Archive for November 16th, 2009
Water aerobics workouts can be intense and have good cardiovascular benefits. There are several things that can increase the intensity to your workout. First of all, you can open up the fingers wide and use your arms to pull the water toward you. Keep the arms long, because the longer the levers, the more work is needed.
If you travel in the water forward and backward or from side to side, that will kick up your workout a notch, especially if you add speed to it. Speeding up your movements for a finite period of time, 30 seconds to 1 minute with a minute recovery, can turn into an Interval workout in the pool.
Suspension with speed is another way to increase the cardio benefits in a water aerobics workout. Additionally, if you incorporate power jacks, or shoot hoops, the jumping adds intensity too. It’s always fun to have a bunch of people create a whirlpool. Everyone walks around in a circle, once the water gets swirling, quickly stop and walk the other way. Talk about resistance! Keep doing that for a while and you’ll feel it.
Plus the tools of the trade, using noodles and dumbbells will add resistance and benefits to your workout. Like everything, it’s all what you put into it to reap the desired reward!