With a 2-hour commute into and out of New York city during the workweek, I’ve had to add a little creativity into my schedule in order to try to fit some swimming in. So, on Monday mornings, when my alarm goes off at 4am, I take something additional with me on the metro-north train, rollerblades.

I’ve found the need to add the rollerblades in order to save time, while still getting a decent aerobic workout as part of my commute. The train leaves my station at 4:40am and usually gets to 125th street in New York around 5:35am. I then exit the train with my rollerblades on and make a comical decent down the stairs to the streets below.

Then it’s about 15 blocks of interesting early morning activity until I enter Central Park. Once in the park, it’s a very enjoyable skate down to Columbus Circle, where there is an Equinox, that has a 25 yard pool. I’m usually there around 6am and then can get a quick 30-40 minutes of swimming in. It’s not the ideal workout, but I make it part of my early week schedule and I’m able to still be at my desk by 7:15am.

Cheers,

Chris