Without a pool, this Masters swimmer is embracing dryland training, using everything from soup cans to toilet paper to keep fit
A woman with a competitive streak and no pool to train in during the coronavirus outbreak devised workarounds that she’s sharing with her fellow athletes
Toilet paper, water jugs, soup cans and other household items make up Ms. Godges's quarantine weight set that she can use for exercises like reverse lunges. VIDEO: David Walter Banks for The Wall Street JournalWith pools closed over concerns about coronavirus transmission, Arlette Godges is adapting to being a fish on land.
The 55-year-old U.S. Masters swimmer was in the pool five days a week training for the UANA Pan American Masters Championships in Medellín, Colombia. The June competition has been postponed. “I was feeling so strong,” she says. “Now I have to challenge myself with other things so I don’t become a slug and lose motivation.”
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