Summer Inspiration #4

Whether you’re away on vacation this August or not, here are three ways to channel water-related fitness and relaxation outside AQUA during these last weeks of summer.

1. Complement your aquacycling with these 10 strength-training water exercises by Equinox.

2. Practice deeper, longer stretching with Women’s Health illustrated guide to yoga in the water.

3. Try a bathtub meditation described by aquacycling instructor Anne Koller in her recent article on the radical healing effects of water.

Don’t have access to a pool?

Discover the city’s best free outdoor swimming pools before Labor Day or treat yourself to a full-day non-guest pass at select hotels. The McCarren Hotel’s 4 foot outdoor saltwater pool is an oasis just blocks away from the L train Bedford stop in Brooklyn.

… Or, escape the city and venture to swimming holes in Upstate New York. See Kinfolk Magazine’s mini-guide to Tivoli, New York.