Apoch's Recipe for Really Sore Abs and Delts
Ingredients:

• Some abs


• Some delts


• Preferably your own, and functioning on your own body


• One river


• Several miles of Olympic-level, upper Class IV rapids


• A flimsy inflatable rubber boat


• Assorted paddles and other such gear, to taste

1. Place body into boat


2. Place boat in river


3. Travel down river


4. Get crap beat out of you by turbulent water


5. Beat water viciously with paddle until it stops threatening to eat you

Serves 1-6 (depending on capacity of boat). Best served on warm days. Effects guaranteed to last for at least a day or two.


Despite the fact that it's hard to sit up, that was the most fun I've had in a long time. It's a brutal workout and thoroughly exhausting, but well worth it. Halfway through the course the other boat in our group lost everybody and most of their paddles, so I gave mine up and got to ride the last bit of the river rodeo-style.

Next time I'd be in the market for something a little more intense; maybe full-scale Class V or at least a longer, denser course. Kayaking looks like a hell of a rush, but I'm a bit squeamish about the whole notion of getting flipped over and trapped with my head underwater, getting bashed in by a bunch of rocks. Either way, the most radical exercise I can handle for another day or two is going to be walking to the fridge.