Water Exercise
Schedule
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Arthritis
9:00 - 9:45 am
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Marcia
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Cath
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Marcia
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Shallow Water
10:00 - 11:00 am
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Marcia
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Helen
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Carlos
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Deep Water
8:45 - 9:45am
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MC
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Deep Water
10:00 - 11:00 am
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MC
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Deep Water
6:30 - 7:30 pm
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Marcia
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Marcia
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Aqua Boot Camp
7:30 - 8:30 pm |
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Water Exercise Benefits
Water exercise is a fun, safe way to achieve or maintain fitness. Participants feel refreshed and relaxed after a water workout. Any person, any age, swimmer or non-swimmer, at any fitness level from sedentary to active can benefit from water exercise.
1. Gentle and easy on joints; reduced pressure and impact.
2. Healthy heart and circulation
3. Overall muscle toning and strengthening
4. Burn calories
5. Increased energy
What are the advantages of water exercise compared to land exercise?
Much greater range of motion and movement possibilities due to buoyancy factor. Water supports our bodies while exercising.
Moving against the weight of the water (8.5 lbs per gallon) gives resistance, thus toning and strengthening muscles and joints. Even walking with simple arm movements in the water provides greater exercise benefit – vs- walking on land.
What types of exercises are done in the water?
Both high and low intensity exercises are based on yoga, pilates, cardio-aerobics, kickboxing, abdominal core strengthening and resistance training utilizing equipment. Any exercise mode from land based classes is adaptable to water.
What about sedentary or overweight population?
Fewer restrictions for exercisers in water, compared to land. An overweight person may have very little ability to balance or move on land. Water reduces the gravity effect and allows the individual to move quite freely.
This information is provided by Cath Lee Mckiniry.
Aquatic Exercise Association Fitness Professional & National Arthritis Foundation Instructor. (904) 620-2854.
Class Description
Slim & Fit
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Start with warm-up / stretch, move into active heart-healthy work. Next, equipment (buoys & noodles) to tone & strengthen arms, upper body, abdominals & core. |
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Mini A.B.C |
Mini A.B.C is a class that is similar to the Aqua Boot Camp Class. Participants will be working on intervals and repetition with a combination of exercises that increase the water resistance. |
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Aqua Blast
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Let's have fun with Latin Music!! Moving fast and burning calories at all times. This Class is for those that like to dance and like upbeat music. |
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Cardio |
This class is for those that like to keep your heart rate going. A continuous routine that combines multiple exercises. These exercises are focused on all parts of your body. Come and feel burn without noticing it. |
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Power H20 |
Power H20 is a work out that helps tone different muscles in our body. This class combines the use of equipment and provides the participants with multi-level workout. |
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Hydro Kick |
Time to make your legs work and feel the burn of kicking in the water. Tone your legs with this class and feel your muscles burn during the class. |
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Aqua Pump |
Pump it up with this class. The main focus of this class is to make sure that your core area gets stronger by combining multiple exercises. |
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Aqua Combo |
Let's mix it up a little… this class is a combination of all of our classes. The instructor will help you reach the next level of training by combining multiple classes in one. |
