Water workouts make cool sense in the hot summer, just as indoor workouts make practical and warm sense during a snowy winter. Denver Parks and Recreation has 16 outdoor pools and 11 indoor pools with exercise classes, ranging from beginning water aerobics and water walking to deep-water aerobics and water polo. Karen Newlon, who coordinates aquatics for outdoor pools in Denver, has taught many water aerobics classes, some in deep water where there is no bottom to touch. Water polo is for someone who is relatively accomplished as a swimmer, who loves the water but hates to just swim laps, who likes action and likes to keep moving. Paul Heitzenrater, pool coordinator, emphasizes that while the classes are not open to the public per se anyone who needs to exercise in a warm water environment can do so with a prescription from their physician. read more

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John Stone cycles along the Centennial Trail in Coeur d’Alene early Thursday, preparing for today’s Ironman competition. John Stone is built like a high school fullback - a stocky 5-foot-10 and 185 pounds. His aging body - “older equipment” is Stone’s wry self-description — isn’t keeping him from competing in Sunday’s Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene. For the past nine months, he’s worked with Marla Emde of Emde Sports in Spokane, who specializes in training athletes for triathlons and other endurance events. It was a mortifying thought for Stone, a principal in SRM Development, the company behind Riverstone in Coeur d’Alene. Stone also has recruited 10 family members, friends and employees to do the Coeur d’Alene Triathlon with him later this summer. read more

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