| If you have never heard of a water aerobic routine or | | | | new routine. This will help you gauge the effects of the |
| aquatic exercise, you should know a few things. To | | | | exercise on your body and help you understand what |
| begin with, there are a great many benefits that you | | | | amount of exercise to do and how long to stay in the |
| can gain from a routine such as this. Also, aquatic | | | | water. Plan very easy workouts to begin with, and |
| exercise is superior to other aerobic exercises in that it | | | | keep them at a half an hour to start. Here are some |
| is low impact. This means that your joints and bones | | | | great examples of water aerobic routines that you |
| do not take the amount of stress from aquatic | | | | can begin with. |
| exercise that it takes from other kinds of aerobic | | | | Water Aerobic Routines: |
| workouts. | | | | Water Walking - This is a great exercise to begin with |
| Benefits of Water Aerobic Routines: | | | | in your water aerobic routine. In around chest deep |
| - They are low impact, which makes them an ideal | | | | water, you will walk as you would normally walk on |
| exercise for people who suffer with arthritis, those | | | | land. You want to try and walk in the water like you |
| who are undergoing physical therapy, or people who | | | | would walk briskly on land. Move your arms at your |
| have other types of medical conditions. | | | | sides while you walk, and you can burn around 250 |
| - Water offers a natural resistance, so when you | | | | calories in just a half an hour. This is much more than |
| move in the water while exercising you have to push | | | | you would burn just by walking on land. |
| against it. This builds and strengthens muscle and burns | | | | Leg Flutters - You can perform this by holding on to |
| fat. | | | | the side of the pool in deeper water, so that you are |
| - An aerobic exercise routine lasting only 30 minutes | | | | able to move your legs without touching the bottom of |
| can burn up to 300 calories. | | | | the pool. Hanging on to the edge, point your toes at the |
| - You only have to be in water that is around chest | | | | bottom of the pool and move your legs back and forth |
| deep, so you are able to perform these exercises | | | | so that your feet are passing each other going in |
| even if you are a non-swimmer. | | | | different directions. You can keep the kicks small, and |
| - Water aerobic exercises are thought to relieve | | | | do this for about 15 minutes. You are also working |
| stress as well as helping to keep you in shape. | | | | your arms by hanging on to the side of the pool while |
| How to Get Started with a Water Aerobic Routine: | | | | you are exercising. |
| To get started with a water aerobic routine, you only | | | | There are many different exercises and workouts |
| need access to a pool. It's a good idea to speak with | | | | that you can add to your beginning water aerobics |
| your doctor to ensure that you are healthy enough to | | | | routine. The benefits are great and you can stay in |
| begin a new exercise routine, and get his or her okay | | | | shape and have fun as well. |
| to do so. Then, you want to start out slowly with your | | | | |