| Just what is Aerobic Water Exercise? It is an | | | | provide great benefits in strength, flexibility, muscular |
| effective and easy way to improve your | | | | endurance and balance. |
| cardiovascular fitness while reducing impact-related | | | | If you are not a strong swimmer, there is still no |
| exercise injuries on your body. It reduces stress on | | | | problem with performing many of these low impact |
| your bodies muscles, bones and joints due to the | | | | and simple to perform water based exercise routines. |
| unique buoyancy properties of water. Your body is | | | | They can be performed in waist or chest deep water, |
| completely supported by the water as you perform | | | | though there are deeper water routines which use |
| your exercise routines. | | | | flotation equipment like buoyancy belts if you prefer. |
| In the same way that land based aerobics comprise | | | | Higher Weight Loss Than Land-based Aerobic |
| routines performed rhythmically accompanied or | | | | Exercise |
| unaccompanied by music and reach different levels of | | | | Water has a much greater resistance than air, so |
| intensity, aquatic aerobic exercises can become more | | | | water exercises use up much more calories, it is not |
| advanced in levels and are performed with and | | | | unusual to burn anywhere from 450 to 700 calories |
| without music. As an example, a basic water exercise | | | | each hour. By going into deeper water, there is an |
| routine may teach simple beginner leg movements | | | | even greater resistance and therefore greater calories |
| which may or may not progress in intensity, frequency, | | | | are burned. Aerobic water exercise provides quicker |
| intricacy and duration for an advanced level of | | | | results than performing the same routine out of water. |
| exercise. | | | | Flexibility, endurance and muscle tone will also improve |
| Similar to more familiar land based aerobic routines, | | | | much faster than in land-based exercise. |
| water aerobics include the phases of warming-up, | | | | Lower Stress Exercising |
| stretching and cooling down. Organized workout | | | | Aquatic Aerobics are very relaxing as the weight of |
| classes usually have duration of one hour or less. As | | | | your body is supported by the water. |
| well as a great aerobic workout, water fitness will | | | | |