And now I'm switching over to tell you about water-based aerobic exercise.....
I've good reason for this.
Right on! Because this exercise is excellent!
How excellent?
Well, you'll be bowled over by these excellent "beauties" of water:
In water your body is buoyant and the impact to your joints during exercise is much less than on land. Depending on water depth, your body weight is reduced due to lessened gravitational forces
You exercise without the jarring and jolting experienced in land-based exercise. It's estimated that your body weight is compounded up to 5 times during the heel strike when you run or jog
This doesn't happen in water-based exercise. The buoyant properties of water enable you to workout without much impact
Water is more viscous than air providing 4-20 times more resistance. As you immerse in water, resistance is provided in all directions, allowing you to enjoy a balanced workout, and helps to lower risk of injuries
In water, you can work on muscle groups that're hard to tone or strengthen if done land-based - like your hamstrings, muscles on the inner and outer of your thighs, and the gluteal muscles in your butts
Aerobic water exercise provides a workout for both your upper and lower body. This is especially helpful to us ladies, as we tend to lack strength and tone in muscles above our waists
Water-based exercise is a marvellous way to complement your regular land-based exercise, and can help you to recover from hard training or injury , with no loss to your training time.
When you're injured, it's hard to find exercise that allows you to maintain your current level of fitness and don't jeopardise or risk you further injury.
But you can count on aerobic water exercise to give you a good recovery and rehabilitation workout since it puts your body in a near zero gravity environment i.e. there's little impact or jarring on any of your body's muscles, joints, ligaments, bones or tendons
Water increases the resistance experienced while you workout. This increased resistance varies i.e. the faster and harder you work against the water, the greater the resistance you face and the harder your work out.
If you're injured or just looking for an easy training, you can workout slowly and gently. If you want a hard workout, go as hard and as fast as you can, the water will always return an equal resistance
Water cools more efficiently than air, so your body is able to eliminate excess heat more effectively.
This doesn't mean you'll not sweat but water helps prevent overheating and washes away the perspiration and you feel cooler working out
Who can benefit?
Well, aerobic water exercise is helpful:
If you've joint and limb disorders and injuries, wherein land-based exercise can further traumatize the troubled joints
Pregnant ladies have no worries with regards to falls and trauma during exercise as water offers a pleasant, safe and relaxing environment.
When immersed in water, there's a reduction of your physical weight distributed to your joints. Also during your pregnancy, water-based exercise may be more suitable than land-based one for prevention of overheating during exercise
Research indicates that water-based exercise may be a good exercise alternative if you've low back pain as water provides a non-impact environment which can significantly reduce load on your spine
Ah.....
From my experience, with so many water "wellness" thrown in to aerobic water exercise, I don't only get the same benefit as a regular land-based workout, I also get more enhanced results!
See what I mean by these "enhanced" results:
Increase and maintain my muscular flexibility
Improve my mobility and range of motion
Increase my muscular strength
Improve my coordination, balance and postural alignment
Woo...Ah.....
I absolutely love this water exercise!
If you're looking for something a little different to beat the boredom out of your usual exercise workout, or if you're laid up with an injury, hey, try these water exercises .
You'll enjoy them!
Oh, by the way, you want to do this......
Before jumping into the pool, do a couple of sessions on your techniques and on getting comfortable with the water!
This is because the first time you try aerobic water exercise, you'll feel strange and uncomfortable.
After a few sessions you'll start to get the "hang" of it. Then, move onto a more structured workout program consisting of warm up, cardios, exercise proper (muscle toning and strengthening), cool down and stretching.
I guarantee you'll have fun-filled time in the water and you'll not be bored!
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