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Category Archives: Water Exercise & Aerobics
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
Creating a Water Aerobics Workout, Part I: Learning the Vocabulary
There’s a lot to tackle or wrap your grey matter around when it comes to water workouts or more commonly known as water aerobics. There’s posture, vocabulary, movements, repetitions and speeds, all the while dealing with the buoyancy issue versus … Continue reading
Flotation Belt: A Water Fitness Investment Worth Making
Newcomers to deep-water aerobics class — fit newcomers — often think they don’t need a great flotation belt. The thinking is, they don’t want anything to hold them back or take away from getting a tough workout. If this is … Continue reading
Posted in Health and Fitness, Swim Gear, Water Exercise & Aerobics
Tagged flotation belts, water belts, water workouts, WaterGym
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Squidkid: 20,000-Plus Hits Strong
Since Squidkid’s inception in January 2008, I’ve received over 20,000 hits. I am now garnering an average of about 100+ unique visits a day! Thank you! Thank you! The purpose of Squidkid is to offer expert swim advice you’d have … Continue reading
How To Get Your $2.99 Workout On
One of my favorite blogs, Wisebread, has a post today about frugal fitness. The author, Myscha Theriault, really did an extensive job in offering twenty-five and a half ways to eat and get fit for very few dollars. It’s really … Continue reading
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Tagged myscha, Water Exercise & Aerobics, water noodle, wisebread
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How to Deal with the Dislikes of Water Exercise
Be it injury or inexperience, I hear valid concerns about why water exercise doesn’t might not meet everyone’s needs. Here are some top issues followed up with some modifications you can make to create a more comfortable water workout. You … Continue reading
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
Create Your Own Water Aerobic Workout in an Instant
Creating a water aerobics workout on your own is pretty easy if you just give consideration to posture and heart rate. Continue reading
Thinking of Becoming a Water Aerobics Instructor? Upcoming AEA Aqua Seminar
You don’t have to know anything about water aerobics to attend one of the thousands of different seminars or classes offered by reputable exercise associations like Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA). You just have to be curious to know more. I’m … Continue reading
