your cardio training a much needed boost.