Deep Water Aerobics Exercises
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Deep water aerobics exercises. Draw your elbows in close to your torso as you lift your forearms to the height of the water. Kick lengthwise or the width of the pool by holding a kickboard out in front of your body your. Engaging abs squeeze legs together and sweep them backward bending knees slightly then quickly extend them forward like a dolphin s tail. Each water aerobics class includes a warm up cardio and strength training exercises and a cooldown.
You are in the deep end of the pool so your feet should not be touching the bottom. Perform leaps as if you were jumping over a large rock in the water to the front or to the side. At a high intensity you ll burn 17 calories per minute more than on land. Counterbalance motion by sweeping arms through water in opposite direction of legs.
Stay verticle and really feel the resistance against the full surface areas of both your arms and legs. A good warm up includes doing a few strides across the length of the pool getting your body warmed up and. Tread water in deep end of pool arms out to sides and legs extended beneath you. Lower your arms back to the starting.
One of the easiest and most effective pool workouts is water jogging. These occur in water 7 feet or deeper with participants wearing buoyancy. Instructions for deep water aerobics routines water weight exercises. Go into water deep enough.
Rotate your wrists to turn your palms facedown. Moving forward backward or sideways through deep water is challenging and increases the intensity of the exercises. Go to the deep side of the pool and make small circles with your arms holding your legs pointed down. While deep water is a place that swimming can occur deep water exercise usually refers to non swimming aerobic workouts.
Water arm lifts stand in water up to your shoulders. Start standing in water with feet under hips and hands at sides. Water aerobic exercises water walk. Hold the dumbbells at your side with your palms facing up.
Bend right knee and bring heel toward butt while swinging left arm forward bent at 90 degrees then as right foot lowers. Expect exercises like water walking bicep curls leg lifts and kickboard moves.