Working out in your pool can be fun for the entire family. However, it doesn’t have to end at fun. Swimming and jumping can be one of the best forms of exercise. It is a great way to help your heart stay healthy.
Aquatic exercises can burn fat faster and a larger amount of calories than traditional exercise and give you the cardio workout that your heart needs and desires.
Water provides resistance which strengthens muscles and boosts cardio intensity. It supports part of your weight making your workout easier on your joints and reducing the potential for injury.
Aquatic exercises can help you heal faster. Doctors often recommend for patients with joint injuries or infection and especially those who are recovering from surgery, where traditional exercise would not be an option.
Whether you are overweight or out of shape, aquatic exercise is low-impact with boosted cardio, which will offer a positive result all-around.
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Don’t go deeper than waist-high. This way your feet have good contact with the floor and your legs will be able to support your weight.
Wear water shoes to improve your traction and webbed gloves to help increase the resistance and intensity, making for a better workout.
Drink lots of water during and after your workout to help keep from getting dehydrated.
Here are eight ways that will keep you fit no matter what shape you are in.
1. Climb the pool walls like Spiderman, working your core and back muscles.
2. Hold a noodle with both hands at shoulder width under the water while your head stays just above the water level. Balance yourself. This will boost your endurance and work your core muscles.
3. Create several zig zag currents in the pool and then run through them. You will strengthen all your core muscles.
4. Balance on one leg. This strengthens your leg and core muscles and increases your balance.
5. Start in a lunge position with your right knee and your left leg extended straight behind you. Reach your arms straight out in front of you at chest high, palms touching fingers extended and thumbs up. Open your arms straight out to the sides, then return them to the starting position.
6. Strengthen your upper chest, back, arms and core and raise your heart rate and burn lots of calories. Straddle a noodle as if you were sitting on a horse. Pedal around the pool as fast as you can while doing the moving your arms. Sit up tall with your spine vertical and do not lean. This will force your core muscles to keep you stable.
7. Stand in a lunge with your right leg bent and your left extended behind you. Hold an inflated ball about 6 inches in diameter with both hands directly in front of your navel. Keep your shoulders down and back. Hold for thirty seconds and this will strengthen your core as you work to keep yourself upright.
8. Combine old-fashioned cardio with core strengthening by holding an inflated ball with both hands directly in front of your navel. Run across the pool as fast as you can for one minutes. Change the position of the ball works your core even harder. Try to increase your speed each time.
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