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Creating a Water Aerobics Workout, Part 2: Mastering the Movements
In our previous post about creating a water aerobics or water workout routines, we talked about vocabulary. With this entry, we will be discussing the different moves or movements you can use in the water. Understanding and mastering the moves … Continue reading
Squidkid Summer Favorites: What Captures Summer for You?
Every year I wait for that moment that tells me Summer Has Arrived. I thought I felt it last Sunday at a swim instructor staff meeting. It was around 6ish, we were huddled near the outdoor pool at the JCC … Continue reading
Your SquidKid Starter Kit for Summer Swim Lessons!
I’ve been waiting for a really good post to pop in my head … some singular idea to dissect and get down to the roots of … until I realized today that it just isn’t going to happen. Simply because … Continue reading
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What Comes First: Swim Temp or Swim Skills?
This is not one of those irritating who-crossed-the-road-first-the-chicken-or-the-hamburger type of riddles. Pool temperature is far more important than developing swim skills. Because how are you going to get a kid in the pool if the weather or water is too … Continue reading
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10 Ways to Make Youth Fitness Fun
An excellent personal trainer I know, Robert Werner, just forwarded me his Youth Fitness Power Point presentation. I have listened to Robert speak before on physical fitness (he’s also an incredible cultural dancer and can teach you how to get … Continue reading
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Why It Is Important To Stay Calm in a Swimming Emergency
Common knowledge, right? But it is easier said than done. If you see your little one in danger, you’re going to do whatever it is you have to do to make them safe again. Especially when it comes to pools … Continue reading
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The Things Kids Say (in the Pool)
Sometimes I wish I had a waterproof pen and paper in the pool because the things kids say in the pool are truly priceless. When I can remember these antidotes and repeat them later, they always make my listeners smile. … Continue reading
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Learning the Ropes of Swim Lessons for Summer
This is a post I wrote last May, but with all the activity I’ve been seeing lately with families inquiring about summer swim lessons, I want to re-post it now. Are you new to the world of obtaining swim lessons … Continue reading
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Advantages of Water Verse Land Exercise
Water is an amazing healer. Water has distinctive features that create a safer and more productive exercise environment than similar land-based programs. Water provides support for your body through the laws of buoyancy. Water supports 50-80% of your body weight. … Continue reading
Does Water Aerobics Burn More Calories Than Land Exercise?
Excellent question! First, let’s compare calorie depreciation for land exercise in a 30-minute time period: Land walking: 135 calories Land jogging: 240 And now, results for water exercise in that same elapsed time frame: Deep water walking: 264 calories Deep … Continue reading
