SUP The Workout
The essentials for a morning paddleboarding on Biscayne Bay: Sunscreen, a hat, comfortable clothing that can get wet and a bathing suit. The last one’s optional, said Melina Cherry, 43, founder of SUPTheWorkout. Stand-up paddleboarding, or SUP, is an exercise class that takes advantage of Miami’s natural landscape. But it’s not a rental company, Cherry said. She developed SUP The Workout in 2013 after a car wreck left her with a serious neck injury that required her to alter her exercise routine.
In main picture SUP Coach Aymee Vasquez, 40, left, helps Barbara Perez, 42, adjust her paddle during a SUP The Workout paddleboard class at the U.S. Sailing Center in Coconut Grove.
Barbara Perez kneels and paddles toward Biscayne Bay while Violet Llerena, right, gets to feet on her paddleboard during a session of SUP The Workout at the U.S. Sailing Center in Coconut Grove. The original concept was to use paddleboard simulators indoors. That didn’t resonate with clients. “People would contact me and say ‘Why are you doing it inside?’” Cherry said. “The indoor thing was a niche market, I guess you can say. The main reason that didn’t work in Miami is we have this beautiful outdoors.”
CARL JUSTE
cjuste@miamiherald.com
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