The Nonstop Burn of Water Polo

It takes extra endurance to hang in the pool at 59, but Chris Judge couldn’t imagine any other way to anchor his fitness routine

Working to keep your head above water while opponents jump on top of you will definitely get you fit if you do it often enough. Water polo fanatic Chris Judge has been doing it for 50 years.

He takes after his father, Francis Judge, a water polo player who competed in the 1952 Olympic trials. “As a small kid I remember being tossed around like a ball at my dad’s water polo team practices,” he says.

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